Because Good Medicine Deserves Better Explanations
Atherogenic dyslipidemia (AD) is a clinical disorder that, in my opinion, is far too often overlooked. It depicts a blood lipid pattern characterized by elevated triglycerides (TG) and low levels of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C). Hence, people with AD have an elevated TG/HDL-C ratio (1). More crucially, individuals with AD have elevated apolipoprotein B (apoB) … Read more
The role of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) in the evolution of heart disease is fairly well established. In addition, the benefits of pharmacological treatment with agents that lower LDL-C in high-risk patients are well documented. Lipoproteins are biochemical structures that enable the transport of lipids such as cholesterol in the circulation. LDL-C represents the amount … Read more
An important question in clinical medicine is when to treat descending testosterone levels in men when there is no underlying cause other than advanced age. Most men want to live to a ripe old age. But this could come at a price. We may have to depart with masculinity and vigor. Manliness may become a … Read more
A recently published scientific paper shows that measuring cholesterol levels in the blood may not be an optimal tool to predict the risk of cardiovascular events (1). The study is especially important because our confidence in cholesterol, LDL-cholesterol (LDL-C) in particular, has been pretty consistent for a very long time. The paper, published by Marston … Read more
I assume headaches have always been a part of people’s daily lives. But, somehow, headache has never been regarded as a symptom of immense public health importance. One of the reasons may be that most underlying causes of headache are benign. However, there is now a large body of evidence highlighting the societal impact of headache … Read more
