ApoB in 60 Seconds: The Essentials- What you need to know.
You’ve probably heard of LDL (“bad” cholesterol), but there’s a better way to measure your risk for heart disease and it starts with a gene called APOB.
Here’s the short version:
ApoB is a protein that helps carry cholesterol through your blood.
Every LDL, VLDL, and Lp(a) particle (types of cholesterol) has one ApoB protein.
That means the number of ApoB proteins in your blood tells you how many of these potentially harmful particles are floating around.
Preventative Medicine Screenings: Your Roadmap to Lifelong Health (Ages 21–65)
At Austin Medicine Clinic, we believe that the future of healthcare is proactive, not reactive. Preventative medicine screenings are the cornerstone of this philosophy—helping you catch potential health issues early, when they’re most treatable, and giving you the confidence to live life to the fullest.
The Hidden Cost of Birth Control: How It Depletes Nutrients, Disrupts Hormones, and Harms Fertility
Hormonal birth control has long been seen as a safe and effective way to prevent pregnancy. But newer research from the last five years is uncovering a different story. Oral contraceptives and other hormonal methods can deplete key nutrients, disrupt your hypothalamic pituitary adrenal (HPA) axis, throw other hormones out of balance, and even impair future fertility after discontinuation.
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