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+4
Sep 12, 2026
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10 min read
Low Calculated Risk. Plaque Already Present.
REACT imaged 16,808 adults aged 18 to 70. More than half had atherosclerotic plaque, and a low ten-year risk estimate did not establish that arteries were plaque-free. Whether finding plaque earlier changes outcomes is still being tested.
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+4
Aug 15, 2026
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9 min read
One in Five Carry It. Nothing You Prescribe Touches It.
Lp(a) is the most common inherited cardiovascular risk factor in medicine — and the first outcomes trial that could give us a drug for it has gone quiet.
CV
+2
Jun 9, 2026
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10 min read
The Cholesterol You Were Born With
Lp(a) drives heart attacks, strokes, and aortic stenosis in one in five people. Statins don’t touch it. Diet doesn’t move it. After six decades of therapeutic silence, 2026 is the year the verdict finally arrives — and a single gene edit may make the problem history.
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+3
Apr 15, 2026
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16 min read
Statins Don't Cause What You Think They Cause. Except When They Do.
Muscle damage. Memory loss. Cancer. Diabetes. Four fears, one physician, and what the evidence actually shows.
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+3
Apr 11, 2026
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12 min read
Statins Don't Lower LDL.Your Liver Does.
The receptor story that explains 40 years of cardiovascular outcomes data — and why the pleiotropic hypothesis was never the whole story.
