Physiologically Speaking

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Studies, including the MARC study, show that athletes have a higher proportion of calcified (stable) plaques and fewer mixed or non-calcified plaques, which are more prone to rupture and cause heart attacks. The study included 289 male athletes with a mean age of 60 years. That’s pure speculation, however.

Risk Factors

Physiologically Speaking

JULY 11, 2025

But accurately predicting who might develop heart disease and why remains elusive. A key marker for cardiac stress or damage is cardiac troponin, which increases after events like heart attacks but also after intense endurance efforts such as marathons. I’m still working on that last one… Thanks for reading.

Exercise

Physiologically Speaking

APRIL 24, 2024

In a cohort of >3,000 people from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), sleeping <6 hours each night predicted a higher prevalence of stroke, heart attack, and chronic heart failure. 19 20 Mortality from CVD and coronary heart disease is also increased in women with short sleep, but not men.

Blood Pressure

Dr. Malcolm Kendrick

OCTOBER 30, 2024

This misinformation would have resulted in many thousands of people giving up their medication and suffering heart attacks and strokes as a result. At one point George Mann attempted to arrange a meeting of scientists who agreed that the diet-heart/cholesterol hypothesis was bunk. With thousands dying.

Cholesterol