Welcome! and Thank you for listening.  Have you ever heard someone say, what would you tell your thirty year old self? It is something like hind sight is 20:20.  My perspective on the practice of cardiology and medicine has changed over the past 30 years because of experience but more so being able to relate to my patients life experiences.   Do you prefer to age gracefully or go full speed ahead into the unknown?  Do you remember how alive the fellas in the movie felt doing the things on their bucket list?  Do you think people even realize how bad they feel, if t ..read more

Welcome! and Thank you for listening.   Risk factors for Lifestyle diseases are increased BMI, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, smoking, sedentary lifestyle and metabolic dysfunction ranging from glucose intolerance to diabetes.  Traditionally, younger people do not get lifestyle diseases because they may either have no risk factors or only have one.  More and more younger people now have multiple risk factors in the presence of glucose intolerance.  This places them at increased risk for the early development of lifestyle diseases.   Studies claiming that chole ..read more

Welcome! and Thank you for listening.   My favorite lunch is a salad, and not the same salad every day.  I like to change things up.  Restaurants know that a salad is not exciting so they spruce it up with high calorie toppers and dressings.  Often, they have more calories than a sandwich and fries.  But, you can still tell the doctor, you just had a salad for lunch.  I will let you in on my salad secrets on this episode.  I will also give you a some more reasons to lace up your shoes and start walking.  Finally, I will finish with the controversial ..read more

Welcome! and Thank you for listening.   This is the weekend of the Masters Golf Tournament.  To begin there was an honorary start with Tee shots by Gary Player, Jack Nicklaus, and Tom Watson.  Gary is the oldest at 88.  He was the most spry and energetic.  As a student of the game of golf, I would like to share my takes on the sport and how it relates to health.  I believe Gary Player is an outlier, and here is why.  If you would like to become a healthy golfer,  check out the practice website below.   https://doctordulaney.com/services/pc ..read more

Welcome! and Thank you for listening.   Today I have the founder of MamaSezz healthy food company.  As many of you know, MamaSezz began as a plant based whole meal delivery service.  Meg had been in the food industry and retired only to discover the need for easy plant based meals for those not able or ready to prepare them for themselves.  Her mother had developed congestive heart failure and was told to get her affairs in order.  Meg researched how she could help her mom live well and discovered plant based nutrition.  After doing a deep dive MamaSezz was f ..read more

Welcome! and Thank you for listening.  Who are you?  What story do you use to answer that question?  Perhaps your story fits who you are but not who you wish to be.  Today's podcast is about changing the story to become more healthy.  Our story can help us accept our circumstances, but we often forget we are the authors of our future selves.   Changing who you are is about changing your story.  Did a health crisis change your story?  Health care providers are at a very high risk of planting seeds to change people's story.  Perhaps you were acti ..read more

Welcome! and Thank you for listening. Telomeres are the end caps on DNA that protect it from unraveling.  They can be measure in white blood cells to determine their length.  The shorter they become, the more likely for the DNA to start to develop errors.  This leads to failure of the bodies organs and functions i.e. aging.  It has recently been linked to the risk of developing heart failure.   There is another blood test that looks for DNA fragments in the plasma of the blood that is associated with colon cancer.  Detecting advanced cancers is pretty good.&n ..read more

Welcome! and Thank you for listening.  Are we at the mercy of our genetics?  Should we just accept our fate as being genetically flawed is some way or another.  There is talk about plasticity of the brain or forming new circuits.  Body builders change their shape through specific workouts.  We can become runners after starting a couch to 5 K program.  So why do we think we cannot change our genetic fate when it comes to cancer or cardiovascular disease.  Most allopathic physicians focus on testing and following disease progression.  I  even heard &n ..read more

Welcome! and Thank you for listening. I had the pleasure of welcoming my second grandchild, Cecelia Joy, into the world last week.  It is a blessing getting to experience the world through the eyes of a child, and do be able to do it as a grandparent is even more special.  We have time and perspective that allows us to have a special bond different from the parents.  The pressure is off.  We are the good guys.   But how much time, and what is the quality of that time?  My grandparents died when I was fairly young and I wished I had more time with them.  ..read more

Welcome! and Thank you for listening.   As we approach Super Bowl Weekend, we will hear about how a  positive mental attitude and optimism affect high level athletics.  Why not me? Anything is possible if you believe.  We can win if we execute our game plan.   We root  for our teams and send them positive vibes believing that it makes a difference.  But when it comes to our own health, it seems unlikely that we can have an influence.  It is our genes.  It is the institution and physicians that we need to make us well.  We are at the m ..read more