by Dr. Neravetla | Dec 3, 2013 | Uncategorized
A recent return to New York City after a few decades gave me an idea about how to explain why cholesterol builds in your arteries. This blog will make even more sense if you take a moment to read prior blogs on this subject. Back in the late 1970s when I was training...
by Dr. Neravetla | Nov 27, 2013 | Uncategorized
You haven’t heard from me in a while because I’ve been busy finishing my new book Salt: Black America’s Silent Killer. I hadn’t planned to write an entire book on this topic, but the more I researched, the more appalled I became. Not only are Black Americans are two...
by Dr. Neravetla | Sep 24, 2013 | Uncategorized
You wouldn’t think that rust spots on your car and fat in your arteries would have anything in common, especially since you can see rust spots all too readily and you can’t see the fat build up in your arteries at all. Allow me to explain their shared traits by...
by Dr. Neravetla | Sep 18, 2013 | Uncategorized
“Get out of here! Is that’s what came out of the artery?” shrieks the patient’s wife when I show her the fat that was blocking the blood flow to her husband’s legs. I am used to this reaction when I show people the cholesterol I’ve removed during surgery. “I...
by Dr. Neravetla | Sep 11, 2013 | Uncategorized
I remember boxer Tommy Morrison, who recently died at just 44 years of age. In 1993 he beat then heavy weight boxing champion George Foreman. The news of his premature death made me think of a way to explain how and why fat deposits in the arteries. In previous...
