Lipid Disorders
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Mediterranean diet may also prevent peripheral artery disease
Major finding: Among older adults at high cardiovascular risk, following a Mediterranean diet supplemented by EVOO for a median of 5 years was...
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Statins may reduce prostate cancer deaths
Major finding: Statin use after a diagnosis of prostate cancer was associated with a 24% decrease in the risk of prostate cancer death (hazard...
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Surgeon General report links smoking to diseases beyond cancer
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PCSK9 antibody shows safety, efficacy to 1 year
Major finding: Treatment with evolocumab every 4 weeks for 1 year safely cut average LDL cholesterol levels by 50%, compared with controls.Data...
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Higher PCI risk in diabetes not due to insulin
Major finding: Five-year rates of death from any cause, nonfatal MI, or nonfatal stroke were 29% in the insulin-treated subgroup and 19% in the...
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‘Obesity paradox’ refuted
Major finding: Compared with participants who had a normal BMI of 22.5-24.9 at the time of diabetes diagnosis, those with lower BMIs and those...
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FDA approves dapagliflozin for type 2 diabetes
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Mediterranean diet plus olive oil kept diabetes away
Major finding: Adults at high risk of cardiovascular disease who followed a Mediterranean diet enriched with extra-virgin olive oil were 40% less...
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In utero exposure to dyslipidemia magnifies LDL risk in offspring
Major finding: With further adjustment for prepregnancy maternal body mass index, smoking status, and genetic variants known to be associated with...
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Microvascular complications increase with diabetes duration but not age
Major finding: In ADVANCE, 7.5% of patients with disease duration of less than 5 years had a history of major microvascular disease, as did 18.6%...
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No link found between high-potency statins andacute kidney injury
Major finding: Patients randomized to a high-potency statin regimen shortly after an acute coronary syndrome did not have higher serum creatinine...