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…
It’s an exciting time for Lipidology because there may finally be a medication on the horizon specifically for people who “picked the wrong parents” when it comes to Lp(a), the notorious “Felon of the Lipid Neighborhood.” (You can get some…
