In previous blogs I have written about how LDL is very beneficial to the body, how low levels of it can be dangerous, and how it is not...

Most people know that high blood pressure means an increase in pressure in the blood vessels of our body. If we think about a tube with...

As of this writing there have been 856,955 confirmed cases of the virus worldwide, with 42,089 deaths. While the death rate reported from...

I want to begin this post with a story of a cruel, but hypothetical, experiment done on monkeys. Once upon a time there were five monkeys...

People have been scientifically looking at blood since the 1600’s when the first blood transfusion are said to have been done. But...

Aspirin was first used in the late 1800’s, it is acetylsalicylic acid and it is made from the bark of the willow tree. It is used in many...

I always like to think about things from an evolutionary perspective. If we think back to what life would have been like between 6...

To understand the unique metabolism of the heart and its role in keeping the heart healthy, we first have to discuss some background...

I first want to give Dr. Nadir Ali credit for most of the research in this particular post. All living things have some form of a...

First off, I want to thank all those scientists who did the research that fuel this post. I also want to give credit to Dr. Thomas Cowan...

I have been researching heart disease for quite some time now and I have come across some fascinating things. After all that I found I...

It is estimated that 5.7 million adults in the United States have heart failure (1), and an estimated $30.7 billion dollars a year is...

There are two cholesterol lowing medications on the market. They are the statins, of which there are many brands (Zocor, Crestor,...

If you find yourself in a conversation about heart disease or atherosclerosis you will more than likely find yourself talking about...