Lipid Disorders
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Heart attacks soar in young IBD patients
IBD and myocardial infarction share a common risk factor – inflammation.
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Mild cognitive impairment rises in heart patients with comorbidities
ANAHEIM, CALIF. – Across the spectrum of cardiovascular disease, the higher the likelihood of mild cognitive impairment, Jocasta Ball, PhD,...
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Adding hypertension in pregnancy doesn’t refine ASCVD risk prediction tool
ANAHEIM, CALIF. – The 2013 ASCVD Risk Calculator doesn’t do a better job of predicting 10-year risk in women when a history of hypertensive...
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Overweight and obese individuals face greater cardiovascular morbidity
Obese people have shorter life spans and spend more of their lives dealing with cardiovascular disease.
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NASH rapidly overtaking hepatitis C as cause of liver cancer
The analysis is based on National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey and the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network data.
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FDA warns against clarithromycin use in patients with heart disease
Clarithromycin may lead to an increased chance of heart problems or death years after use.
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Pre–bariatric surgery weight loss improves outcomes
A loss of 8% or more of excess weight before surgery was associated with more weight loss at 1 year.
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Multisite, same-day cryolipolysis treatments don’t skew lipids, liver enzymes
Procedural side effects resolve spontaneously.
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CV risk factors go undiagnosed, untreated in many psoriatic patients
Study of more than 2,000 patients at eight centers in Canada, the United States, and Israel.
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Lipid variability predicts cardiovascular events, diabetes onset
ANAHEIM, CALIF. – High on-statin variability in triglycerides or LDL cholesterol is also predictive of incident diabetes.
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Fight statin phobia with hard facts
SNOWMASS, COLO. – The one legitimate concern isn’t even on patients’ radar.