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In this episode, we will go over three articles describing the affect genetics play on cardiovascular disease, as well as sleep's mitigating role. We will also discuss how non-HDL cholesterol affects heart disease risk. Finally, we briefly discuss a study on extreme sugar consumption and its impact on male fertility. (2:28) Genetics & Sleep: Mengyu Fan, Dianjianyi Sun, Tao Zhou, Yoriko Heianza, Jun Lv, Liming Li, Lu Qi. Sleep patterns, genetic susceptibility, and incident cardiovascular disease: a prospective study of 385 292 UK biobank participants. European Heart Journal, 2019; DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehz849 (11:32) Non-HDL Cholesterol: Application of non-HDL cholesterol for population-based cardiovascular risk stratification: results from the Multinational Cardiovascular Risk Consortium. The Lancet, 2019; DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(19)32519-X (24:00) Sugar on Fertility: Daniel Nätt, Unn Kugelberg, Eduard Casas, Elizabeth Nedstrand, Stefan Zalavary, Pontus Henriksson, Carola Nijm, Julia Jäderquist, Joha