Our paper, “Increased LDL-C Reduction With Ezetimibe in Ketogenic Diet-Induced Hypercholesterolemia,” which earlier this month made some National Medical Media Headlines, is currently in the 98th percentile for accesses (popularity) among the ~237,000 other scholarly articles published around the same…
Most of you are familiar with the Pokemon video game series, but just in case, the basic premise of these games is you, the Pokemon Trainer, wander around catching “Pocket Monsters” such as Pikachu, (which is an Electric Type), and…
Today was TRASH DAY in my neighborhood, and occasionally I wind up outside at the precise moment that the Garbage Man arrives to dispose of our weekly waste. And when I meet someone for the first time, it’s nice to…
Ahh…AUTOPHAGY. Autophagy is another one of those terms that everyone cavalierly throws around without any real understanding of what it means…but we know “autophagy is good.” It’s sort of the opposite of the word “fascist,” which everyone seems to use…
All the Small Things, an absolute classic Blink-182 banger, is still universally played at High School Dances and Track Meets across the country. But should we also be blaring this Punk Rock Anthem at all our patient visits as we…
Although the first day of Fall isn’t officially until September 22nd, for all intents and purposes we’ve already arrived…because PUMPKIN SPICE LATTES are back at Starbucks! And many people wholeheartedly endorse the iconic beverage as their favorite seasonal sipping libation.…
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…
