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EXPLAINER: Medicine's Forgotten Biomarker - The Homocysteine Story Your Doctor Missed

April 30, 2026·14 min
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In 1969, Harvard pathologist Kilmer McCully discovered elevated homocysteine causes arterial damage and heart disease. He was forced out of Harvard. The Framingham Heart Study confirmed him. Then the AHA buried it anyway. CHAPTERS: 00:00 - McCully discovery and suppression 01:20 - Part 1: What homocysteine does to arteries (6 mechanisms) 03:25 - Part 2: The evidence they ignored 03:40 - Every 5 umol/L: 20-30% higher CAD risk, 60% stroke risk 04:50 - Alzheimers risk +48% (meta-analysis, 7,474...

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