Have you ever heard Coolio’s Gangsta’s Paradise? How about Weird Al’s parody Amish Paradise? And have you also read the 2026 Cholesterol Guidelines? Did it cross your mind to combine all three of these? Well, it crossed mine…enjoy the video!…
As usual, debates have been swirling in Lipid Land regarding the timing of statin initiation and the utility of CAC as a screening tool for atherosclerosis. Essentially, the extreme perspectives are as follows: So if you are of the School…
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…
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…
I go on a lot of Podcasts, and I have to say that THIS EPISODE was actually one of my all-time favorites. Uncle Jimmy is a great host, and I hope you enjoy our discussion of how to NOT have…
August 1st was World RNA Day! A World Without RNA would be pretty lifeless, so I think it’s worthwhile to give you all a primer on this topic. (The people who got that joke probably don’t need to read this,…
