Cardiovascular Health

The 2026 Cholesterol Guidelines Just Rewrote the Rules of Heart Disease Prevention

The ACC/AHA's new dyslipidemia guidelines restore LDL treatment targets, endorse ApoB testing, and recommend universal Lp(a) screening, changes that redefine who needs treatment and how aggressively.

2026-03-149 min read

Xylitol Is Sold as a Clean Upgrade. Why Is It Making Blood More Likely to Clot?

New data from 17,710 people, including the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging, links higher blood xylitol to more heart attacks, strokes and deaths. Here is what the clotting research shows, and where the critics have a point.

2026-10-148 min read