Doctor: I saw you were in the Emergency Room the other day… Patient: Oh yeah me and Uncle Willy got a little carried away with a couple of ropes and a pitchfork… thought maybe I had busted my spleen or…
Have you ever asked your kid to brush his teeth? And then an hour later, your kid has written 3 novels, drawn 7 pictures, rearranged his bed, transferred all his Pokemon cards to a new storage compartment, and made a…
Sometimes as parents, we try to progressively give our kids a little bit of autonomy. You might “let your kids make a decision” knowing that, despite their underdeveloped cortex, there’s NO WAY they can miss this layup…and they still find…
Recently, I’ve become aware of some Social Media influencers saying that “stress and elevated cortisol can prevent GLP-1 medications from working.” And I’ve had plenty of patients come to me having been told by a “holistic practitioner” that they are…
This NEW ARTICLE about “off-label” testosterone prescription and risk of cardiovascular events has been making the headlines largely buried beneath the litany of ads telling guys that their total testosterone of 650 “isn’t high enough.” And although it was a…
It’s tricky With drug design To stop the PCSK9 It’s tricky! (Tricky, tricky, tricky)! –Rumored Lipid Remix of Run DMC’s iconic hit “It’s Tricky” Unpublished data suggests that Lipid Learning is enhanced when disseminated in hip-hop format, and I’ve been…
I love anniversaries, and recently my wife and I celebrated our 13th Wedding Anniversary! And that pretty much takes care of the Life and Love parts of this website. But for the “Lipids” section, we can celebrate the 20th Anniversary…
Today’s big news in Lipid Land is that the first oral PCSK9 inhibitor was approved by the FDA! The generic name of this agent, which mechanistically is a macrocyclic peptide, is enlicitide, and I prefer to stick with that since…
The initial CAUGHT-CAD Trial results basically reinforced the “Got Plaque? Get a CAC!” approach to identifying coronary disease and intervening BEFORE the plaque becomes problematic. People aged 40 to 70 with a family history of premature cardiovascular disease underwent testing…
Historically, I haven’t been too enthused about CoQ10 as a supplement given the underwhelming trials and mixed results in abrogating drug-associated muscle symptoms in those on statins. I think creatine supplementation is a much more compelling option, and I think…
