The Long Heart: Heart Health After 50 (The Silent Decades)($8.99Value)

Description

Arteries narrow for decades without a symptom. Most people learn something is wrong when something goes wrong. This book makes the invisible visible: what blood pressure actually does to a vessel wall, why LDL matters more than total cholesterol, and why the number most worth knowing — Lp(a) — is carried by one in five people, unaffected by diet or statins, and almost never tested. You only need it measured once. It also gives you the statin conversation without the shouting: what the trials show, what the side effects really are, and the questions to ask your doctor. Written for readers over fifty who want the real numbers, not reassurance.