Lipid Disorders
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For Richer, for Poorer: Low-Carb Diets Work for All Incomes
A visit to an endocrinologist proved to be life-changing for a single mother of two with poorly controlled blood sugar.
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Sex Hormones Linked to Fatty Liver in Men With T2D
Higher progesterone levels were associated with higher risk, whereas higher follicle-stimulating hormone was associted with lower risk.
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Study Finds Mace Risk Remains High in Patients with Psoriasis, Dyslipidemia
Current guidelines recommend statins “for patients with psoriasis who have additional risk-enhancing factors, similar to recommendations made for...
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Another Reason to Control Lp(a): To Protect the Kidneys Too
Having increased Lp(a) levels on their own is not sufficient to trigger chronic kidney disease, but another event may set off a bidirectional...
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What Health Risks Do Microplastics Pose?
The way micro- and nanoplastics may influence cellular functions and induce stress responses is not yet well understood.
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Is Red Meat Healthy? Multiverse Analysis Has Lessons Beyond Meat
A specification curve analysis of a dataset provides a much broader picture; in the case of red meat, you see some significant results, but the...
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Metabolic Dysfunction–Associated Steatotic Liver Disease Plus HIV Ups Risk for CVD but Not Liver Disease
Compared with MASLD without HIV, the overall 5-year survival was significantly lower in MASLD with HIV, likely becuase of comorbidities.
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Magnesium and Metabolic Syndrome: Any Connection?
Chronic hypomagnesemia may play a role in the pathogenesis of metabolic disorders.
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Semaglutide Curbs MASLD Severity in People Living With HIV
Most participants lost significant weight and weight loss was closely associated with improvements in MASLD.
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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.