D Squared Consulting

01/13/2023

Here’s a snapshot of 2022. I’m so grateful to our clients who gave us the opportunity to work on some exciting projects, and also gave me the flexibility needed as a mom of (recently) two! Here’s to another intellectually engaging year…

11/22/2022

A new study raises the question, is a high HDL actually protective? In short, the focus should be on keeping your total cholesterol number low. Interesting read...

Too little HDL cholesterol raised the risk of heart disease for white adults, but not in Black adults, a new analysis of data finds.

09/29/2022

https://youtu.be/3NcuPvJfXj4
It's ! To celebrate, we bring you a new D2 classroom video to share some tips for heart health. You may know diet and exercise are important, but today we explain some of the reasons why.

Happy world heart day! To celebrate, here is a video with some heart health tips (and the why behind them).

06/30/2022

AHA has just released “Life’s Essential 8” on living heart-healthy - the latest addition as of this week is sleep duration. Your heart needs strength from exercise but also needs rest!

https://www.heart.org/en/healthy-living/healthy-lifestyle/lifes-essential-8

Life’s Essential 8 are the key measures for improving and maintaining cardiovascular health, as defined by the American Heart Association. Better cardiovascular health helps lower the risk for heart disease, stroke and other major health problems.

06/14/2022

Want to be truly inspired and have some hope for the future? Check out the work being done by Dr. Doris Taylor. We are rooting for her!

Dr. Doris Taylor, who directed regenerative medicine research at Texas Heart Institute in Houston until 2020, shows off groundbreaking technology in which she took a ghost-like shell of a pig's heart, and infused it with beating human stem cells. Her talk took place on stage at the 2022 Life Itself....

05/20/2022

D Squared wraps up the Strength of Materials series this week with an episode on mechanical heart valves. Thank you to intern Loren Balunis for sharing your knowledge on this subject, and congrats on starting nursing school!

https://youtu.be/Ii3oOn1AKRo

Wrapping up the 'strength of materials' series, Loren describes the properties of the materials used in mechanical heart valves.

03/25/2022

Happy Friday! Head into the weekend with a little more knowledge about the valves in your heart - check out the latest 4-minute video from D Squared Classroom...

https://youtu.be/wFciyZEJ0C4

Dori reviews the 4 valves in the heart as well as the common types of valvular disease

02/25/2022

Dori Jones had the distinct pleasure of interviewing Dr. Preethi Pirlamarla, Director of Heart Failure at Mount Sinai Health System Queens and all-around rockstar. In honor of , she shares her #1 recommendation to patients on how to keep . Listen to the end to learn what her favorite app(s) is! Hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

Harboring Hearts

D Squared Classroom is honored to host Dr. Preethi Pirlamarla during Heart Month. Dr. Pirlamarla is an associate professor of medicine and Director of Heart...

02/10/2022

In honor of Heart Month, we've created a new playlist called "Heart Awareness" on our YouTube channel. At D Squared Classroom, we believe that understanding how your heart works empowers you to make heart-healthy choices. Happy viewing!

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlqi7MCWnXIbbhFWXspTC1oHEzwVQb2hK

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01/21/2022

Following up on last week's post about the first human to be implanted with a pig's heart - this latest episode of D Squared Classroom covers the basics of and how this milestone was made possible. Please share your feedback with myself and Loren Balunis!

Genetic engineering reached a huge milestone Jan 2022, with the successful implant of a pig's heart into a human. Here's a look at the basic science behind ...

01/04/2022

Kicking off the new year - I find I am so productive once out of the house! (And surrounded by plants that I haven’t killed). What’s your like in 2022?

12/08/2021

D Squared teamed up with Nuwellis, Inc. and Pointward to develop this new animation describing the mechanism of action for therapy. Voiceover by Dori Jones

Aquadex Smartflow mechanism of action 3D animation to educate in the elements and overview of the simplified ultrafiltration therapy.