Topics · 4 reviewed briefs

Heart & circulation

ApoB, Lp(a), coronary calcium, omega-3, sexual function, and the risks worth finding before symptoms arrive.

Current evidence

Maintained after publication
Evidence brief · Reviewed Jul 21, 2026
Cardiovascular Screening in Midlife: ApoB, Lp(a), and Coronary Calcium

ApoB, Lp(a), coronary calcium and hidden cardiovascular risk in midlife. Which tests answer a clear question and which numbers need more context.

Evidence brief · Reviewed Jul 21, 2026
Midlife Mortality Risk: What Actually Moves the Odds

Smoking, weight, sitting, sleep and social connection in midlife. Why estimates from different studies cannot be ranked cleanly from 1 to 5.

Evidence brief · Reviewed Jul 21, 2026
Fish Oil and Omega-3: Testing, Doses, Products, and Safety

What EPA and DHA do, where prescription evidence applies, why Omega-3 Index targets are not universal, and how product, dose, meals, medicines, pregnancy, and age change the decision.

Evidence brief · Reviewed Jul 21, 2026
Sexual Function as a Health Signal

Sexual function, cardiovascular risk, testosterone, sleep and common medicines. When a change deserves a wider health review.

Source editions

Preserved as sent
UNDER LOAD 065 · Apr 19, 2026
The Healthy Guy Who Almost Died

Looking healthy is not being healthy. Five heart tests, mostly left out of your checkup, that flag silent disease ten years before it strikes.

UNDER LOAD 062 · Mar 29, 2026
Why We Die: The Midlife Risk Factors You Can See and the Ones You Can't

What actually kills people in their 40s, ranked. Why the deadliest risks wear the mask of productivity, and the two that cost nothing to fix.

UNDER LOAD 075 · Jun 28, 2026
I Took Fish Oil for 10 Years. I Was Taking the Wrong Half.

I took fish oil for 10 years and was dosing the wrong half. A doctor on EPA vs DHA, the test that ends the guessing, and how to read the label.

UNDER LOAD 060 · Mar 15, 2026
Sexual Health Is a Vital Sign. We Just Don't Treat It Like One.

The biomarker no executive physical checks. How sexual function flags heart disease years early, plus the meds that quietly suppress the signal.