Heart Health
Coronary Calcium Score (CAC): What a Heart CT Calcium Scan Shows
What the coronary calcium score is, what the Agatston numbers mean, who it genuinely helps decide about statins, and who does not need it.
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What the coronary calcium score is, what the Agatston numbers mean, who it genuinely helps decide about statins, and who does not need it.
What statins actually do to your risk of heart attack and stroke, where the myths about muscle pain, diabetes and memory come from, and who really needs them.

Read your lipid panel without panic: what LDL, HDL and triglycerides mean, which LDL targets apply to your risk, and how to lower it with food and statins.