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Inside the Peptide Revolution — What the Science Actually Shows

Apr 18, 2026

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24 min read

Inside the Peptide Revolution — What the Science Actually Shows

The science underpinning the peptide revolution is genuinely extraordinary. The human trials are not. A physician goes deep on both.

Michael Albert
Michael Albert

CV

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Statins Don't Cause What You Think They Cause. Except When They Do.

Apr 15, 2026

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16 min read

Statins Don't Cause What You Think They Cause. Except When They Do.

Muscle damage. Memory loss. Cancer. Diabetes. Four fears, one physician, and what the evidence actually shows.

Michael Albert
Michael Albert

CV

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Statins Don't Lower LDL.Your Liver Does.

Apr 11, 2026

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12 min read

Statins Don't Lower LDL.Your Liver Does.

The receptor story that explains 40 years of cardiovascular outcomes data — and why the pleiotropic hypothesis was never the whole story.

Michael Albert
Michael Albert

GLP1

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The Longevity Stack

Apr 8, 2026

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14 min read

The Longevity Stack

Six interventions. One thesis about time. What I take every morning and why the evidence earned each one a place in the rotation.

Michael Albert
Michael Albert

CV

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I'm 36. I'm a Physician. I Take a Statin Every Day.

Apr 4, 2026

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16 min read

I'm 36. I'm a Physician. I Take a Statin Every Day.

Here's what the evidence actually says — and why I stopped waiting for symptoms before acting on it.

Michael Albert
Michael Albert

CV

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The Cholesterol Wars Are Over. LDL Won.

Apr 1, 2026

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17 min read

The Cholesterol Wars Are Over. LDL Won.

New guidelines. New trials. The same conclusion. The deniers didn't get the memo.

Michael Albert
Michael Albert

GLP1

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What Semaglutide Teaches Us About How GLP-1 Regulates Body Weight

Mar 27, 2026

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15 min read

What Semaglutide Teaches Us About How GLP-1 Regulates Body Weight

It's not the injection site. It's not gut GLP-1. It's not thermogenesis. The pharmacokinetics of semaglutide across multiple trials offer a surprisingly clean window into how this molecule — and this biology — actually works.

Michael Albert
Michael Albert

GLP1

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Cleared for Takeoff

Mar 25, 2026

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15 min read

Cleared for Takeoff

The Definitive GLP-1 Travel Guide — TSA, Storage, Dosing, and Everything In Between

Michael Albert
Michael Albert

GLP1

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SPECIAL EDITION: When the Drug Stops Working (Because You Stopped the Drug)

Mar 21, 2026

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13 min read

SPECIAL EDITION: When the Drug Stops Working (Because You Stopped the Drug)

A new BMJ Medicine analysis quantifies what happens to cardiovascular risk after GLP-1 discontinuation. The numbers are striking. The framing some are applying to them is wrong.

Michael Albert
Michael Albert
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