National Institute of Health (NIH) scientists have made a significant breakthrough in understanding how "bad" cholesterol, known as low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol or LDL-C, builds up in the body. The researchers were ...
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Mayo Clinic's Center for Individualized Medicine has achieved a significant milestone with its Tapestry study, generating the clinic's largest-ever collection of exome data, which include genes that code for proteins—key ...
Dec 3, 2024
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Cholesterol tests are well-established as an important part of a routine health screening—for adults. For young people, it's another story.
Oct 28, 2024
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Heart experts say that everyone should have their levels of lipoprotein (a), or Lp(a), measured routinely at least once in life, following research from one of the most populous EU countries, Poland, that shows how common ...
Aug 29, 2024
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Many parents think of high cholesterol as a health concern that only affects adults. But did you know that around one in 250 children have elevated cholesterol levels that aren't related to diet, exercise or lifestyle?
Jul 8, 2024
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An Australian researcher says we should consider cholesterol screening earlier in life, with his team's latest research showing that interventions to prevent and reduce "bad" cholesterol in childhood and young adulthood may ...
Apr 24, 2024
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Physicians and scientists have known for many years that our genetics not only shape our physical features like our smiles but also our risk for developing certain diseases.
Feb 23, 2024
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A lack of diversity in large genomic studies presents a major challenge in understanding how pathogenic variants impact different populations. To address this problem and advance precision medicine for all populations, the ...
Feb 21, 2024
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A new study published in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes from the Family Heart Foundation—a patient-centered research and advocacy nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the lives of families impacted ...
Feb 20, 2024
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A recent trial of a novel gene-editing technique that lowered dangerously high cholesterol by up to 55% has generated talk of a new front opening against cardiovascular disease, which kills nearly 700,000 Americans each year ...
Dec 13, 2023
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