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Dr. Jay Cohn-- professor of Medicine at the University of Minnesota Medical School, and Director of the Rasmussen Center of Cardiovascular Disease Prevention. Dr. Cohn wants us to learn of our medical predispositions and treat those early, not end disease--which is our mode. And to support our education at our own pace, Dr. Cohn has a new, easy to read book: Cardiovascular Health--How Conventional Wisdom is Failing Us". www.cardiovasculardiseaseprevention.org

In Cardiovascular Health, Jay N. Cohn MD., a renowned cardiologist describes the biological processes leading to heart and blood vessel disease. He challenges the conventional view that risk factors such as poor diet, and lack of exercise are the biggest culprits. Each of these widely-described risk factors is individually discussed and Dr. Cohn concludes that their role in affecting cardiovascular health is often overstated. He promotes a greater emphasis on an individual’s personal and largely inherited cardiovascular health by simple assessment of the function and structure of the arteries and heart. By identifying early disease likely to progress he advocates for early intervention, often with drug therapy, to slow disease progression and prevent symptoms of cardiovascular disease. He concludes that health care providers can better treat patients with medications that slow the biological processes that contribute to the development of artery and heart disease. These medications lower blood pressure and cholesterol, but their main effect is to slow progression of disease even in those whose blood pressure and cholesterol levels are not elevated. He describes a strategy for identifying and treating these early abnormalities before symptoms develop. Ultimately, early diagnosis and treatment, he argues, can contribute to better prevention and the slowing of cardiovascular disease. Jay N. Cohn, MD., is Professor of Medicine at the University of Minnesota Medical School and Director of the Rasmussen Center for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention. He was Director of the University’s Cardiovascular Division from 1974-96. He is widely recognized for his contributions to an understanding and management of hypertension, coronary artery disease, myocardial infarction and heart failure. He is the author of the scientific memoir “Saving Sam: Drugs, Race, and Discovering the Secrets of Heart Disease”.

Dr. Jay Cohn is professor of Medicine at the University of Minnesota Medical School, and Director of the Rasmussen Center of Cardiovascular Disease Prevention. Cardio vascular disease--includes all the various heart conditions and stroke, together are the #1 killer of people in the US. Vascular disease is also connected to dementia. Dr. Cohn's campaign is to work on the prevention, acknowledging our inherited genetics. We need to have screening techniques. To support our education Dr. Cohn has a new, easy to read book: Cardiovascular Health--How Conventional Wisdom is Failing Us".

Dr. Jay Cohn is professor of Medicine at the University of Minnesota Medical School, and Director of the Rasmussen Center of Cardiovascular Disease Prevention. Cardio vascular disease--includes all the various heart conditions and stroke, together are the #1 killer of people in the US. Vascular disease is also connected to dementia. Dr. Cohn's campaign is to work on the prevention, acknowledging our inherited genetics. We need to have screening techniques. To support our education Dr. Cohn has a new, easy to read book: Cardiovascular Health--How Conventional Wisdom is Failing Us".

Please join us on Thursday, February 25, 2016 at 4:00 p.m. PST and 7:00 p.m. EST for a live show with host Denise Messenger.  Our special guest is Dr. Jay Cohn.  He is a Professor of Medicine and Director of the Rasmussen Center for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention at the University of Minnesota. We will be discussing his recent book, aimed at a lay audience, is a scientific memoir that has received enthusiastic reviews.  Entitled, "Saving Sam: Drugs, Race and Discovering the Secrets of Heart Disease."  He previously served for 22 years as the Chief of Cardiology at the University of Minnesota. He is internationally recognized for his seminal contributions to our understanding of the pathophysiology of cardiovascular disease and for his innovative research into modernization of the treatment of hypertension, shock, acute myocardial infarction and heart failure.  His recent efforts have focused on a new approach to recognize the functional and structural markers of early, asymptomatic cardiovascular disease in order to introduce effective therapy aimed at slowing its progression to morbid events.   You asked for it and we deliver!