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  Dr. Brian Goldman

  Dr. Brian Goldman is a member of a rare breed, with success in two high octane fields: medicine and broadcasting. He is a respected ER physician at Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto. He is also the host of White Coat, Black Art, an innovative and controversial show about the culture of medicine, with stories told from the point of view of health professionals. Brian is dedicated to illuminating ways to preserve an effective, safe and evidence-based publicly-funded health care system that leaves no patients behind. He is available to speak on major health issues such as improving patient safety, welcoming new health care professionals into the system, and overcomeing aging and ageism in the system 

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• Sometimes, following surgery, especially if there were complications, and the patient did not survive, I was frequently confronted by a confused and distraught family asking the same questions?
  Dr. Vagnini, he just saw his doctor and was given a clean bill of health how could this happen?
  
  or He must have had this problem for years, why wasn't it found before?
  
  or Why wasn't the aneurysm found before it burst?
  
  Good questions that deserved better answers than current medical treatment was providing.
  My surgical experience and continuing research, has now revealed that not only arteriosclerosis, heart and blood vessel disease, but most degenerative diseases, including diabetes, arthritis, hypertension, obesity, cancer and cataracts start at an early age. With proper intervention through early detection, motivation, health education and simple lifestyle changes, these diseases are preventable.
  The complications of degenerative disease are devastating; chronic pain, severe heart damage, difficulty breathing, immobility, paralysis, loss of speech, progressive visual loss and mental deterioration.
  All this could be avoided if you take action early. The most important aspects of good health and longevity are certainly a proper diet, exercise, mental outlook, behavior, vitamins minerals and phytonutrition. At the "Heart, Diabetes & Weight Loss Centers of New York" our unique approach to disease prevention continues to evolve. Integrated medicine takes science of medicine and combines orthodox treatments with the developing field of nutrition and functional therapies.
  Frederic J. Vagnini, MD, FACS
  Remember your health is in your own hands." />

  Dr. Frederic Vagnini

  I have spent 30 years caring for patients with heart, circulation and related problems. Originally as a cardiovascular surgeon and more recently in the field of Preventive Medicine and Nutrition. As I look back at the progress of medicine, as well as my medical career, a number of events stand out and continue to amaze me.
  
  After many years of surgery I have learned that appearances can be deceiving. I can recall heart patients appearing perfectly healthy the night before bypass surgery, but finding a heart that practically "fell apart" on the operating table. Major blood vessels such as the carotids, aorta and femoral arteries were found to be so diseased, that I was frequently astonished that people could be actually walking around with such degenerative arterial pathology.
  Sometimes, following surgery, especially if there were complications, and the patient did not survive, I was frequently confronted by a confused and distraught family asking the same questions?
  Dr. Vagnini, he just saw his doctor and was given a clean bill of health how could this happen?
  
  or He must have had this problem for years, why wasn't it found before?
  
  or Why wasn't the aneurysm found before it burst?
  
  Good questions that deserved better answers than current medical treatment was providing.
  My surgical experience and continuing research, has now revealed that not only arteriosclerosis, heart and blood vessel disease, but most degenerative diseases, including diabetes, arthritis, hypertension, obesity, cancer and cataracts start at an early age. With proper intervention through early detection, motivation, health education and simple lifestyle changes, these diseases are preventable.
  The complications of degenerative disease are devastating; chronic pain, severe heart damage, difficulty breathing, immobility, paralysis, loss of speech, progressive visual loss and mental deterioration.
  All this could be avoided if you take action early. The most important aspects of good health and longevity are certainly a proper diet, exercise, mental outlook, behavior, vitamins minerals and phytonutrition. At the "Heart, Diabetes & Weight Loss Centers of New York" our unique approach to disease prevention continues to evolve. Integrated medicine takes science of medicine and combines orthodox treatments with the developing field of nutrition and functional therapies.
  Frederic J. Vagnini, MD, FACS
  Remember your health is in your own hands.

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