At last, Messiah was in their midst Offered His hand, received their fists Deliverer delivered by Judas’ kiss His message ignored, His mission missed How could Friday be called Good? They mocked him, left Him bruised and battered Spat upon,…
My wife was having an engaging conversation with a delightful teenage gal who is involved with her High School Drama Club. This girl had recently participated in a production of The Little Mermaid, and my wife said, “I bet you…
When I was a kid, we had some pretty successful Little League baseball teams despite being an unimposing bunch of scrawny, pre-pubescent ragamuffins. Our body fat was all around 4%, our muscle mass was even lower, and brain activity was…
Although I’m generally not regarded as an unintelligent individual, my cognitive juices are quite viscous in the early morning hours. And this morning, my daughter, streaking like a supernova through the darkness, shattered my slumbering serenity as she burst into…
It’s been quite a week for news about the Felons of the Lipid Neighborhood, (which you can read more about in Chapter 6 of THIS BOOK) and since we all know the news can be pretty depressing, I’ll get back…
It has been well-recognized that having too many Lp(a) “Felons” in your Lipid Neighborhood is associated with increased risk of heart attacks and calcific aortic stenosis (among other things), but a recent study of over 66,000 US adults with Lp(a)…
Decathletes are often referred to as the “Greatest Athletes in the World” (apologies to elite Crossfitters, who are also very impressive). And the greatness of decathletes is their ability to excel at multiple events. They sprint, jump, hurdle, throw, and…
It’s amazing how physical fatigue can influence our thoughts, perspectives, and conversations. Trivial annoyances are magnified into catastrophic offenses, menial tasks that require virtually zero bandwidth seem overwhelming, and usual zest for life goes insipidly stale. And this applies to…
An intriguing new CCTA study called the Essence-TIMI 73b (which sounds like part of the Complement Cascade from Immunology class) was presented of Olezarsen (Tryngolza), an ApoC3 inhibitor currently approved for Familial Chylomicronemia (which, to this point, has shown impressive…
Many of you probably think I just write stuff, go on Podcasts, and run around with kids, which is sort of true, but I do actually have a “Day Job.” And today is a “celebration” of my current vocation, as…
