Heart Health

Heart disease remains a leading cause of illness and death—and few areas of medicine are as crowded with dogma and confusion. In our Heart Health series, we cut through the noise and dive into the real nuances, complexities, and controversies with rigor and clarity.

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Statins

When it comes to statins, patients deserve to understand what these drugs actually do in the body. In my experience—both as an MD-PhD and as a patient—there is a real shortage of rigorous, accessible information that allows patients and physicians to give truly informed consent. Time to fix that.

Other (Non-Statin) Heart Health Pharmacotherapy

Heart Health Supplements

Beyond pharmaceuticals, there are natural compounds that may benefit heart health through surprisingly diverse mechanisms—touching many different aspects of metabolism. Here are a few.

Lp(a)

Lp(a) is cardiology’s latest obsession: a highly atherogenic lipoprotein that’s mostly genetically fixed—or so the story goes. The reality is more nuanced. Here’s what you need to know, and what you can actually do.

Heart Health, Other

There are countless corners of cardiology and heart health left to explore. Here are even more deep dives to help quench your curiosity.