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New way to lower high cholesterol by stopping its production demonstrated in mice. It is also designed for a subset of people with a genetically inherited condition that causes significant elevated levels.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for April 17, 2026 Source:Scientists Discover Game-Changing New Way To Treat High Cholesterol Reference: A human iPSC-derived hepatocyte screen identifies compounds that inhibit production of Apolipoprotein B
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Many caveats and confounding factors inherent in this study that claims irregular bedtime doubles cardiovascular disease risk.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for April 2, 2026 Source:Irregular Bedtime Doubles Cardiac Risk Reference:Sleep timing irregularity in midlife: association with incident major adverse cardiac events and cardiovascular disease mortality over a 10-year follow-up
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After a heart attack, beta-blockers are often a lifelong medicine. Maybe they shouldn’t be for stable low-risk post-MI patients
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for March 31, 2026 Source:After a heart attack, beta-blockers are often a lifelong medicine. Maybe they shouldn’t be
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It stands to reason that most medications designed to manage progressive chronic disease once discontinued will see a relapse or progression of said disease process.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for March 25, 2026 Source:Stopping GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic erodes heart health benefits quickly, new study finds Reference:GLP-1RA discontinuation and risks of major adverse cardiovascular events in adults with type 2 diabetes: A target emulation trial.
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Several heart health myths like ‘diabetes won’t harm my heart’ or ‘if it runs in my family there is nothing I can do’, debunked.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for March 2, 2026 Source:Doctor debunks 3 common heart health myths
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‘Night owls’ may have worse heart health — but why? Well, they smoked more, had poorer sleep, were less active, and had poorer dietary habits. So it may not be being a night owl that is the causative factor but what we already know to be harmful to health outcomes.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for February 10, 2026 Source:‘Night owls’ may have worse heart health — but why? Reference:Chronotype, Life’s Essential 8, and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease: A Prospective Cohort Study in UK Biobank
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Oral version of injectable cholesterol-lowering medication completes phase 3 trial with noted reductions in LDL-cholesterol as well as lipoproteins.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for February 9, 2026 Source:Experimental cholesterol-lowering pill may offer new option for millions Reference:A Placebo-Controlled Trial of the Oral PCSK9 Inhibitor Enlicitide
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Report urges Canadians to focus on health basics as 80% of premature heart disease and stroke preventable
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for February 5, 2026 Source:Report urges Canadians to focus on health basics as 80% of premature heart disease and stroke preventable Reference:Heart & Stroke report: New data provides big picture of heart and brain risk factors
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Scientists Uncover Potential “Two-in-One” Treatment for Diabetes and Heart Disease in mouse model. Human trial still need to be developed.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for January 26, 2026 Source:Scientists Uncover Potential “Two-in-One” Treatment for Diabetes and Heart Disease Reference:The designer cytokine IC7Fc attenuates atherosclerosis development by targeting hyperlipidemia in mice