🎙 Beyond Cholesterol: Inflammation and Heart Health Part 1 Ep 264

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Dr. Michael Koren welcomes Dr. Paul Ridker, the leading expert in inflammation and cardiovascular disease, Professor of Medicine at Harvard University, and director of the Center for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention at Brigham and Women's Hospital. Dr. Ridker explains how his career began with challenging traditional medical assumptions, specifically the textbook risk factors for heart attack, and how this manifested in an intense interest in inflammation. The conversation continues into Dr. Ridker's work on groundbreaking research investigating how chronic inflammation drives diseases of aging, including heart attack, stroke, and cancer.
The doctors then highlight the pivotal discoveries in inflammation management, particularly the use of statin drugs. Dr. Ridker recounts how statins reduce heart attacks and strokes in individuals with high inflammation markers, regardless of cholesterol levels. These findings revolutionized cardiovascular treatment and emphasized the need to integrate inflammation control into preventive medicine.

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Chapters

1. Inflammation in Cardiovascular Disease Research (00:00:00)

2. Targeting Inflammation in Heart Disease (00:11:11)

3. The Importance of Clinical Research (00:17:08)