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Senator warns about bill banning private equity: a cardiologist's perspective.
Private practice cardiologist explains that 80% of American doctors now work for a corporation, up from sixty two percent in 2011, and Congress just introduced a bill to undo that in one stroke. This will ruin...
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How Cholesterol Actually Travels From Your Gut To Your Artery Wall
Dr.Alo walks Hannah through the full journey of cholesterol, from the food in your gut to the plaque in your arteries, explaining absorption, HDL and LDL biology, and why apoB particle counts matter more than any...
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Your Brain Makes Its Own Cholesterol, Statins Don't Starve It
Dr.Alo and Hannah break down why cholesterol in your blood and cholesterol inside your brain operate as two separate systems, walking through the blood brain barrier, desmosterol, and what the largest statin and...
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Frank's Sign: The Earlobe Crease Cardiologists Argue About
Dr. Alo breaks down Frank's sign, the diagonal earlobe crease first described in 1973, and unpacks decades of studies linking it to coronary artery disease. You'll learn why the association is statistically real yet...
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Colchicine and the Heart: What the Big New Trials Actually Show
Dr. Alo digs into the biggest colchicine trial ever run and explains why it came back neutral even though earlier studies looked so promising. He walks through CLEAR SYNERGY, CONVINCE, and multiple Cochrane reviews to...
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How Repatha Cut Deaths by 20 Percent Before Any Heart Attack
Why did a cholesterol drug take a year and a half to start saving lives, and why did people without any visible plaque benefit just as much as those with confirmed disease?Dr. Alo and Hannah break down the VESALIUS-CV...
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57% of Healthy Adults Already Have Hidden Arterial Plaque
A study of over 16,000 healthy adults with no history of heart disease used direct arterial imaging to check for plaque, and the results upend how doctors screen for risk.Dr. Alo walks through the REACT study's...
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Fish Oil and Your Heart: What the Trials Actually Show
Dr.Alo digs into decades of fish oil trials, from early Japanese observations to VITAL, STRENGTH, and REDUCE-IT, to find out whether the supplement on your counter actually protects your heart. He breaks down why...
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Seed Oils and Inflammation: What a New Trial Actually Found
Do seed oils like soybean oil actually raise inflammation, or is that just a social media myth?
This episode breaks down a new randomized controlled crossover trial from Ohio State University testing high dose soybean...
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White Coat vs Masked Hypertension: Which One Do You Have?
Your blood pressure reading at the doctor's office might be lying to you, in either direction.
Dr. Alo and Hannah break down white coat hypertension and masked hypertension, explaining the biology behind each, who is...
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2026 ASCVD Treatment Guidelines: Deep Dive Prevent Heart Disease
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Professor Alo breaks down the guidelines for those looking for a very...
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2026 ASCVD Prevention Guidelines: Deep Dive To Prevent Heart Disease Before It Begins
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Professor Dr. Alo dives deep into the ASCVD Prevention Guidelines. How...
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