Bile Acid Biosynthesis 1: Conversion of Cholesterol to Secondary Bile Acids

At the 2020 WSJ Health Forum, Senior Writer Betsy McKay spoke with Dr. Nieca Goldberg, medical director of the NYU Women's Heart Program, and Verve Therapeutics CEO Dr. Sekar Kathiresan about the troubling rise in heart disease.

In this segment, we continue our discussion on Western diseases and explore how sugar, chronically elevated insulin, and inflammation lead to a diseased cardiovascular system.

Cholesterol Structure (Part 2 2)

During the low-fat fad of the 1990s, Procter & Gamble believed it had attained the holy grail of low-fat yet flavorful snacks. P&G's fat substitute olestra was rebranded "Olean", and licensed to food manufacturers for use in chips and...

Big Sugar, Big Money, and the Obfuscated Truth About Heart Disease

This video is a quiz over topics covered in the Nutrition Basics series. The speaker asks multiple-choice questions about various topics related to food and the body, such as the process of digestion, essential nutrients, and the role of...

Heart disease continues to be the number one killer in the United States. Because of that, billions of dollars are spent every year on medications that reduce your risk of disease and death. Compounding this problem, many of the risk...

This video summarizes the topics covered in the Nutrition Basics series. It discusses the basic principles of nutrition, including the process of digestion and the six essential nutrients that make up food. Nutrition Basics part 9/10

Cholesterol biosynthesis is divided into 4 general stages. This video diagrams stage 3 in which IPP and DMAP (two isoprenoids) are built into squalene with subsequent epoxidation and cyclization to lanosterol.

Last week I talked to you about dietary cholesterol, and how the existing randomized controlled trials warned us that they wouldn't work. Now, it appears those guidelines might be changed, decades later. Cholesterol isn't the only...

In this video, we explore the biosynthesis, the mechanism, and clinical applications of coenzyme Q, an absolutely critical cofactor of the mammalian electron transport chain.

Biologists at the Chinese Academy of Military Medical Sciences have found why COVID-19 patients with heart disease or diabetes are more likely to suffer serious complications

This video uses systematic reviews and meta-analyses to provide an evidence-based approach [1] criticizing the United States’ view of sugar, fat, and cholesterol; and [2] discussing how sugar has always been the culprit in obesity and...

Lesson on familial combined hyperlipidemia: genetics, pathophysiology, signs and symptoms, diagnosis and treatment. Familial combined hyperlipidaemia is a relatively common dyslipidaemic condition that results in increased LDL...

This week, Healthcare Triage presents its first questions video! Many of you submitted questions over Twitter, and John and Aaron sat down to answer them. Hilarity sometimes ensues. Make sure you get your question in next time if you...

Drug hunters used to test chemicals in test tubes to see if any might have therapeutic potential. Could supercomputers digesting terabytes of data do better? Hear how companies are trying to harness the explosion of health data.

In this video, we explore the composition and functions of VLDL and chylomicrons.<br/>

Statin Medication Side Effects | Side Effects of Atorvastatin, Rosuvastatin, Simvastatin



Statins are medications used to reduce or lower cholesterol and work by inhibiting synthesis of cholesterol. Their use, however, has been...

This video explores the roles of sulfation of DHEA and estrone by sulfotransferase enzymes.<br/>
ATP Sulfurylase

The video is an introduction to the topic of nutrition, exploring the different types of food that people enjoy and why our bodies need and crave food. Nutrition Basics part 1/10

In this video, we discuss the basic mechanisms of action of cardiac drugs such as statins and diabetic medications.

This week, in a special episode of Healthcare Triage, Aaron and John Green answer your questions! Learn answers to burning questions about handwashing, life expectancy, and stuff.

In this video, we explore the mechanism of LDL-mediated cholesterol delivery to peripheral cells.