A long time fave of mine. Dr Jack Wolfson. https://t.co/CzoRVGd53n
— Dr Suzanne Humphries (@DrSuzanneH7) August 11, 2025
Never do a nuclear stress test.
Hi, I'm Dr. Jack Wolfson, cardiologist for over 20 years, and I will tell you never do a nuclear stress test. If your doctor recommends it, say no. A nuclear stress test is an injection of radioactive material into your bloodstream. It's so dangerous, the technician carries the nuclear radiation material inside of a lead covered syringe inside of a lead box, and then they inject it into you. And the cardiologist doesn't even question it for one second. They say, "It just goes in and out of your body quickly." They're injecting radiation into your body. Don't do it. Radiation causes heart disease, cancer, dementia, and people to die. So don't inject that. There's a better alternative. If you need a stress test, you can do a plain treadmill or you can do a stress echocardiogram, which uses ultrasound that is safe, certainly compared to nuclear injections. So ask for a stress echocardiogram with either you on the treadmill or they could do a pharmaceutical echocardiogram known as a dobutamine echocardiogram. They can always go straight to an angiogram if they need to, but the nuclear portion is totally unnecessary, and it's only a money grab by the doctors. I know. I did it for many years. Now I know better. Know better, do better. Get a second opinion. We're here to help, you Natural Heart Doctor.
