# Episode 473: Top Cardiology Topics of 2025 — A Great Year Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/heart-doc-vip-with-dr-joel-kahn-327754/episode-473-top-cardiology-topics-of-2025-a-great-year Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/heart-doc-vip-with-dr-joel-kahn-327754/episode-473-top-cardiology-topics-of-2025-a-great-year.md Podcast: [Heart Doc VIP with Dr. Joel Kahn](https://stenobird.com/podcast/heart-doc-vip-with-dr-joel-kahn-327754) Published: 2025-12-23T08:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://heartdocvip.libsyn.com/episode-473-top-cardiology-topics-of-2025-a-great-year Audio file: https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/heartdocvip/heartdocvip_122325_drjoelkahn.mp3?dest-id=551546 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/heart-doc-vip-with-dr-joel-kahn-327754/episodes/episode-473-top-cardiology-topics-of-2025-a-great-year Duration seconds: 1533 ## Resource This week, Dr. Kahn shares his curated list of the top advances in heart research from 2025. He highlights key insights and perspectives from Drs. Kim Williams and Noel Merz, along with important updates from the American Heart Association. Dr. Kahn also reviews a newly published research paper on the 5-day Fasting Mimicking Diet (PROLON), including the first human evidence showing activation of autophagy. Learn what this could mean for metabolic and cardiovascular health. PROLON is available at prolonlife.com/drkahn . Thanks to tokuhealth.com/KAHN20 and their nattokinase product, Flow, for supporting the show. Wishing everyone a healthy and happy holiday season and all the best in 2026. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/heart-doc-vip-with-dr-joel-kahn-327754/episodes/episode-473-top-cardiology-topics-of-2025-a-great-year/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/heart-doc-vip-with-dr-joel-kahn-327754/episode-473-top-cardiology-topics-of-2025-a-great-year.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.