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The Heart of Power – Episode 2: The Golf Course Heart Attack

By Axel F. Sigurdsson, MD, PhD | April 10, 2025

Behind the HeadlinesHe was the Supreme Commander. The five-star general. The man who won a world war and calmed a divided nation. But on a golf course in Colorado, Dwight D. Eisenhower was brought to his knees by a silent threat building for decades. In this episode of The Heart of Power, we examine the … Read more

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

By Axel F. Sigurdsson, MD, PhD | April 6, 2025

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

Cholesterol on Trial: When High LDL Leads to Heart Disease—and When It Doesn’t

By Axel F. Sigurdsson, MD, PhD | April 3, 2025

The LDL Paradox: High Can Be Harmless, Normal Can Harm He wasn’t exactly a poster child for heart health. He loved steak, hated vegetables, and didn’t care much for doctors. His LDL-cholesterol hovered around 200 mg/dL (5.17 mmol/L) for most of his adult life. Yet, at age 88, his arteries were clean—and his mind sharper … Read more

The Making of a Heart Attack: The 12 Step Biology of Atherosclerosis

By Axel F. Sigurdsson, MD, PhD | April 1, 2025

He’s just poured his first cup of coffee. The house is quiet; the day just beginning. A minute ago, he noticed a light sweat along his back — strange but easy to ignore. Then it hits. A tightness in his chest, deep and growing. A wave of nausea. His skin turns cold and clammy. He … Read more

Can a Mother’s Diet Shape a Child’s Mind? What a New Study Suggests

By Axel F. Sigurdsson, MD, PhD | March 25, 2025

Most of what I write here on Doc’s Opinion sticks pretty closely to cardiology — that’s my usual beat, after all. But every now and then, a study comes along that pulls me out of that lane. This is one of those. The paper published recently in Nature Metabolism looks at how a mother’s diet … Read more

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