A interesting NEW ARTICLE on mechanisms for statin associated muscle symptoms (SAMS) has been making headlines, and in my humble opinion, it further builds on some of the existing literature attempting to describe the phenomenon. And before I present my…
Fatty liver, now known as Metabolic Associated Steatohepatitis, or MASH, now has 2 FDA-approved medications for its treatment. (This disease state was formerly known as NAFLD or NASH, but I like MASH. If visceral adiposity has led to someone becoming…
“I’m the kind of crazy you weren’t warned about because no one knew this level existed.” –Usually a random girl on Instagram, but originally intended for the topic of the ANGPTL family Remember when you were a kid and you’d…
THIS ARTICLE, which assessed the efficacy of the Vitamin K homolog menaquinone-7 (MK-7) in mitigating coronary plaque progression as assessed by serial CAC measurements, is almost assuredly destined for “Most Likely to Result in Supplement Companies Leveraging the Headlines Because…
Dr. Tom Dayspring is a brilliant lipid educator who has helped inspire the New Wave of Lipid Geeks (there are about 7 of us). And whenever he discusses cholesterol in the brain (like he did on THIS RECENT PODCAST), you…
You all are familiar with the “Got Plaque? Get a CAC!” screening strategy to identify a “break-in by a cholesterol-laden perpetrator” to your arterial abode. And occasionally people will criticize CACs because they “don’t show soft plaque” and “soft plaque…
“I went plant-based, and then low-carb But in the end, it didn’t even matter Cuz I ran fast, and also far Cuz in the end, it doesn’t even matter” -The rumored original lyrics to Linkin Park’s hit from the year…
Recently a friend sent me an article where a Polarizing Provocateur lightheartedly proposed a comparison between Dog Ownership and statins when it comes to Cardiovascular Disease, citing the observed 24% reduction in all-cause mortality among Dog Owners in THIS STUDY. …
We’ve all heard the story about starfish on the beach, a parable dripping with pathos about a boy who keeps throwing dried-out starfish back into the ocean to save a few of them from inevitable death. Despite the harsh reality…
Even an amateur Pokemon Trainer could identify the mystery silhouette in this picture as Bulbasaur…EXCEPT WHEN IT’S A MUTANT QUADRUPEDAL PIKACHU! And sometimes in medicine, there are case studies that make us spew our proverbial cornflakes in astonishment. I remember…
