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Axel F Sigurdsson MD

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Blog about heart disease, nutrition, healthy lifestyle and prevention of disease.

Letter From Reykjavik - Living on Borrowed Ground docsopinion.substack.com/p/letter-from-…


We weren’t afraid of fat. We were afraid of being wrong. The Metabolic Reckoning — what 13 years of carbohydrate restriction have taught us about heart disease. [link] docsopinion.com/the-metabolic-…


We call it a routine procedure—safe, familiar, controlled. But nothing feels routine when it’s your heart on the table. 👉 The Myth of the Routine Procedure docsopinion.com/the-myth-of-th…


The Empathy Protocol What if we could treat malignant narcissism? A future president. A new drug. A cure or not? Read my new psychological satire: The President Who Felt Too Much. open.substack.com/pub/docsopinio…


Some wounds never appear in the chart. This essay is about the hidden scars of medicine — the marks it leaves on those who practice it, and the quiet promise to stay human, even when it hurts. Holding the Line — Staying Human in Medicine docsopinion.com/holding-the-li…


Inside the Artery: 13 Steps of Atherosclerosis — From Silent Plaque to Heart Attack open.substack.com/pub/docsopinio…


“Will it happen to me?” Medicine answers with averages. Patients live one life. That’s the real gap. The Tyranny of the Average: Why Medicine Struggles With the Individual docsopinion.com/the-tyranny-of…


Six episodes now live in my series Inside the Artery: 13 Steps of Atherosclerosis. Step by step, how plaques form inside arteries. docsopinion.substack.com/p/inside-the-a…


Medicine used to run on obedience. Now it runs on suspicion. Here’s how the pedestal cracked.The Collapse of Obedience — Medicine in an Age of Distrust docsopinion.com/collapse-of-ob… via @docsopinion


Step 5 is out. The fire starts here — the activation of innate immunity. My series on the biology of atherosclerosis continues. docsopinion.substack.com/p/step-5-activ…


Medicating Appetite: The GLP-1 Dilemma Hunger used to be a signal of life. Now it’s something we medicate. docsopinion.com/medicating-app… via @docsopinion


He kept JFK upright. He hid LBJ’s failing heart. He signed the death certificate, stood in both Dallas and Bethesda — and never told what he knew. George Burkley: the White House doctor who knew too much. docsopinion.com/the-heart-of-p… via @docsopinion


A Letter from Reykjavik — What Are We Trying to Save? open.substack.com/pub/docsopinio…


Step 3: Retention by Proteoglycans Atherosclerosis doesn’t begin when cholesterol crosses the artery wall. It begins when it gets stuck there. — Step 3 in the series is live. open.substack.com/pub/docsopinio…


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