What Does A Blood Pressure Of 130/80 Really Mean?

Seeing 130/80 on a blood pressure cuff can feel like a red alert—especially if you feel fine.

Let’s make it simple: 130/80 is classified as stage 1 hypertension for adults. That doesn’t mean you’re in immediate danger. It does mean your body is sho...

What's A Normal Blood Pressure For My Age?

If you’ve ever Googled “normal blood pressure by age,” you’re not alone. Most people do it for one reason: you’ve seen a number on a cuff (at home, at the pharmacy, or in the doctor’s office) and you want to know if it’s “good.”

Here’s the truth: for adul...

Does The Triglyceride to HDL Ratio Matter For Heart Disease?

There are a number of Medfluencers telling people that high LDL cholesterol is acceptable as long as your triglyceride to HDL cholesterol ratio is low. They also cite other ratios like total cholesterol to HDL cholesterol or various other...

Should You Take A Statin If You Are Over 60? 

The Cholesterol Myth book concluded that treating the elderly with statin therapy had no benefit. They argued that people over the age of 60 should not attempt to lower their cholesterol. This flies in the face of every study we have discussed, as they ...

Statin Absolute vs Relative Risk

One of the arguments you hear online is that the absolute risk reduction in heart attacks or death is very small. They will say that statins only reduce the risk of death by 1.1%. They argue that this small reduction is not worth the possible side effects of the med...

How Statins Help Prevent Heart Disease in Women: A Simple Guide

What Are Statins and What Do They Do?

Statins are cholesterol-lowering medications that help prevent heart attacks, strokes, and death from heart disease in women just as well as they do in men. Think of cholesterol like grease bui...

Beyond Weight Loss: How GLP-1 Medications Are Saving Hearts

If you open social media right now, you will see endless posts about "Ozempic Face," celebrity transformations, and debates about whether taking a weight loss injection is "cheating."

Everyone is talking about medications like Ozempic and...

The Surprising Truth About Heart Disease in Women

For decades, cardiology was studied almost exclusively in men. The protocols, the symptoms, and the 'textbook' cases were all based on male biology. The result? We treated women like 'small men.'

That was a mistake.

As a cardiologist, I see the co...

What Is Mitral Valve Prolapse?

Mitral valve prolapse (MVP) is a common heart valve condition that affects about 2-3 out of every 100 people. The mitral valve is like a door between two chambers on the left side of your heart. In MVP, this "door" doesn't close properly, one or both of the valve flap...

Salt, Hypertension, and Heart Disease: A Cardiologist’s Warning

I am asked about salt intake every day on social media. there is a large campaign by social media healthfluencers and medfluencers to downplay the danger of salt intake. Salt can increase inflammation as well as many factors that play ...