Medical Topics
Heart Risk
The quiet, accumulating risks at the heart of cardiovascular health — blood pressure, cholesterol, and the risk scores behind the conversations.
Heart Risk
Blood Pressure: The Numbers That Matter and Why
The quietest major risk in medicine, and how to read your own readings
→6 min
Heart Risk
Cholesterol, Statins, and How to Think About Cardiovascular Risk
Why the better question isn't "is my cholesterol high?" but "what is my overall risk, and what reduces it?"
→8 min
Heart Risk
Obesity Is a Medical Condition, Not a Character Flaw
What the biology actually says — and why that reframing changes everything about treatment
→7 min
Heart Risk
What a QRISK Score Actually Means
The ten-year number behind the statin conversation — what it can and can't tell you about yourself
→8 min
Heart Risk
Familial Hypercholesterolaemia: The Inherited Risk Most Families Don't Know About
The common genetic condition — roughly 1 in 250 — that raises cholesterol from birth and mostly goes undiagnosed
→7 min