Lipid Disorders
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FDA adds safety warnings to certain type 2 diabetes medications
Type 2 diabetes medicines that contain saxagliptin and alogliptin may increase the risk of heart failure, especially in patients who already have...
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PCSK9 inhibitor overcomes muscle-related statin intolerance
CHICAGO – Muscle-related statin intolerance was reproducible in many patients, but most could tolerate and respond robustly to a PCSK9 inhibitor...
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VIDEO: New ACC consensus guidance addresses nonstatin therapies
A new expert consensus decision pathway for the use of nonstatin therapies to lower cholesterol in high-risk patients released this week by the...
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VIDEO: HOPE-3 trial supports broader role for statins in primary prevention
HOPE-3 “suggests you can essentially double the benefit of lowering blood pressure in hypertensives if you also lower cholesterol simultaneously...
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Prepsychosis links with elevated metabolic syndrome
Key clinical point: People at high risk for a first psychosis episode had an increased prevalence of certain metabolic syndrome components,...
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Statins inversely linked to colorectal cancer in patients with IBD
Patients with inflammatory bowel disease who were prescribed statins had 65% lower odds of subsequent colorectal cancer, compared with other IBD...
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Heart attack patients getting younger, fatter, and less healthy
Key clinical point: Despite advances in understanding heart disease prevention, patients with heart attack are younger and less healthy than they...
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Brain imaging suggests link between stress and cardiovascular events
Key clinical point: Activation of the amygdala, the brain’s fear response center, was directly correlated with the occurrence of cardiovascular...
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Incretin-based diabetes drugs don’t raise heart failure risk
Key clinical point: Incretin-based antidiabetic drugs did not raise the risk of hospitalization for heart failure in a large international...
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Bisphenol S promotes fat accumulation, differentiation
Key clinical point: Bisphenol S induces lipid accumulation in, and differentiation of, human preadipocytes.
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CV health may prevent cognitive decline
Key clinical point: The closer adults come to meeting “ideal” American Heart Association targets for seven factors related to cardiovascular...