Endorsement of early #statins etc therapy for the #primaryprevention of #ASCVD https://t.co/bywGBuwXG1 https://t.co/O57yoF7eL8 #CardioTwitter #CardioEd #MedTwitter #MedEd #LDLcholesterol #lipids #CVD

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Big Pharma skeptics love to talk about profit motives. Fair. But let’s talk numbers: the global wellness industry is worth $6.3 trillion, nearly 4x the size of Big Pharma at $1.6 trillion. Supplements, detoxes, biohacks, “root cause” programs, most of them unproven, and marketed

New ESC/EAS cholesterol update: ✅ LDL-C targets <70 / <55 / <40 mg/dL by risk level ✅ Combo therapy ↓ LDL-C up to 86% ✅ Lp(a) ≥50 mg/dL = risk modifier ✅ Bempedoic acid & evinacumab endorsed ❌ No unproven supplements #KnowFH #KnowLpa https://t.co/mNtjhyMfHW

Does Cholesterol Cause Heart Disease?, https://t.co/AIdB9ed0eI by @Paddy_Barrett #LDLc #apoB #CVD #Athero

Serbian students have decided that enough is enough. Now they need to give political expression to what comes next. It will take courage and a clarity of purpose. I believe they have both. Let them show us the way forward

Things I know as a 44 year old Cardiologist that I wish I knew as a 21 year student. 🧵👇 /1

This tweet suggests cancer has skyrocketed therefore you should distrust cancer medicine. But the graph actually shows cancer *survivors*. The study it's from makes it clear in the very title (short 🧵 on social media misunderstandings & how to see through them)

How eating fiber->short-chain fatty acid (SCFA) metabolites->anti-cancer effects https://t.co/Let1Priixt https://t.co/IlFOL6EXme @NatMetabolism

Yanis Varoufakis (@yanisvaroufakis) exposes how billionaires like @elonmusk and Peter Thiel undermine democracy, hijack public priorities, and entrench their power. It’s time to reclaim democracy from the billionaire elite.

This is the road we are on. The companies that caused the climate crisis are getting rich as they fuel the fire. @ExxonMobil : $55.7 billion @Shell: $39.87 billion @Chevron: $35.5 billion @BP_plc: $27.7 billion Time for them to pay for the damage they're causing.

Drinking coffee in the morning is associated with a lower risk of mortality than drinking coffee later in the day. 🧵1/10

📢BREAKING: 2024 is officially the hottest year on record - and the first to exceed 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels. As @CopernicusEU reports: Human-driven climate change is the primary cause for this rise in temperatures. 🌡️ Read the full report 🔽 https://t.co/TnoZJCRGQk

Wearing a well-fitting, high-quality mask like an N95 can protect you from wildfire smoke and respiratory viruses like flu, COVID-19 and RSV. 📲 Learn more: https://t.co/UqPYkNWTXM. 1/3

Number of people who go bankrupt every year because of medical bills: Australia 0 Canada 0 Denmark 0 Finland 0 France 0 Germany 0 Iceland 0 Ireland 0 Italy 0 Japan 0 Netherlands 0 Norway 0 Portugal 0 Spain 0 Sweden 0 UK 0 United States 530,000 There is a lesson here.

Did #climatechange cause that recent extreme event in my country? There is strong evidence that characteristics of many individual extreme events have already changed because of human-driven changes to the climate system. Find out more ➡️ https://t.co/7l6ZV7WIlq

Cutting back on smartphone use improves mental health and life satisfaction A study of 619 participants compared 7 days without a smartphone to reducing use by 1 hour/day. Both groups experienced: 🛠️ Reduced problematic usage tendencies 🧠 Lower depressive & anxiety symptoms 📈

How the brain gets rid of its chemical waste through the glymphatics during sleep, via blood vessel oscillations, regulated by norepinephrine. Impeded by Ambien. https://t.co/0Pqg2lh28r @CellCellPress https://t.co/EPyqafXJHW @ScienceMagazine

You're not a serious public health program, practitioner, or health scientist if you don't understand this—or advocate for it. We don’t tolerate wildfire smoke or smoking indoors because we know the devastating impact on health. Yet we continue to ignore the dangers of airborne

Health Benefits of Walking🚶 1️⃣ 30% lower all-cause mortality risk 2️⃣ 30-40% lower risk of diabetes/metabolic syndrome 3️⃣ 20-30% lower risk of depression/dementia 4️⃣ 20-30% lower risk of breast & colon cancer 5️⃣ 25-30% lower risk of cardiovascular disease 6️⃣ 30% fewer falls in