WHY DO WE IGNORE THIS RISK FACTOR? Fibrinogen

Want to learn one of the basics of heart attack & stroke prevention... for free? Get free access to the CV inflammation course by completing this form: https://care.prevmedhealth.com/FreeOn.... Learn how to predict & prevent heart attack & stroke: https://care.prevmedhealth.com/How-To.... Learn how to reduce & reverse arterial plaque: https://care.prevmedhealth.com/How-To.... -- ABOUT THIS VIDEO: A Patient came to me recently that had been evaluated for high Fibrinogen in the past. I usually get labs if a patient requests them. But I don't routinely follow fibrinogen. This video tells why. It also goes into the history of fibrinogen. I was discovered to be a risk over 30 years ago, in studies like Framingham. Here's a link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3... Other studies, such as an Annals of Epidemiology study, continued to show risk. This one actually showed some independent nature of the risk: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science... Several LEI ( Life Extension Institute) articles were published after these indicating major risk factor. I quoted one, which gave an indicator of both management (aspirin, vits A, C and E, ) and of course, smoking cessation, weight loss, and management of blood pressure. Finally, we covered an interesting article showing overlap of plaque imaging studies and fibrinogen: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti... Join the PrevMed Community: https://mailchi.mp/1224fb9e00e7/prevm... For information regarding our services or to become a patient visit: https://prevmedheartrisk.com/ ABOUT DR. BREWER Dr. Brewer started as an Emergency Doctor. After seeing too many preventable heart attacks, he went to Johns Hopkins to learn Preventive Medicine. While there, he went on the run the post-graduate training program (residency) in Preventive Medicine. From there, he made a career of practicing and managing preventive medicine and primary care clinics. His later role in this area was Chief Medical Officer for Premise, which has close to 1,000 primary care/prevention clinics. He was also the Chief Medical Officer for MDLIVE, the second largest telemedicine company. More recently, he founded PrevMed, a heart attack, and stroke prevention clinic. At PrevMed, we focus on heart attack, stroke, and cognitive decline. We serve patients who have already experienced an event as well as those who have not developed a diagnosis or event. Dr. Brewer provides services via telemedicine or in person if you're in the Lexington, KY area. We find a lot of undiagnosed Pre-Diabetes or Insulin Resistance. Treating unrecognized risk factors like Pre-Diabetes allows reduction of risk and prevention of disease. If you are interested in becoming a patient, please visit our website: https://prevmedheartrisk.com/