We report for the first time a coronary artery calcium (CAC) score of 0 (i.e., no plaque formation) in a male patient with type 1 diabetes who has followed a ketogenic diet for over 10 years, despite elevated LDL cholesterol and no lipid-lowering medication....(thread)

Fun times at the Tallahassee Science Festival - We had ~200 people test their handgrip strength!

Big thanks to Tom Bissen & Joe Vondrasek for help getting exercise science out into the community. Photo credit to Clinical Research Assistant (and film director 👀) Alex Rivera.

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CNN just featured our research, but they got the methods and results wrong! Needless to say, the newsletter is back (and it won't be written by AI).

New research on highly trained athletes highlights that sex differences in maximal oxygen uptake (VO2max) are primarily driven by 2 factors: body composition and hemoglobin.🧵

#ExercisePhysiology #VO2max #SexDifferences #Hemoglobin #SportsScience #AthletePerformance #Research

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Published with the @apsphysiology.bsky.social
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🧂Our controlled feeding pilot trial suggests potential sex differences in kidney responses to dietary salt. With a high salt diet, females may increase endothelin-1 excretion more. Endothelin-1 is a potent vasoconstrictor peptide and promotes salt excretion by the kidneys.

🚨New publication alert

Central blood pressure and arterial stiffness among ultramarathon runners across the lifespan

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New research alert!

🌡️ Young and older adults maintained cardiac output in extreme heat. However, older adults relied more on systolic (i.e. pumping) function, yet still struggled to maintain systolic blood pressure.

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Great time working with Joe Vondrasek on an @apsphysiology.bsky.social editorial.
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We highlighted work from Ridderbos et al. that supports considering pulmonary vascular disease for patient-tailored treatment among patients with a Fontan circulation.

🚨New open-access article!

We found that female aging differentially affects sympathetic blood pressure regulation at rest versus in responses to cold or apneic stress.

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