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Has anyone done a CAC scan and CCTA and observed a wide difference in results? My recent CCTA (coronary computed tomography angiography; see below) showed "no evidence of coronary atherosclerotic plaques or coronary artery stenosis". This is in direct contrast to the CAC scan I had done in 2021...

I was watching a video by Dr. Brad Stanfield on Youtube and he mentioned the benefits over risk for someone who truly is testosterone deficient. Saying that these individuals do need HRT but the majority of men do not. Ok, then he said that studies show soft plaque increases that cannot be...

Expected discouragement has set in after getting my CAC score update. Everything I could think of in my power to shunt my last CAC test in the opposite direction has apparently failed when I saw that my score has essentially tripled in the last three years. Something has gone askew, against what...

Biomarkers and Non-Calcified Coronary Artery Plaque Progression in Older Men Treated with Testosterone Kashif Shaikh, MD, Susan S Ellenberg, PhD, Rine Nakanishi, MD, PhD, Peter J Snyder, MD, Juhwan Lee, MD,PhD, Nanette K Wenger, MD, Cora E Lewis, MD, Ronald S Swerdloff, MD, Peter Preston...

Testosterone to oestradiol ratio reflects systemic and plaque inflammation and predicts future cardiovascular events in men with severe atherosclerosis Testosterone to estradiol ratio reflects systemic and plaque inflammation and predicts future cardiovascular events in men with severe...

At least administered via IV in mice. Cough syrup effective in stroke Paris, 12 June 2017 N-acetylcysteine (Mucomyst®, Exomuc®, Fluimucyl®) is commonly used as a treatment for clearing mucus from the airways, but researchers from Inserm Unit 1237, “Physiopathology and Imaging of...