ASCVD risk stratification gets messy fast—especially when calculators, risk enhancers, and coronary calcium scores all compete for attention. In Part 2 of the LipidCurious ASCVD Risk Stratification mini-series, we focus on how to use the...

ASCVD risk stratification should be straightforward, but in real clinic time, it often isn’t. Multiple guidelines, limited time, overlapping categories, and nonstop competing priorities make lipid decisions feel harder than they need to be....

Hi everyone.Happy New Year. As the new year 2026 unfolds, I want to share three things in this episode.1. What I hope LipidCurious continues to represent.2. What I’m working on right now.3. How I’m thinking about ...

Inflammation! We use the word all day in the clinic. We blame it for half the problems in medicine. Yet when you strip it down to its core, inflammation is one of the most misunderstood forces in cardiometabolic medicine. <...

Most heart attacks don’t start with a clogged artery! They start with a microscopic storm — a small, invisible wound inside the artery wall.That storm begins decades before symptoms, sometimes before high school. By the time someone hits...