Lipid Disorders
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Can We Repurpose Obesity Drugs to Reverse Liver Disease?
A new retrospective observational study offers evidence that GLP-1 RAs may have a direct impact on MASLD,...
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State of Confusion: Should All Children Get Lipid Labs for High Cholesterol?
Screening rates are low and usually linked to BMI, even though roughly one in four children with abnormal lipids had a normal weight.
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Heard of ApoB Testing? New Guidelines
“At present, the use of apoB to assess the effectiveness of lipid-lowering therapies remains a matter of clinical judgment.”
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‘Call to Action’: Greater CVD Focus Urged for Type 1 Diabetes
Cardiovascular risk factors such as dyslipidemia and hypertension are also important to manage in type 1 diabetes.
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Coffee’s ‘Sweet Spot’: Daily Consumption and Cardiometabolic Risk
Studies have linked coffee consumption with improved CV health; this new study suggests coffee can reduce bad cholesterol.
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Genitourinary Symptoms in Men: Canaries in the Coal Mine for Underlying Chronic Disease
Primary care physicians should ask about genitourinary symptoms in men and intervene early to try to get related chronic diseases under control....
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A New Focus for Cushing Syndrome Screening in Obesity
Cushing Syndrome screening may be best targeted to those with phenotypes known as metabolically healthy or unhealthy obesity.
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Semaglutide Coverage Could Raise Medicare Costs by Billions
“Weight control has benefits for patients with elevated BMI, so the definition of established CVD used by Part D plans for coverage of semaglutide...
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We Asked 7 Doctors: How Do You Get Patients to Exercise?
Make starting easy, recommend doing something they enjoy, point out multiple benefits, and monitor progress.
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Xanthelasma Not Linked to Heart Diseases, Study Finds
Lipid profiles were similar between the two groups, with no difference in total cholesterol, high- and low-density lipoprotein, and triglyceride...
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HDL Cholesterol Increases Kidney Disease Risk in T2D
Patients with very high and very low HDL-C levels had a 128% and 77% increased risk for diabetic kidney disease, respectively.