Atherosclerosis starts early in life and progresses silently for decades. Considering atherosclerosis as a “systemic disease” invites the use of nonin…
Is saturated fat a problem for our hearts, or not? It’s a controversy people have been arguing over for decades. You can easily find voices on both sides of the question. The debate got a fresh jolt of energy recently when the HHS published new dietary guidelines. Though they keep the old guidance about limiting satura
Fifty-five years ago, a Japanese biochemist by the name of Akira Endo isolated a compound from a mold growing on rice in a Kyoto grain shop. It would go on to prevent more heart attacks than almost any other discovery in medicine. But in 1966, all that lay in the future. Akira Endo had just arrived in New York City. He