by David Hilden, MD MPH | Feb 4, 2018 | Cardiology, Diabetes, Infections, Quick tips
Hi, everybody. I’m back with one of these “Quick tips” posts where I answer questions that were sent to me on a recent Healthy Matters radio broadcast. Regular listeners will know that I never can get to all of the questions, particularly those...
by David Hilden, MD MPH | Nov 22, 2017 | Cardiology, Diet and exercise, Health in the News, Preventive care
For many years I have been telling listeners and patients that “one-third of you have high blood pressure and many of you don’t know it.” Turns out I need to update that to “nearly one-half of you have high blood pressure and many of you...
by David Hilden, MD MPH | Aug 14, 2016 | Cardiology, Geriatrics and aging, Surgery, Tips from Healthy Matters radio broadcast
Hello from warm and muggy Minneapolis! Yup, it’s summer here in the upper Midwest in my hometown. Hope you’re cool and comfortable where ever you are checking in from. Today’s topic is loosely about heart surgery and I’ll highlight one of my...
by David Hilden, MD MPH | Aug 6, 2016 | Cardiology, Geriatrics and aging, Joint and Muscle issues, Tips from Healthy Matters radio broadcast
Hey hey hey! Last week was an “Open Lines’ show and thanks to the best listening audience in the world, I had more questions than I had time for answers. Here’s another edition of Quick Tips from the listener mail bag. If you missed the show,...
by David Hilden, MD MPH | Apr 17, 2016 | Cancer, Cardiology, Health in the News, Medical research
There was a big development in health care news this week. The buzz is all about the latest guidelines on aspirin since our friends at the US Preventive Services Task Force updated the recommendations. It came out in the Annals of Internal Medicine just this week on...
by David Hilden, MD MPH | Apr 7, 2016 | Cardiology, Getting medical information, Pearls from Medical Science, Preventive care
Reading this stuff . . . so you don’t have to. One goal of mine for this blog is to connect people to medical science. But ask any doctor – staying current on the latest in medical evidence is not easy. Look at this picture – it could be the...
