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Nitric Oxide: Your Body’s Natural Blood Pressure Biohack
How vegetables, garlic, less added sugar, and movement support the signal that helps your arteries relax.
20 hrs ago
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Dr. Sameer Azhak
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Blood Pressure and Sleep Apnea: What Happens While You Sleep Matters
Why your nighttime breathing belongs in your blood-pressure conversation—and what treating it can realistically change
Oct 20
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Dr. Sameer Azhak
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The Mineral in the Muscle of Your Arteries
What magnesium does for blood pressure, what the trials really show, and why food comes before the bottle
Oct 13
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Dr. Sameer Azhak
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Do I Have to Take Blood Pressure Medication for the Rest of My Life?
I’ve been answering this question several times a day for 20 years. Here’s what I want my patients to understand.
Oct 9
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Dr. Sameer Azhak
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Four Blood Pressure Stories
Why a very high office reading can mislead, a normal one can miss the problem, and the heart may tell us what the cuff has not
Oct 6
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Dr. Sameer Azhak
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Five Elevated Lipoprotein(a) Levels, Five Different Outcomes
Five patients, different paths, and what to do when your result is high
Oct 4
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Dr. Sameer Azhak
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September 2026
Can My Blockages Get Better?
What “reversing” heart disease really means, and why the answer is more hopeful than the angiogram suggests
Sep 30
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Dr. Sameer Azhak
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Statins, Muscle Pain, and CoQ10
What the evidence actually says
Sep 29
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Dr. Sameer Azhak
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Do You Really Need a Statin?
How risk, ApoB, and calcium scores change the answer
Sep 27
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Dr. Sameer Azhak
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The Cholesterol Transit Authority — Part 3
The prescription, the supplement, and the decision between them.
Sep 22
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Dr. Sameer Azhak
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The Detail He Hadn’t Told Anyone
The following story is a composite drawn from my years in medicine. It does not describe any one real patient.
Sep 17
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Dr. Sameer Azhak
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Yes, I Recommend Supplements. Here's What I Wish Every Patient Knew About the Label.
A plain-language guide to DSHEA — the 1994 law that shaped every supplement bottle you've ever bought, and what really separates a dietary supplement…
Sep 17
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Dr. Sameer Azhak
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