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For decades, preventive cardiology has been anchored by a single, powerful concept: the "lipid hypothesis." We operated under the assumption that cholesterol accumulation—specifically LDL-C—was the ...
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Health transformations often begin with a wake-up call — and for Peter Megdal, that call came from his own heart. After receiving a diagnosis that ...
Can an elite athlete have heart disease? Short answer: yes. I’m a lifelong endurance cyclist—now 65 years old - with three national records and two ...
