Cardiovascular Health & Disease
Understanding Blood Flow & Pressure | Part 1
The biophysics of the circulatory system has fascinated me since before medical school. It may be that early exposure to biophysics planted a se…
Understanding Blood Flow & Pressure | Part 2
In Part 1 we covered a foundational set of ideas about the nature of blood and circulation, including: What blood is. How blood flows. Why blood flows. If you ha…
Cholesterol Good - Statins Bad.
The idea that cholesterol is bad for you is rooted in a rather comical and simplistic conception of what cholesterol is.Remnant | MD is a reader-supported publica…
Statins Suck.
If you’ve been reading this Substack or following me on Twitter, you would know that I am …
Can Statins Cause Heart Attacks?!
It is no secret that I am not a fan of statins. In fact, I am generally opposed to artificially suppressing cholesterol. Not least because choleste…
INSIGHTS | 1. Link between Osteoporosis and Heart Disease.
As people get older, their bones tend to lose density and become more fragile. Fractures of bone insufficiency are very common in the elderly, and often devastating.