Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai's Focus on Healthy Aging (FHA)
Volume 24 • Number 6 • June 2021
Stent or Bypass?
Coronary artery disease (CAD) kills well over 350,000 Americans each year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The condition is linked to a buildup of deposits called plaques in the coronary arteries (the arteries that supply oxygenated blood to the heart muscle). Formed from cholesterol and other …
Issue Highlights
- Managing Bipolar Disorder as an Older Adult
- From the Editor: Don’t Give in to Diabetes
- Newsbriefs: Hearing tests; Covid reinfection risk; Overnight blood pressure; Dementia
- You May Not Need Those Antibiotics
- Monitor Your Blood Sugar at Home
- Look Out for Lyme Disease
- Ask the Experts: GERD drugs; Antiplatelet drugs vs. anticoagulants; Kimchi pros and cons
