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Run the Heart Risk Calculator and Plan Simulator, ask the AI Heart Health Tutor a question, look up a term in the glossary, browse the FAQs, or download the free ASCVD Handbook and 40 Heart Disease Lies guide — all grounded exclusively in Peter’s published research.
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Interactive tools
Three ways to explore your own risk — from a five-minute family-history check to a full lifestyle simulation.
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Heart Risk Calculator App
Family history is one of the most overlooked risk factors. Map who in your family was affected and how early, for a more informed conversation with your doctor.
- Visual family tree input
- H-score risk insights
- Shareable PDF reports
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Heart Health Plan Simulator
Toggle diet, exercise, medication, sleep and stress, and watch the effect on your artery cross-section and projected 10-year risk in real time.
- Live artery / plaque visualization
- ApoB, inflammation & protection scores
- 1, 5, and 10-year projection timeline
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Ask the Heart Health Tutor
Answers questions using only Peter’s published content — never outside sources — and cites the exact article behind every answer, in plain language.
- Cites the source article directly
- Says so honestly if it's not covered
- Plain-language analogies
— Reference
Look things up
The vocabulary and the answers, in one place, for when you’re reading a test result or an article.
Glossary of Terms
Hundreds of medical, diagnostic and research terms explained in plain language — for reading test results and talking to your doctor.
Frequently Asked Questions
Evidence-based answers to the questions readers ask most — cholesterol, nutrition, testing and treatment.
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Free downloads
Two guides that go deeper than a single article — free, no email wall.
Free ASCVD Handbook
Understand the science behind heart disease with this evidence-based ASCVD handbook. Discover how coronary artery disease develops, the tests that matter most, and the lifestyle and medical strategies supported by today’s research.
40 Biggest Heart Disease Lies
Separate heart-health fact from fiction with this evidence-based guide to 40 common heart-disease myths. Explore what the research actually shows about cholesterol, medications, plaque, nutrition, exercise, genetics, and cardiovascular risk.
AI App
Heart Risk Calculator
Educational family-history heart risk calculator with H-score insights, visual family tree input and shareable PDF reports.
AI Search
Ask our AI Instructor
Search everything on CuringHeartDisease.com. Ask a heart-health question, and our AI Instructor will instantly search our complete library and explain the answer in clear, easy-to-understand language.*
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