LDL cholesterol below 30 or an APO-B below 40 mg/dL for a long time means the risk of suffering ASCVD is low. By late 30s or early 40s, APO-B should be lowered to below the 20th percentile, especially for patients with significant genetic abnormalities like familial hypercholesterolemia.
In a study on the effects of metformin supplementation on the lifespan of Fisher 344 rats, no significant lifespan extension was observed. While it's important to standardize dosage, it may be more effective to mix metformin into the animals' food rather than injecting them with it directly.
Even if a search engine can generate a list of documents with the right answer, there is still the challenge of determining where the answer is located within those documents.
The importance of starting to invest at a young age is discussed, referencing a successful businessman who started at 21 years old and saw impressive growth over time through a simple strategy.
The likelihood of having a severe reaction to the SARS coronavirus is higher (10 to 15 times) for people over 65 and those who smoke a pack a day (at least 3500 cigarettes per year). Three potential risk factors for coronavirus have been identified.
In 1979, famous logo designer Saul Bass created an updated trefoil version of the original Girl Scout cookie logo, which has remained the basis of the design to this day.
Learn how to check the temperature, appearance, texture, and smell of your compost to determine if it's done and ready to use as soil amendment. A diverse microbial population and an earthy smell are good indicators that the composting process is complete.
Learn about Horvath clocks, a method developed by David Sinclair and others, that tap into the epigenome and genome to give insight into our biological age. By measuring and averaging ear circumference and subtracting 88.1, Horvath clocks can calculate your biological age.
A formula exists that can measure biological age based on ear size. By taking the circumference of the ears in millimeters and subtracting it from the individual's chronological age, a biological age is calculated.
This podcast discusses the hidden inflation of the US dollar, which has been approximately 7% a year for the past century, though this figure is never acknowledged by government or conventional economists.
The phospholipids found in shellfish, particularly plasmallogen in scallops, can greatly improve the functioning of mitochondrial systems and the brain.
The speaker raises concern about the justice system and suggests looking into the sentences of other incarcerated individuals. The speaker believes that it is a flawed system when people receive lengthy sentences of 20, 30, or even 40 years.
This podcast discusses the idea of the government replacing all the medians in America with turf instead of grass as a solution to save 20-30% of water allocation to watering lawns.
This podcast episode discusses the duration of market retracements, comparing the current retracement to the dotcom bubble and the retracement that occurred in 1987.
Organic chemists have created a giant dictionary of interconnected puzzle pieces to help identify unknown molecules using spectroscopy, called the spectroscopic roadmap.
The United States is experiencing a step prior to job losses, where people's 401ks are being destroyed, and wages are hit hard by inflation and high food and gas prices, while home sales are holding up historically.
The likelihood of a global catastrophic event, such as a pandemic or nuclear war, is higher than most of us would like to believe, with a 20% risk of causing hundreds of millions of deaths.
A large portion of differences observed among individuals are due to inherited DNA differences. Recent DNA technology advancements are allowing for predictions to be made at the individual level based on these differences.
The likelihood of changing fundamental beliefs is discussed, with a range of probabilities from 8% to 20%.
The speaker discusses managing wealth and the risks involved in investing in individual stocks.