A crimson maple leaf resting on wet river stones beside a sunlit autumn stream, an image for an article on the psoriatic march from skin inflammation to heart disease.

Christopher Bray - 26 October 2026 - 9:09 am

The Psoriatic March: How a Skin Disease Reaches the Heart

The psoriatic march links severe psoriasis to insulin resistance, artery damage and heart attack. Here is the evidence and what it means for your heart.

A woman stands beside a cluttered desk near a window, resting her hand on a closed laptop and taking a deep breath with her eyes closed.

Christopher Bray - 6 June 2026 - 5:29 pm

The Tax of Always-On Stress: Allostatic Load and the Cardiovascular Cost of Never Recovering

Allostasis is the physiologic process by which the body changes set points to meet acute demand — heart rate rises during a sprint, blood pressure[…]

Neon infographic illustrating ApoB as the total count of five atherogenic particle types, contrasted with LDL-C which measures cholesterol in LDL only.

Christopher Bray - 13 February 2026 - 7:20 pm

The Passenger vs. The Boat: Why ApoB Is the Superior Heart Health Metric

Imagine your bloodstream is a river and cholesterol is the cargo being transported. In this analogy, LDL cholesterol (LDL-C) represents the passengers, while Apolipoprotein B[…]

Posts about Cardiovascular Risk

The Psoriatic March: How a Skin Disease Reaches the Heart

The Tax of Always-On Stress: Allostatic Load and the Cardiovascular Cost of Never Recovering

The Passenger vs. The Boat: Why ApoB Is the Superior Heart Health Metric