More than half of healthy adults in the REACT study already had plaque in their arteries, and risk calculators missed most of it. Here is what the study found, what it does not prove, and the three questions I would bring to your next visit.

Most cholesterol panels skip lipoprotein(a), an inherited heart risk marker. Here is what a new Lancet study of Kylo-11 found, what it does not prove yet, and how to ask for the Lp(a) lab at ThriveMed.