Lipid Disorders
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Cognitive decline not seen with lower BP treatment targets
A 10-year study finds less, not more, cognitive decline associated with aggressive control – especially in black patients.
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AAP releases revised guidelines on screening, treatment of hypertension
Start measuring blood pressure annually at age 3 years.
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Air pollution seen acting on stress hormones
A novel study in China identifies several potential pathways between exposure and increased cardiovascular and metabolic disease risk.
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Childhood poverty sets stage for adult heart disease
By age 11, low socioeconomic standing takes a toll on children’s arteries.
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Cardiovascular risk factors more common in girls
Among fourth and fifth graders, measures of aerobic capacity and body composition favored boys.
Conference Coverage
Fat shaming interferes with patients’ medical care, experts say
WASHINGTON – Overweight, obese patients who seek health care face special challenges because of “negative attitudes.”
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Stopping statins after stroke may up recurrent stroke risk
Nearly 20% of patients 3-6 months after a stroke, in a Taiwanese database, were not using statins. Read the findings of a large retrospective...
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Genetic predisposition to hypercalcemia linked to CAD, MI
Here’s one more reason not to take calcium supplements.
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Blocking a lipoprotein lipase inhibitor improves lipid profiles
Shutting down the function of a protein that inhibits lipoprotein lipase safely produced favorable lipid changes.
News from the FDA/CDC
Over 45% of American adults have type 2 diabetes mellitus or prediabetes
CDC: Most people with prediabetes don’t know they have it.
Conference Coverage
Statins linked to fewer deaths, slightly higher HbA1c in T2DM
Does the addition of statin therapy to patients newly on insulin improve survival in diabetes?