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Is All The Conversation about Microplastics Important? A Big Fat Yes. Don't Smoke!

The present study aimed to evaluate the burden of MNPs in coronary blood across the spectrum of coronary artery disease (CAD), and their association with air pollution exposure and inflammation.

Jul 16th, 2026

What Inflammation Test Should be Ordered With a Lipoprotein(a) Level?

In this primary prevention cohort study, Lp(a)-associated risk for incident CAD was modified by IL-6, with lower associated risk observed in the setting of lower inflammatory biomarker levels. These findings identify IL-6 as a biomarker of inflammation.

Jul 9th, 2026

How Does Sleep Apnea Impact Your Brain? Get a Home Sleep Study

OSA was associated with poorer memory in at-risk middle-aged adults, though this association was attenuated after adjustment for vascular risk factors. OSA was also associated with elevated dementia risk.

Jul 2nd, 2026

More on Strength Training: Lower Your Risk of Type 2 Diabetes!

In this prospective cohort study, resistance training among US adult health care professionals was associated with substantially lower T2D risk, particularly when performed consistently over midlife and combined with adequate aerobic activity.

Jun 26th, 2026

Women, Are You Strength Training? New Data Says You Should Be Lifting!

In this large prospective study of U.S. women, consistent resistance training, especially when integrated with recommended levels of aerobic activity and reduced sedentary television viewing, was associated with a substantially lower risk of major CVD.

Jun 19th, 2026

Vitamin K2/MK-7 Slows Calcification in Heart Arteries: Does it Matter?

Vitamin K supplementation can reduce progression of vascular calcification in patients with diabetes or end-stage kidney disease. Presently, it is unknown whether vitamin K is also beneficial in patients with symptomatic atherosclerotic coronary artery.

Jun 11th, 2026

Are You Prepared for The Years of Aging Ahead? A Useful Tool

In addition to empowering consumers to leverage this tool for their own planning, and with friends and family, it is also expected to become a helpful resource for financial professionals.

Jun 5th, 2026

Would You Take an Injection That Permanently Lowered Your Cholesterol? (It Is Years Away)

Persons carrying loss-of-function variants of proprotein convertase subtilisin–kexin type 9 (PCSK9) have reduced levels of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol and fewer atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease events than persons without such variants

May 29th, 2026

If You Had $2 Million a Year To Focus on Wellness, What Would Your Top 41 Lessons Be?

Bryan Johnson is famously spending over $2 million each year in the pursuit of age reversal, anti-aging, and longevity, or whatever people are calling it this week. He has one of the strictest daily regimens of any human being alive.

May 15th, 2026

What is the Best Type of Exercise for Artery Health?

Exercise significantly enhances endothelial function in patients with CVD. High-intensity interval exercise (HIIE) emerged as the most robust and evidence-based modality, demonstrating superior efficacy over moderate continuous exercise.

May 8th, 2026

What Level of Lipoprotein(a) Relates to a High Risk of Heart Events?

For the study, the researchers analyzed blood samples from 20,070 adults ages 40 years and older who had participated in three large U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) trials: the ACCORD, PEACE, and SPRINT.

May 1st, 2026

What 3 Food Groups Are Contributing to 6 Million Heart Deaths a Year Worldwide?

In a comprehensive study of 204 countries and territories, researchers found that dietary risk factors were responsible for 5.91 million cardiovascular deaths in 2023.

Apr 24th, 2026

Need an Immune Booster? Why Not Try Sauna on a Regular Basis

In the present study we aimed to elucidate the acute effect of Finnish sauna bathing session in middle-aged men and women on the mobilization of immune cells and comprehensive panel of circulating cytokines and their possible interrelationships.

Apr 17th, 2026

High Quality Plant-Based Diets Lower the Risk of Alzheimer's and Related Dementia

These findings suggest that adopting plant-based diets, specifically refraining from low-quality plant-based diets, even at an older age, is associated with a lower risk of ADRDs.

Apr 8th, 2026

Worldwide Deaths from Heart Disease Are Due, In Part, To Too Few of These Plant Foods

Among dietary factors, low intake of nuts and seeds (9.87, 95% UI 2.84-17.12 deaths per 100,000 population), low whole grains (9.22, 4.73-13.67), low fruits (7.25, 1.54-13.34) and high sodium (7.15, 0.92-17.97) were primary contributors to IHD deaths.

Apr 3rd, 2026

Can A Lower LDL-Cholesterol Lower Heart Attacks in Heart Patients in Just 3 Years?

Among patients with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, targeting an LDL cholesterol level of less than 55 mg per deciliter resulted in a lower risk of cardiovascular events at 3 years than targeting a level of less than 70 mg per deciliter.

Mar 31st, 2026

3 Small (or Big) Steps to Better Heart Health

Sleeping for 11 minutes more, doing an extra 4.5 minutes of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity and eating an additional quarter of a cup of vegetables every day were associated with a 10% lower risk of major cardiovascular events.

Mar 25th, 2026

Why You Must Know Your Lipoprotein(a) Level and Your Calcium Score

Elevated Lp(a) is associated with higher relative risk across CAC strata, including CAC of 0. Among individuals with CAC of 0, absolute event rates remain low even when Lp(a) is elevated. CAC scoring remains a powerful tool for risk assessment.

Mar 20th, 2026

What Are The Odds Over 10 Years of Developing Coronary Lesions After a Normal CT Angiogram?

Overall, the researchers found that approximately one-third of patients who underwent CCTA and had normal results developed CAD over the 10-year study period that was identified on repeat imaging.

Mar 13th, 2026

Why You Want to Add GG to Your Statin Prescription

GG supplementation boosts the synthesis of essential cell signaling molecules not achieved by CoQ10 supplementation. GG supplementation mitigates many of the side effects of statins, which affect mitochondrial function and cellular health.

Mar 4th, 2026

Heart Disease in Women: A Little Bit Goes Far for Harm

In women, major adverse cardiovascular events appeared to emerge at a lower PB, and to rise more sharply. Findings support sex-specific interpretation of coronary computed tomography angiography-derived plaque metrics for timely intervention in women.

Feb 26th, 2026

Do Children Raised on a Vegan Diet Have Acceptable Growth Patterns?

These findings suggest that family vegan dietary patterns may support appropriate infant growth, but further work is needed to clarify how vegan diet quality and nutritional counseling during pregnancy and infancy support optimal infant development.

Feb 20th, 2026

Ezetimibe (Zetia) May Lower the Risk of Dementia Sevenfold!

The animal and cultured-cell models for which we present data substantiate that ezetimibe indeed reduces aggregates across a broad spectrum of biological systems, and that it does so by blocking or dissociating dysfunctional (or non-functional) interaction

Feb 11th, 2026

What Do Medical Societies Worldwide Advise for Saturated Fat Intake?

The official positions of WHO, AHA, ESC and most national cardiology and heart foundations still recommend keeping saturated fat ≤10% of energy for the general population and closer to 5–7% for those at elevated cardiovascular risk.

Feb 2nd, 2026

What Do Cardiologists Say About the New Food Pyramid? Eat Plants

Plant-forward eating patterns remain the most consistent dietary strategy for reducing cardiovascular risk. Clinicians should use simple tools and knowledge to proactively translate the DGA into clear, evidence-based guidance for patients.

Jan 28th, 2026

Why You Need an Apple Watch to Monitor for Atrial Fibrillation

This randomized controlled trial provides evidence that 6-month smartwatch-based AF screening enhances the detection rate of new onset AF compared with standard care in patients at elevated stroke risk.

Jan 24th, 2026

Can Higher Omega-3 Blood Levels Help Prevent Early Dementia?

This study expands the evidence of a beneficial association of omega-3 and LOD to EOD as well. These findings suggest that an increased intake of omega-3 fatty acids earlier in life may slow the development of EOD. \

Jan 15th, 2026

Does Limiting Saturated Fat Intake in Food Matter for Heart Patients?

Among persons at high cardiovascular risk, low- to moderate-certainty evidence was found for important reductions in mortality and major cardiovascular events, particularly for MI, with respect to replacing saturated fat with polyunsaturated fat.

Jan 10th, 2026

Are "Carry Out" Meals Destroying Your Health? Maybe So!

Although TFC alone was not associated with mortality, dietary inflammation predicted increased all-cause mortality, suggesting a potential long-term pathway. Reducing high-frequency TFC may improve cardiometabolic health at a population level.

Jan 1st, 2026

Oral Semiglutide Is Approved For Weight Loss: The Revolution Continues

Oral semaglutide at a dose of 25 mg once daily resulted in a greater mean reduction in body weight than placebo in participants with overweight or obesity.

Dec 23rd, 2025

Reducing Saturated Fats in Patients at High Risk Reduces Death and Heart Attack

Dec 19th, 2025

Want to Live Longer? Get Adequate Sleep

These findings demonstrate the importance of adequate sleep in all communities regardless of income level, access to health care services, or geographical classification.

Dec 12th, 2025

How to Add 12-14 Years to Your Lifespan Starting Now

Adding roughly 10–14 extra years of life is achievable for many people by consistently following a small set of scientifically proven lifestyle habits, especially when started by midlife

Dec 7th, 2025

Can a Plant Based Healthy Diet Preserve Muscle Mass?

Our study indicated that adherence to the EAT-Lancet diet was associated with a lower risk of sarcopenia and sarcopenic obesity, with this association partially mediated by inflammatory biomarkers.

Dec 4th, 2025

Sleep Apnea is a Risk for Parkinson's Disease: Have You Been Tested?

Sleep apnea appeared to be an independent risk factor for the later development of PD and could be modified by early treatment with CPAP. Effective screening measures and protocols for consistent adherence to CPAP may have large imp

Nov 27th, 2025

Do High Protein Diets Increase the Risk of Heart Events and Death?

Higher protein intake was related to higher incidence of MACE in participants over 55 years old, but the association was not evident in their counterparts younger than 55 years old.

Nov 22nd, 2025

When Do You Operate on Severe Mitral Regurgitation?

The timing of surgery in asymptomatic severe mitral regurgitation remains controversial. This observational study sought to compare long-term outcomes of early surgery with a conventional treatment strategy in asymptomatic patients with severe MR.

Nov 13th, 2025

New Data: Statins Benefit Those With CAD, Not Those Without

Statin efficacy to decrease MACE depends on CAD phenotypes and increases with the extent and severity of disease and in the presence of high-risk plaques.

Nov 7th, 2025

Does the News Accurately Report on Causes of Death in the USA?

The full list of all causes of death is very long, and since many causes are very rare, we didn’t investigate all of them. But our analysis accounts for 76% of all deaths in the US in 2023.

Oct 31st, 2025

CATCH BIO: The World's First Cancer Prevention Platform

At Catch, we believe that it’s time for a new paradigm in cancer screening. Screening should be tailored to your personal risk, rather than following a set of one-size-fits-all guidelines. We’re strong believers in the benefits of proactive screening.

Oct 24th, 2025

Can Hydration Lower Your Cortisol and Stress?

Cortisol reactivity to acute stress predicts long-term health. Our novel findings show greater cortisol reactivity to acute stress in adults with habitual low fluid intake.

Oct 17th, 2025

Dietary Cholesterol and Egg Intake and Higher Mortality Rates!

Among stoke survivors, greater dietary cholesterol connects to an escalated risk of all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in a linear manner. Moderate egg consumption (≤ 1 egg/day) is relatively safe.

Oct 10th, 2025

Poor Sleep and Brain Aging: The Need to Get Good Shut Eye

Poor-quality sleep has been linked to increased dementia risk. This study investigated the relationship between healthy sleep pattern and older brain age, and the extent to which this is mediated by systemic inflammation.

Oct 4th, 2025

How Common Are Risk Factors for Developing Heart Disease? Very Common

Blood pressure, blood lipids, blood glucose, and body mass index (BMI), the four health factors of LE8, are cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors. Having a greater number of these CVD risk factors is associated with increased risk of CVD.

Sep 26th, 2025

The Higher the Olive Oil Intake (Extra-Virgin), the Lower the Heart Risk

Background and aims: Olive oil, increasingly consumed in the U.S., has been inversely associated with cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk.

Sep 19th, 2025

Poor Sleep, Poor Brain Health: The Crucial Role for Sleep

The relationship between insomnia and cognitive decline is poorly understood. We investigated associations between chronic insomnia, longitudinal cognitive outcomes, and brain health in older adults.

Sep 13th, 2025

What Are The Biggest Myths About Veganism?

A number of people have identified veganism as one of the biggest trends of 2018; the reality is that the number of persons identifying their diet as plant-based or vegan is growing larger and larger.

Aug 29th, 2025

Another Reason to Check and Lower Your TMAO Level: Abdominal Aneurysms

Plasma levels of the gut microbiota–dependent metabolite trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO) are associated with prevalent abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA) in humans and fostering of AAA progression in animal models.

Aug 22nd, 2025

Ten Things to Pay Attention to in the New Blood Pressure Guidelines

The new guideline reaffirms the critical role healthy lifestyle behaviors play in preventing and managing high blood pressure, and it encourages health care professionals to work with patients to set realistic, achievable goals.

Aug 15th, 2025

What is a LBBB? Does it Matter?

Left bundle branch block (LBBB) is associated with increased mortality in patients with heart failure (HF) and reduced left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) Cardiac resynchronization therapy is a well-established treatment to mitigate the morbidity.

Aug 8th, 2025

Do Eggs Lower Cholesterol? Or Do Lentils and Tofu!

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains a leading cause of death. Although dietary cholesterol from eggs has been a focus of dietary guidelines, recent evidence suggests that saturated fat has a greater impact on LDL cholesterol.

Aug 2nd, 2025

Does Lipoprotein(a) Cholesterol Raise the Risk of Stroke?

Stroke is a feared complication and inheriting the genetic cholesterol Lipoprotein(a) may raise the risk. A new study analyzed a large database for the risk of stroke in this group.

Jul 25th, 2025

5 Heart Calculators To Know Your Risk Assessment

The concept of vascular age, also known as arterial age, is a strongly supported measurement. There are several calculators available to assist in measuring this. Several require a coronary calcium CT score, but not all. One is for Lipoprotein(a) patients.

Jul 13th, 2025

Can Wearing A Weighted Vest Help You Keep Weight Off? YES

Coined the “gravitostat” in 2018, this intriguing hypothesis posits that lower extremity osteocytes sense changes in body weight (BW) and respond by sending a systemic signal to the brain, influencing appetite and subsequent body fat stores.

Jul 11th, 2025

Want to Avoid Atrial Fibrillation? Up Your Lifestyle Game!

Adults with poor Life’s Essential 8 scores faced significantly higher atrial fibrillation risk, suggesting that heart-healthy habits could be key to preventing this common arrhythmia.

Jul 4th, 2025

Replacing Animal Foods with Plant Foods Reduced Dietary Acid Load and Leads to Weight Loss

Diets high in dietary acid load contribute to chronic low-grade metabolic acidosis, which produces chronic inflammation.

Jun 27th, 2025

How Getting Up From the Floor Can Save Your Life!

In a previous study, the ability to sit and rise from the floor was associated with all-cause mortality.

Jun 19th, 2025

Men’s Heart Health: An End to Heart Attacks

The matter of heart attack prevention is pressing because over 1,000 people a day in the US alone experience a heart death judged to be preventable by the Center for Disease Control in Atlanta.6

Jun 13th, 2025

A Plant-Based Diet That Lowers Cholesterol Also Saves Lives

At the Kahn Center, we will continue to teach plant-based diets. For those not ready to eat 100% plant foods, the Porfolio Diet is a proven step forward in that direction.

Jun 6th, 2025

Are There Any Research Studies Showing Red Meat Reducing Heart Disease?

A 2017 PMC review, "A Contemporary Review of the Relationship between Red Meat Consumption and Cardiovascular Risk," discussed how TMAO lowers reverse cholesterol transport and increases foam cell production.

Jun 3rd, 2025

Are More People Dying at Home of Heart Attacks Since the Pandemic?

There have been so many advances in the "high-tech" approaches to cardiovascular care and the treatment of coronary artery disease (CAD), one would expect lower rates of heart attacks. Unfortunately, new triggers like microplastics, endocrine disruptors, a

May 31st, 2025

Top Research Studies Showing Reversal of Atherosclerosis with Diet

The studies presented here are widely recognized for their robust methodologies and have significantly influenced our understanding of the relationship between diet and cardiovascular health.

May 26th, 2025

Does Knowledge of the Calcium CT Score Improve Patient Outcomes?

The combination of CAC score with a primary prevention strategy in intermediate-risk patients with a family history of CAD was associated with reduction of atherogenic lipids and slower plaque progression compared with usual care.

May 23rd, 2025

New Warnings About Broken Heart Syndrome (Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy)

Takotsubo cardiomyopathy continues to be a major cause of mortality and morbidity. The goal of this study was to evaluate the outcome data of patients with Takotsubo cardiomyopathy using a large inpatient database.

May 17th, 2025

Does an Elevated Lipoprotein(a) Level Matter in Patients With Known Heart Disease?

Higher levels of lipoprotein(a) drive increasing risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) in otherwise healthy individuals regardless of sex and race/ethnicity. This study aimed to evaluate whether this is also true for recurrent ASCVD.

May 9th, 2025

Online Diabetic Nutrition Education is an Effective Tool

In a primary care setting, a novel 12-week plant-based nutrition intervention for type 2 diabetes was accessible, economically viable, and led to reductions in diabetes medications, body weight, HbA1c, and total and LDL cholesterol levels.

May 3rd, 2025

Chicken or ChickPeas? Concerning Mortality Data for Poultry

Our study showed that poultry consumption above 300 g/week is associated with a statistically significant increased mortality risk both from all causes and from GCs. The risk is higher for men than for women.

Apr 24th, 2025

Can Doing a Low Carb (Vegan Keto) Diet 1-2 Days a Week Improve Your Metabolism?

The good news? This new research suggests you may not have to slash your calories so drastically on fasting days – simply cutting out carbs might offer similar fat-burning benefits.

Apr 18th, 2025

When You Need a Snack, Think Lupini Beans Not Chips!

Lupini beans (or lupin beans) are a popular legume grown in the Mediterranean basin and Latin America. While they’re extremely common in Europe, they’re less known in the States. But considering more recent accessibility in the keto diet and an environment

Apr 11th, 2025

A New Agent for Lipoprotein(a) Looks Promising But is Years Away

Elevated lipoprotein(a) concentrations are associated with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. The safety and efficacy of lepodisiran, an extended-duration, small interfering RNA targeting hepatic synthesis of lipoprotein(a), are unknown.

Apr 4th, 2025

If Combination Cholesterol Therapy Were Routine, Many Lives Would Be Saved

Combination LLT was associated with an overall greater reduction in LDL-C, the same risk of adverse effects, and significantly lower risk of all-cause mortality, major adverse cardiovascular events, and stroke compared with statin monotherapy.

Mar 28th, 2025

Cannabis Use as a Risk Factor for Heart Disease

This analysis provides evidence linking cannabis-use to adverse cardiovascular events, including MI, ischemic stroke, HF and mortality. Notably, cannabis use appears to pose a substantial and independent risk for these outcomes.

Mar 21st, 2025

How is Your Hearing: A Risk for Dementia and a Diet to Help

Healthy dietary patterns, particularly the DASH diet, was associated with a reduced risk of hearing loss and slower cognitive decline following hearing loss.

Mar 14th, 2025

Butter (and Beef Tallow) vs Plant Oils: Which is Healthier for the Heart and Cancer Risk?

According to an independent study analyzing 33 years of data for more than 200,000 adults in the U.S., people who consumed the highest amounts of butter had an increased risk of death from all causes and from cancer compared to those who consumed less.

Mar 7th, 2025