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πŸ•— Checking your Numbers for the New Year Ep 266


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Cardiologist and research scientist with ENCORE Research Group, Dr. Michael Koren highlights the importance of monitoring your key health numbers with Kevin Geddings. The two talk about the importance of checking weight, cholesterol, and blood pressure, emphasizing consistency in measurement practices for accurate tracking. They discuss newer numbers to check for cardiovascular health, including lipoprotein(a) and hsCRP, a marker for vascular inflammation. Both of these metrics are gaining recognition for their role in long-term heart health.

Koren's 3 Key Takeaways:

  • Prevention and early detection are critical to long-term health
  • Consistency is the key to making sure numbers are accurate
  • Clinical research is developing new methods of tracking health

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Have a question for Dr. Koren? Email him at [email protected]

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