Health: Why soluble fiber lowers cholesterol
It binds with bile acid, which is made of cholesterol, resulting in your body drawing cholesterol from the blood to make more bile acid.
Health: Multiple risk factors for heart disease
The media and much health care focus on LDL cholesterol as a risk factor for heart disease. But there are many potential risk factors.
Follow up: What happened to “microplastics”?
Recent studies indicate early panic over microplastics may have been due to false positives and contaminated samples.
Health: What percent of patients stop taking their prescription medication?
About half of patients will stop taking prescription medication for long term treatment - within 12 months.
Public health: Oregon expands Medicaid to non-medical assistance
In Oregon, Medicaid now provides grocery assistance, housing, home modification assistance, cleaning assistance, pest control, and "climate-related equipment".
Health: US Death Rate reaches all time low
Doesn't fit the doom narrative though.
Public health: Are sports always healthy?
Looks like 1 in 18 participants suffered an injury at a public sports event. Hmmm....
Health: Did heart disease increase because we switched from butter/lard to seed oils?
Short answer: Absolutely no.
Health: How we shame and blame patients
Heart disease is one of the few diseases where we blame the patient - even though the blame is not warranted.
Healthcare: 98% of US population lives within 90 minutes survivability of a cath lab
If you have a heart attack, you have about 90 minutes to get to a cath lab after first health care contact.