Coronary artery calcium scan
After last week’s deep dive into the relationship between LDL cholesterol, systolic blood pressure, and cardiovascular disease, I thought it would not hurt to go a bit deeper in the weeds. You’ll recall that atherosclerosis takes the greatest proportion of lives when people are in their later years, but it’s a disease that takes a…
LDL-C & systolic blood pressure and lifetime risk of cardiovascular disease
Mendelian randomization and lifetime cardiovascular disease risk.
Is ditching meat a “game-changer” for your health?
A new documentary makes the case it is.
Is diet soda more dangerous than sugar-sweetened beverages?
SMH
Metformin and exercise – déjà vu all over again?
Metformin blunts muscle hypertrophy in response to progressive resistance training
Am I fooling myself?
This story serves to remind me that we are not wired to think scientifically. Full stop. It is the quintessential human flaw. But scientific thinking is a skill to be practiced and improved upon.
Did a recent study show we can reverse aging?
I dig a little deeper into the recent study that suggests (to some) the answer is yes.
Hormone therapy and breast cancer?
There are not many topics in clinical medicine more polarizing than hormone replacement therapy (HRT) for women suffering from menopausal symptoms. Recently, The Lancet published a study finding “definite” excess risks of breast cancer associated with the use of HRT (with the exception of vaginal estrogen), and the issue included an accompanying editorial entitled “Menopausal hormones:…
Can you reverse your biological age?
I realize it may seem like Groundhog Day for you to see more prose from me about how to think about studies rather than the tactical bits we think we can immediately extract and employ from them. Just remember, it’s better to learn how to fish than to be given … you get it.
Alternate Day Fasting
I’m left bewildered: there are more questions than answers in most scientific pursuits, but I want to stress the point here that these aren’t rhetorical questions.