Frail and on a Weight-Loss Drug? What a 17,604-Person Heart Study Found
If you or a parent is frail, you may worry a weight-loss drug could make things worse. A new analysis of 17,604 heart patients found frailty was more likely to improve on semaglutide. Here are the results, the caveats, and how to protect strength.
Hidden Artery Plaque Is More Common Than You Think. Here’s What to Ask For.
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.
Should You Get an Lp(a) Test? What a New Lancet Study Means for Your Care at ThriveMed
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.