Your cholesterol panel at 50, decoded. The six numbers, the new 2026 guideline targets, the coronary calcium scan, and what the drugs actually do.
In May 2026, three major papers landed on Lp(a) — the genetic cholesterol marker that 1 in 5 adults carry at risk levels and almost nobody gets tested for. Here’s what the new evidence says, what to do if your number is high, and the aspirin advice you should stop following.
I knew statins worked. I did not know how strange the origin story was. How statins started with mold The first statin came from Akira Endo, a Japanese biochemist who grew up fascinated by fungi and was inspired by the discovery of penicillin. After spending time in New York in the 1960s, he was struck
