As we approach another season of Recreational Youth Soccer, I’ve been reflecting on various options for Team Names. Typically, the league is rife with cliché labels such as “Destroyers” or “Shooting Stars,” although last season my daughter’s team was the…
TOPLINE RESULTS from the highly anticipated HORIZON trial of Pelacarsen, the first of a battalion of drugs targeting Lp(a), the “Felon of the Lipid Neighborhood,” were conveniently released on a Friday afternoon heading into a long Holiday weekend. And I…
“Are we there yet?“ 4 small, seemingly benign words. And yet, when these 4 words are spoken at 4-minute intervals on a 4-hour road trip by all 4 of your children, even the most patient of parents can ferment into…
I was recently asked to be a guest on the Gospel Truth Project Podcast to actually talk about something other than Cholesterol and Cardiovascular Disease! Turns out that very few people outside of Lipid Land enjoy Cholesterol Biochemistry, but many…
In the ongoing effort to shift the paradigm from REACTIONARY to PREVENTIVE when it comes to atherosclerosis, the results from the REACT study were recently presented at the European Society of Cardiology congress. This study enrolled nearly 17,000 patients aged…
There are several topics that my elderly patients discuss at every appointment, interaction, or social event. But on a broader scale, the topic of Cholesterol Medications in this population continues to be a somewhat more pressing issue in clinical circles…
Hey guys, look! A new paper on World Religions! I mean, Diets! The NEW STUDY results from Max Petersen’s group at University of Washington in St. Louis is probably, at least to some people, as surprising as something labeled “Washington”…
So I’m one of the authors of INCREASED LDL-C REDUCTION WITH EZETIMIBE IN KETOGENIC DIET-INDUCED HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA, which was recently accepted for publication in Lipids in Health and Disease. I haven’t historically been a fan of group projects; if I feel…
While we anxiously await the results from the HORIZON trial of Pelacarsen, a medication designed specifically to address the Lp(a) “Felons of the Lipid Neighborhood,” new publications LIKE THIS on the topic of Lp(a) continue to be released. And an…
Many young kids dread going to the doctor because they associate the experience with shots. Other children cringe at the mention of going to the dentist. My daughter, on the other hand, looks forward to doctor and dentist appointments…but the…
