Paul Saladino· MD
Before his stroke at 52, his annual physical showed nothing alarming. > Total cholesterol: 188. They said great. > Blood pressure: 128/82. Borderline, nothing done. > Fasting glucose: 101. Ignored. > ApoB: never ordered. > Fasting insulin: never ordered. Two years of 'looks fine.' One morning he couldn't speak. Standard screening missed all of it.