<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[VigorPoint Partners LLC]]></title><description><![CDATA[We support high performing executives through clinical expertise, accountability and executable plans to become CEO of their heath transformation]]></description><link>https://www.vigorpointpartners.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 15:36:56 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.vigorpointpartners.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[The Condition Your Doctor Knows About. The Connection Nobody Explained.]]></title><description><![CDATA[CKM syndrome isn't three problems. It's one cascade — and most executives are already in it. In 2023, the American Heart Association formally recognized something clinicians had observed for years: cardiovascular disease, kidney disease, and metabolic dysfunction are not three separate conditions. They are one interconnected cascade — each system amplifying the deterioration of the others in a self-reinforcing cycle called Cardiovascular-Kidney-Metabolic syndrome. CKM. "When metabolic health...]]></description><link>https://www.vigorpointpartners.com/post/the-condition-your-doctor-knows-about-the-connection-nobody-explained</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a2c8427ac42b101a9d503fe</guid><category><![CDATA[CLINICAL EDUCATION]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 22:15:20 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>waugustin28</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Lab Results Sitting in Your Portal Right Now.]]></title><description><![CDATA[You saw the numbers. Something said follow up. That was fourteen months ago. There is a specific pattern I have observed across 15 years of clinical work that almost never gets named directly. An executive receives their annual lab results. A number is borderline — blood pressure slightly elevated, an A1C trending upward, a kidney marker that the physician notes with "let's monitor this." The executive nods. Means to schedule a follow-up. The quarter gets loud. The follow-up never happens....]]></description><link>https://www.vigorpointpartners.com/post/the-lab-results-sitting-in-your-portal-right-now</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a2c85238d10dcf62891ae7c</guid><category><![CDATA[EXECUTIVE REALITY]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 22:17:17 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>waugustin28</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[He Passed Every Physical. Then Came the Diagnosis Nobody Saw Coming.]]></title><description><![CDATA[A pattern I have witnessed more times than I care to count — and what it taught me about the limits of standard care. He was 54. A division president at a firm he had spent 22 years building. Three children. A calendar booked six weeks out. He had never missed an annual physical in a decade. Every year, the same conversation: numbers slightly elevated, watch the blood pressure, good job on the cholesterol, see you next year. What nobody had done — in ten years of annual physicals — was look...]]></description><link>https://www.vigorpointpartners.com/post/he-passed-every-physical-then-came-the-diagnosis-nobody-saw-coming</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a2c857544c7bef1d02ebadc</guid><category><![CDATA[CLINICAL STORY]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 22:18:35 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>waugustin28</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kidney Disease Is Not Something That Happens to Other People.]]></title><description><![CDATA[The most dangerous myth in executive health — and why the executives most at risk are the ones least likely to believe it applies to them. When most executives think about kidney disease, they picture someone elderly, diabetic, perhaps with a history of chronic illness. They do not picture themselves. This is the most dangerous cognitive blind spot in executive health — and it is costing people their independence, their careers, and in some cases, their lives. Here is what 15 years of...]]></description><link>https://www.vigorpointpartners.com/post/kidney-disease-is-not-something-that-happens-to-other-people</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a2c85cf418318a8f7e28dbf</guid><category><![CDATA[MYTH-BUSTING]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 22:20:12 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>waugustin28</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[You Win Through Effort in Every Domain Except This One.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Why the formula that built your career is the wrong tool for the most important problem you're currently not solving. There is a frustration I hear from almost every executive I work with — and it surfaces only after a few minutes of honest conversation. It sounds something like this: "I know what to do. I've tried. The weight doesn't move the way it used to. My energy isn't reliable. I'll do well for three weeks and then a road trip wipes it out. I'm someone who figures things out — and I...]]></description><link>https://www.vigorpointpartners.com/post/you-win-through-effort-in-every-domain-except-this-one</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a2c8625ac42b101a9d50a1e</guid><category><![CDATA[PAIN & PAYOFF]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2026 22:21:32 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>waugustin28</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Most Expensive Health Decision You Will Ever Make Is Waiting.]]></title><description><![CDATA[A direct conversation about windows, trajectories, and what 15 years at the bedside has taught me about the cost of delay. I want to have a direct conversation — the kind I have learned to have after 15 years of working with patients who arrived at serious health crossroads. Some arrived early enough. Some did not. The difference between those two groups was rarely about access, resources, or even knowledge. It was almost always about timing. CKM syndrome progresses in stages. In its earliest...]]></description><link>https://www.vigorpointpartners.com/post/the-most-expensive-health-decision-you-will-ever-make-is-waiting</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a2c86778d10dcf62891b29f</guid><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 22:22:36 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>waugustin28</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>