Because Good Medicine Deserves Better Explanations
Author’s Note: This article was initially published in 2014. Since then, a growing body of research has strengthened the case for using the triglyceride-to-HDL cholesterol (TG/HDL-C) ratio as a simple, powerful marker of cardiometabolic risk. This 2025 update brings new clinical insight, clearer explanations, and a narrative approach to help readers understand why this ratio … Read more
Anti-aging science is no longer fringe. It’s a serious, fast-growing field — from metabolism and molecular repair to cellular resilience and epigenetics. But around that science, a new ethos is emerging — a code for how we age, what we optimize, and how we define a life well-lived. But around that science, a marketplace has … Read more
The sun hung low over the Santa Ynez Mountains, casting long shadows across the California hills. Ronald Reagan sat tall in the saddle, reins loose in his weathered hands. He still rode most mornings—slowly, deliberately—but with the easy grace of a man who had spent a lifetime playing cowboys and governors and presidents, until the … Read more
A forgotten folder. A cryptic label. And a quiet set of instructions that may have rewritten the rules of modern medicine. This story doesn’t start with a discovery—it begins with a cover-up. Not in a lab or at a press conference, but deep in the shadows, in an archive no one was supposed to search. … Read more
A young life, unraveled by a rare reaction to a common drug — and what it reveals about statins, mitochondria, and the quiet risks medicine often overlooks. Christopher Wunsch was 29 — healthy, ambitious, and thriving in a career he loved. As a critical care nurse, he knew the stakes of cardiovascular disease. So when … Read more