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The Heart of Power – Episode 1: When Metabolic Disease Entered the Oval Office

Behind the HeadlinesHe wasn’t lazy. He was fighting a chronic disease no one had words for. In this first episode of The Heart of Power, we explore the personal cost of medical blind spots—and the legacy of a misunderstood patient. “It took four men to pull the president from the bathtub.” The newspapers had a … Read more

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