Cardiovascular Disease

One of the scariest things about heart disease is that it is often a silent killer, with few to no outward symptoms. As one of my medical school professors liked to point out, the most common “presentation” of the disease is a sudden, fatal heart attack. You know the patient has heart disease because he has just died from it.

And while mortality rates from those first, surprise heart attacks have dropped significantly thanks to improvements in basic cardiac life support and time-sensitive interventions, such attacks are still fatal roughly 1/3 of the time.

Below is a collection of past articles and podcasts related to heart disease prevention, atherosclerosis, coronary disease, cholesterol, apoB, and more.

Exercise

Free Article

Calming the concern over exercise duration and coronary artery calcification

Other tactics, tools, & treatments

Free Article

Could plasma protein levels be a surrogate for VO2 max testing as a measure of cardiorespiratory fitness?

Risks

Free Article

Coronary atherosclerosis is a silent killer, but we have tools to stop it

Nutrition

AMA

Protein’s impact on appetite and weight management, and uric acid's link to disease and how to manage levels

Ep. #313 (AMA #62)

Longevity

Podcast Episode

Longevity 101

Ep. #311

Medications & supplements

Free Article

Does pharmacological treatment for ADHD increase risk of cardiovascular disease?

Nutrition

Free Article

Does xylitol increase risk of cardiovascular disease?

Nutrition

AMA

Preventing cognitive decline, nutrition myths, lowering blood glucose, apoB, and blood pressure, and more

Ep. #306 (AMA #60)

Risks

Free Article

Reducing heavy alcohol intake: a lifeline for cardiovascular health

Risks

Free Article

High Lp(a) warrants intervention, even without other cardiovascular risk factors

Nutrition

Free Article

Silencing the alarm over a recent paper on dietary protein and atherosclerosis

Nutrition

Free Article

Does time-restricted eating increase the risk of cardiovascular death?

Risks

Free Article

Removing race as a risk factor for cardiovascular disease?

Medications & supplements

Free Article

Where a study on metformin and cardiovascular disease fell short – and what it can teach us

Nutrition

Premium Article

Is low-to-moderate alcohol consumption beneficial for longevity?

Risks

Free Article

Reassessing the relationship between alcohol intake and cardiovascular disease risk

Medications & supplements

Free Article

Therapeutic potential and cardiovascular risks of medical cannabis

Risks

Premium Article

Statins: effectiveness, safety, and common myths on their role in ASCVD prevention

Medications & supplements

Free Article

First anti-inflammatory medication approved for treatment of ASCVD

Risks

Free Article

A case study on the importance of taking charge of one’s own health

Medications & supplements

Guest Episode

Men’s Sexual Health: why it matters, what can go wrong, and how to fix it

Ep. #260 with Mohit Khera, M.D., M.B.A., M.P.H.

Risks

AMA

Blood pressure—how to measure, manage, and treat high blood pressure

Ep. #258 (AMA #48)

Risks

Guest Episode

Latest therapeutics in CVD, APOE’s role in Alzheimer’s disease and CVD, familial hypercholesterolemia, and more

Ep. #255 with John Kastelein, M.D., Ph.D.

Risks

Guest Episode

Latest insights on Alzheimer’s disease, cancer, exercise, nutrition, and fasting

Ep. #252 with Rhonda Patrick, Ph.D.