The People's Perspective on Medicine

Articles categorized as Angina

Joe Graedon - November 21, 2019

Beware Routine Stents or Bypass Surgery for Stable Heart Disease

Terry Graedon - October 2, 2019

Are Optimists Protected from Heart Attacks?

Joe Graedon - December 8, 2025 - 33 comments

Chelation Therapy: Hope, Hype, and the Latest Heart Science

EDTA Chelation Therapy remains controversial: TACT and TACT2 offer conflicting results. Does EDTA help the heart—or not? Here’s what we know.

Terry Graedon - September 26, 2019

Show 1182: How You Can Use Exercise as Medicine

Terry Graedon - June 6, 2019

Is White Meat Better for Your Heart Than Red Meat?

Joe Graedon - November 9, 2017

The Shocking Results of a Heart Stent Experiment

Terry Graedon - July 7, 2016

FDA Approves a Stent That Can Disappear Like Magic

Terry Graedon - April 14, 2016

Do Peas and Beans Help You with Weight Loss?

Joe Graedon - November 12, 2015

Stents Ease Angina but Fail to Stretch Survival

PCI techniques to place stents can reduce pain from angina but don't help people with stable heart disease live longer than those being treated with drugs.

Terry Graedon - August 28, 2014

What Cardiologists May Not Tell You about Getting a Stent

An innovative study published in JAMA Internal Medicine found that many cardiologists overstated the benefits and downplayed the risks of stents.

Terry Graedon - January 17, 2011

Problems Stopping Beta Blocker Suddenly

Terry Graedon - June 9, 2010

Gout Drug Benefits Heart