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Please provide a tip on how to ask your doctor about improving heart health.

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Dr. Sheila Calderon answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

Ignore: Tell your a doctor a list how often you exercise, what you eat regulatly, ; amount of sleep you get.

Answered 4/18/2014

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Ignore: Ask your doctor whether taking those herbal supplements could be dangerous to your condition.

Answered 7/8/2017

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Ignore: Ask your physician about heart healthy meal plans. All of us underestimate the calories we consume.

Answered 6/4/2014

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Ignore: Ask your physician about a Mediterranean type diet. This may help reduce your risk of CV disease.

Answered 6/14/2014

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Dr. Rick Koch answered

Ignore: What more could I be doing as far as exercise, diet & weight loss to improve heart health?

Answered 6/18/2014

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Ignore: Talk to your doctor about the types of exercise you enjoy. Exercise needs to be practical to help.

Answered 1/16/2019

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Dr. Dimitrios Avgerinos answered

Specializes in Thoracic Surgery

Ask: Ask about taking a stress test, an EKG and an echo. This is a great screening test.

Answered 5/1/2015

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