This is my crazy-busy time of year, with many back-to-back trips for speeches. I speak at Go Red for Women and women's heart health events around the country, especially during Heart Month (February). I go for a couple of days, come home for 12-24 hours, and then leave again. No matter how crazy it is …
Do you go through medical procedures without paying attention to the risks involved from continued radiation exposure? It's worth paying close attention to the amount of radiation you receive from CT scans (computed tomography) and from radiation exposure during atrial fibrillation procedures such as catheter ablation. Every time you are exposed to radiation, it increases …