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Ms. Toad

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1. Based on Leavitt's assertions about his heart age,
Sat Oct 11, 2025, 12:10 AM
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It was likely a Cardiac calcification score. For average citizens, it isn't done as part of an annual exam - but most of us don't have our annual exams done in a hospital setting where there is immediate access to imaging technology.

Problem is - those things aren't accurate once you start taking statins, because on imaging hardening of the arteries due to statins is not distinguishable from hardening of the arteries due to atherosclerosis. And he's been on statins for years. So I tend to doubt the assertion that his heart is biologically 14 years younger than he is.

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