What I Tell Patients Who Think Blood Pressure Targets Were Lowered to Sell Pills
The targets moved because trials cut strokes and deaths — and a new wall-squat study shows a cheap tool worth trying.
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Heart & Longevity
Writing on Heart & Longevity — drawn from medicine, longevity, faith, culture, and the inner life.
The Blood Pressure Pill That Regrows Hair
A cardiologist on the dose that works, the heart risk nobody checks, and the supplements that waste your money. Plans for men and women inside.
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Fish Oil Failed the Brain Test. Here’s What It Does to Your Heart.
A two-year USC trial found 2 grams of DHA a day did nothing for memory. The cardiology data on fish oil is more uncomfortable.
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Stop Panicking About GLP-1 “Blindness.” You’re Being Played.
A cardiologist on the eye-stroke headlines, and the real danger nobody is writing about
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Simple, Holistic Longevity: The Habits Almost Nobody Posts About
The quiet practices that decide who stays strong and independent at 90.
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To My Founding Readers: A Promise—and What Comes Next
Introducing The Longevity Circle: a way to go deeper, keep this community open to all, and turn membership into charitable good.
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The GLP-1 Revolution Is Bigger Than Weight Loss — And the List Keeps Growing
A cardiologist's guide to what these drugs are doing for your heart, kidneys, liver, joints, lungs, skin, and brain, and how to protect your muscles and bones while you take them.
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Your Penis Is Trying to Warn You About a Heart Attack: Erectile Dysfunction
A cardiologist's no-shame handbook: the 12 warning signs, the 10 blood tests your doctor isn't ordering, what to eat, what to skip, and the 30-day plan that beats the pill
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The Question Your Success Never Asked
You built a life that works. Purpose is the quieter vital sign—linked in large cohorts to longer life, healthier hearts, and slower cognitive decline—and midlife is when the question gets honest.
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