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January 3, 2020
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 310.659.0715
Cedars Sinai Medical Office Towers
8635 West Third Street Suite 890W
Los Angeles CA 90048
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Dr. Caren and Dr. Urman's Heart Health e-Newsletter Happy and healthy New Year! This complimentary monthly educational service is for our patients and their families but please forward it to anyone who might find it of interest. Click here to enter our website and learn more about our practice. We encourage you to contact us if you have any questions or wish to make an appointment.
Enhanced Access Membership Program (EAMP) 2020 The Patient-Physician Relationship is The True Core of Optimal Medical Care "It is far more important to know what person has the disease than what disease the person has." - attributed to Hippocrates, the father of Western Medicine. - Personalized concierge services not covered by private insurance or Medicare
- Three annual membership options to choose from. Patients choose what works best for them
- Monthly payment options for current EAMP members renewing prior to the end of the year are available. Discounted fees for current EAMP members renewing at the same or higher level when pain in full by the end of the year.
- Increasing levels of priority and enhanced access for routine appointments and testing and to speak with you cardiologist on routine matters.
 Priority completion of administrative paper-work and fees waived.- Global CARE coverage (for concierge level members). Critical care air rescue and evacuation anywhere in the world with the coordination of your cardiologist and the Cleveland Clinic.
- Validated parking (Premier and Concierge members)
- Convenient VIP parking for Concierge members for office visits
Current members should look for renewal information in the mail this month or speak to our staff when visiting our office before the end of the year. If you are not a current EAMP member, and wish to maximize your experience with our office and your top-tier cardiologist, click here for more information or call our practice manager, Lilly Garzona or EAMP representative Kahlia Bundle at 310.659.0715.
 | Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute cardiologist Dr. Mark Urman is named as a Super Doctor for the twelfth straight year 
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» Good Workouts Might Extend a Woman's Life
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 A woman's risk of dying from heart disease, cancer or other causes is much lower if she can engage in vigorous exercise
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» Health Tip: Heart Attack Symptoms in Women
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» Do You Know the 5 Symptoms of a Heart Attack? Many Don't
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» Heart Risks in Your Genes? Be Sure to Get Your Zzzs
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 Good sleep patterns can help reduce your risk of heart disease or stroke, even if you're at high genetic risk, new research shows
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» FDA Gives Expanded Approval to Prescription Fish Oil for Heart Patients
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 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration gave expanded approval to a prescription form of fish oil called Vascepa, to help prevent heart trouble in people at high risk who are already taking statins. This newer specific type of prescription omega 3, Icosapent ethyl, had already been approved for higher risk patients with still high triglycerides on optimal statin therapy
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» Could Fish Oil Fight Inflammation?
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 Plentiful in foods like fish and flaxseed, omega-3 fatty acids have long been linked with cardiovascular health, and new research is looking at the biology behind how it might work. However, proven lifestyle (such as a diet high in fresh fish) and prescription medication interventions (such as prescription omega 3's) should still be preferred over less regulated supplements
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» Pot Use Appears to Change Structure of Your Heart
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 Regular pot use might potentially cause unhealthy changes in the heart's structure
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» Is Pot Use a Heart Risk After Surgery?
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Heavy pot users are nearly two times more likely to have a heart attack after common types of surgeries as those who don't use the drug
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» Most Long-Term Breast Cancer Survivors Die From Other Causes
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 Among women who died beyond the 10-year mark, breast cancer was the cause less than one-quarter of the time. Instead, the majority of those women died of heart disease, stroke, Alzheimer's or other non-cancer conditions
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» What to Know Before Resolving to Eat Less Meat
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 The data on how heart healthy vegan or vegetarian diets are mixed. It can be part of a healthful lifestyle if one sticks with whole food, plant-based diets while avoiding process and sugary foods and defined carbohydrates (Wall Street Journal)
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One Way to Help Ease A-Fib: Give Up Drinking
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If you have atrial fibrillation (a-fib) -- a potentially dangerous irregular heart rhythm -- giving up alcohol could ease your symptoms.
That's what happened when researchers asked people with a-fib who normally have roughly two drinks a day to st ...
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Some Solid Advice on New Year's Resolutions That Might Stick
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If you plan to make a New Year's resolution about improving your health, the American Medical Association (AMA) has some good suggestions.
"With too many holiday sweets and not enough exercise likely in the rearview mirror, now is the perfect time ...
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Do Your Heart a Favor: Bike, Walk to Work
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Leave your car in the garage if you can: A new study suggests that walking or biking to work could cut your risk of a heart attack.
The researchers analyzed 2011 data from 43 million working adults in England and found that 11.4% were active c ...
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How You Can Be Overfat Without Being Overweight
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You know that you need to watch your weight to lower your risk for heart disease, but that is far from the whole story.
It is possible to be overfat without being overweight, meaning that you're storing fat within your body even though the scale ...
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'Intermittent Fasting' Diet Could Boost Your Health
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Here comes the new year, and with it hordes of folks looking for ways to fulfill resolutions to eat healthy.
Intermittent fasting is a legitimate option they might want to consider, claims a new review in the Dec. 26 issue of the New England Jo ...
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Heart Tissue May Be Harmed by Heavy Drinking: Study
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Heavy drinking may damage heart tissue, researchers warn.
Previous studies have shown that heavy drinking increases the risk of heart failure, high blood pressure, heart attack, stroke and heart rhythm disorders, but there has been little study in ...
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Prepared Bystanders Save Lives When Cardiac Arrest Strikes
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Few Americans survive cardiac arrest when it happens outside a hospital, but if more people knew how to recognize it and do CPR the odds might be better, a new study finds.
Only about 8% of those who suffer a cardiac arrest -- a sudden stoppa ...
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Winter Baby? Summer Baby? Birth Season Might Affect Heart Health
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Birthdays are a time of celebration. But, according to a new study, a spring or summer birth date could mean a higher risk of dying from heart disease.
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