Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Heart disease and obesity driven by liver function – new study
How susceptible we are to obesity and heart disease could be determined by our livers, a new study has revealed.
May 11, 2021
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Coronary Heart Disease
Cardiology
African Americans with coronary artery disease impacted by non-traditional risk factors
A retrospective analysis of risk factors for coronary artery disease (CAD) in young African American patients is being presented today at the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) 2021 Virtual Scientific ...
Apr 28, 2021
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Cardiology
Omega-3 supplements help kids with high cholesterol improve lipid profile
Fatty acid supplements may protect children with high cholesterol from heart disease later in life by increasing their blood levels of healthy omega-3 fatty acids, according to a new study. Researchers from the Uniformed ...
Apr 27, 2021
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Medications
New drug found to increase lipoprotein cholesterol in monkeys and humans
A team of researchers at British Pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca has developed a new antibody drug that increases the level of lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) in test monkeys and humans. In their paper published in the ...
Cardiology
More belly weight increases danger of heart disease even if BMI does not indicate obesity
People with abdominal obesity and excess fat around the body's mid-section and organs have an increased risk of heart disease even if their body mass index (BMI) measurement is within a healthy weight range, according to ...
Apr 22, 2021
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Stress from work and social interactions put women at higher coronary heart disease risk
Psychosocial stress—typically resulting from difficulty coping with challenging environments—may work synergistically to put women at significantly higher risk of developing coronary heart disease, according to a study ...
Apr 9, 2021
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Cardiology
Heart patients three times more likely to have diabetes than general population
Nearly 30% of patients with coronary artery disease have diabetes, according to a large study published on World Health Day in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, a journal of the European Society of Cardiology ...
Apr 7, 2021
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Cardiology
Relationship between psoriasis treatments and cardiovascular risk explained
Psoriasis is a chronic disease that causes patients to develop patches of dry, scaly, itchy skin. It is an autoimmune disorder, which means that it arises from a person's immune system inappropriately targeting that person's ...
Mar 30, 2021
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Cardiology
Physical inactivity is responsible for up to 8% of non-communicable diseases and deaths worldwide
The health implications of physical inactivity are truly a global issue with physical inactivity responsible for up to 8% of non-communicable diseases and deaths across the world, finds research published online in British ...
Mar 29, 2021
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Cardiology
Getting on top of rural Asia's blood pressure
A low-cost intervention to improve hypertension prevention and management can be cost effectively scaled up for rural communities in low- and middle-income countries, according to findings from a multi-country trial published ...
Mar 29, 2021
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