Lipid Disorders
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Nurse-Led Strategy Reduces Cholesterol, BP in HIV
The strategy involved home blood pressure monitoring and electronic health record tools.
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Higher Dietary Niacin Tied to Lower Mortality Risk in MASLD
Data suggested a significant interaction between niacin and diabetes with the risk of all-cause mortality.
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Does worsening metabolic syndrome increase the risk of developing cancer?
Elevated trajectories of metabolic syndrome were associated with an elevated overall cancer risk.
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Sex Matters in Postprandial Response to Hypoxemia
Men had higher plasma triglyceride levels after hypoxemia, study finds, highlighting potential impact of OSA.
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Hypertriglyceridemia in Young Adults Raises Red Flag
High triglycerides are linked to risk for type 2 diabetes.
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Higher HDL Tied to Prediabetes Reversion — Up to a Point
After a median follow-up of nearly 3 years, 43% of patients with prediabetes had a reversion to normoglycemia; those with higher HDL-C levels had...
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Lp(a) Packs a More Powerful Atherogenic Punch Than LDL
Compared to LDL, Lp(a) particles may increase overall CVD risk, a new study finds.
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Light Activity in Childhood May Lower Cholesterol
Higher cumulative light physical activity from childhood through young adulthood was associated with a fivefold to eightfold decrease in total...
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Vegan diet confers cardiometabolic benefits
“Clinicians may consider recommending plant-based diets to reduce cardiometabolic risk factors, as well as aligning with environmental benefits...
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Statin use remains low for at-risk patients
Statin usage increased since 1999 but peaked at 35% in 2013 despite expanded ACC/AHA guidelines.
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New PCSK9 inhibitor allows 3-month treatment intervals
Recaticimab, an investigational PCSK9 inhibitor, has shown durable lowering of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol with injection frequencies of 1...