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May 2025

Live Long and Well Discusses Dairy Fat and Coronary Calcium Scans with the Skeptical Cardiologist
In which I pontificate on precision individual heart disease risk assessment and the benefits of full-fat yogurt
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Are Your Palpitations Due to Benign Premature Ventricular Contractions (PVCs)?
Almost everybody has PVCs if you monitor their heart rhythm for 24 hours but the vast majority of them do not cause significant problems
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April 2025

The Big Lebowski, the Autobahn, and the symptoms of a myocardial infarction.
The Dude himself showed us that The Big Lebowski abides
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Modifying Lifestyle versus Wegovy for Weight Loss
Both approaches benefited this patient and allowed him to preserve substantial muscle mass while shedding substantial visceral fat
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How does a low carb diet impact heart disease?
Some people find low carb diets incredibly effective for weight loss.
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What Can We Do to Stave Off Dementia?
Does taking supplements, eating the MIND diet, and/or getting the Shingles vaccine help?
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Burpees and the Dizziness of Aging
It's a good exercise for people being shot at by other people but is often a trigger of orthostatic hypotension in those over 60 years of age
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March 2025

What Is Lost When Acid Whey is Removed from Yogurt to Make Greek Yogurt?
Don't rely on Claude, AI, or health websites to reliably answer this question
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Is Butter No Longer Back? Part I
It's time to revisit the unctuous debate
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How Much Do Cattle Really Contribute to Greenhouse Gases/Climate Change?
The dogma that eating meat is killing the planet seems to rest on shaky grounds
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Should You Take An Antioxidant (Supplement or Vitamin) To Prevent Or Treat Heart Disease?
The pseudoscientific sneakiness of snake oil salesmen, like Dr. Mercola creates a booming business for useless vitamins and supplements like Vitamins E…
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