Friday, August 9, 2013

PJMedia Article Up

Take It from Me: Heart Surgery Is Best Avoided

You know the saying, "turn lemons into lemonade."  I like to think of this as "monetizing misery."

2 comments:

  1. Re. your comment - "While primarily a birth defect, better diet and exercise programs the last thirty years might have delayed this agony":

    I'm currently reading William Davis' "Track Your Plaque", which argues that pretty much everyone over 40 should have a coronary calcium scan done. They're cheap, and non-invasive, and highly predictive of future heart disease - a decade or more in advance, when you can still do something about it.

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  2. My GP says that the coronary calcium scan has too many false positives and false negatives to be particularly trusted for this, and I THINK either my cardiologist or heart surgeon told me the same thing.

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