Medications

Cholesterol-lowering drugs may slow down metastases

Cancer patients rarely die from the primary tumor, but rather from the metastases—even after successful tumor surgery. This is because cancer cells sometimes spread to other parts of body early in the disease, when the ...

Cardiology

New study: Has HDL, the 'good' cholesterol, been hyped?

May 10, 2016 - For years, physicians have told patients that HDL (high-density lipoprotein cholesterol) helps protect them from cardiovascular disease (CVD). And the higher the number, the more the protection. HDL, often ...

Diabetes

Quality improvement strategy ups achievement of T2DM goals

(HealthDay)—A multicomponent quality improvement (QI) strategy can improve achievement of diabetes care goals in a population of type 2 diabetes patients with poor cardiometabolic profiles, according to a study published ...

Genetics

Researchers identify 'beauty spots' in the genome

Genes play a role in determining the beauty of a person's face, but that role varies with the person's sex, according to a new study by Qiongshi Lu and colleagues at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, published 4th April ...

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