Lipid Disorders
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Aliskiren fails to fight coronary atherosclerosis
Major finding: Change in PAV with aliskiren vs. placebo: -0.33% vs. 0.11%, respectively.Data source: The AQUARIUS randomized placebo-controlled...
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High-dose, high-potency statins reduced dementia risk
Major finding: For total equivalent statin dosage, the hazard ratios for dementia were 0.773 (low dosage), 0.632 (medium), 0.332 (high), compared...
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The cholesterol plateau
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Adult diabetes rate highest in West Virginia
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Low blood pressure may harm rather than help patients with chronic kidney disease
Major finding: The results – which include the finding that a diastolic blood pressure value below 70 mm Hg was associated with higher mortality...
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Controversial diabetes drug not associated with increased CV risk in patients with CAD
Major finding: No increased risk of major cardiovascular events associated with rosiglitazone was identified in a study of patients with type 2...
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Osteoprotegerin ups risk of vascular events in type 1 diabetes
Major finding: Elevated osteoprotegerin levels were a significant independent risk marker for incident cardiovascular events (hazard ratio, 1.21)...
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Poststroke prevention strategies cut dementia risk in half
Major finding: The relative risk for cognitive dysfunction was 0.8-0.9 with the use of recommended antihypertensive, antithrombotic, and lipid-...
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Excessive visceral fat linked to increased risk of CVD, cancer
Major finding: Excessive visceral adipose tissue was associated with a statistically significant increase in risk of cardiovascular disease (HR 1....
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Copeptin helped differential diagnosis of hyponatremia
Major finding: A plasma copeptin level greater than 70 pmol/L in patients presenting with severe hypo-osmolar hyponatremia correlated with a...