An ApoB of 90 mg/dL is the most average result an American adult can get. ApoB is in effect a particle count: every particle that can push cholesterol into an artery wall carries exactly one copy of it. In the National Lipid Association’s percentile table for untreated US adults, 90 is the 50th percentile. Whether
My first ApoB result was 95 mg/dL, in May 2025. Labcorp flagged it high, because Labcorp’s reference range tops out at 90. Cleveland Clinic publishes a normal range for men of 66 to 133, so the same tube of blood at a different lab would have come back with no flag at all. Whether my
I priced one standalone ApoB test at thirteen services on the same day. The advertised prices start at $11; the checkout totals mostly start at $24.
Melanoma flips male after 50 and keeps climbing. Merck and Moderna announced a Phase 3 win with no efficacy numbers attached, so here is what is actually known about the drug, and what is worth knowing about your own skin.
I inject a drug made by a compounding pharmacy with a warning letter to its name. Reading that letter is what taught me how to buy every drug I take.
Sam Sulek’s peptide company sold retatrutide in a pre-filled pen “for research use only,” while a site under the same NewBioRx branding walked you through putting it in your body. On Sunday afternoon the pen vanished from the store and the instructions site went dark. The vials are still for sale.
Bank of America defends $250M a year in GLP-1 spending. Starbucks cuts it. Inside the employer split over weight-loss drug coverage, and what it means for you.
I’ve got severe big toe arthritis. The first real trial on big toe arthritis surgery beat waiting. My foot doctor still says I’m not a candidate yet.
Eli Lilly just sued six sellers of retatrutide. The catch is that the drug isn’t approved anywhere, so there is no legitimate version to buy. Whatever these sites are shipping came from outside the drug supply.
What each shot is for, how often it comes around, how to pull your own record, and what that record cannot tell you.
