High levels of lipoprotein(a), a type of "bad" cholesterol, may be associated with an 18-20% higher risk of cardiovascular disease among people who have hypertension, however, CVD risk was not higher among those without hypertension, ...
Dec 13, 2022
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You are among the women who dutifully gets an annual mammogram. Year after year, the results are "normal." But after one mammogram you are shocked to feel a breast lump, which turns out to be cancer. The tumor was hidden ...
Dec 12, 2022
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In the United States, about 10 million adults over the age of 50 have osteoporosis, with women four times more likely than men to experience the condition, according to prior research. This is partly due to a decline in estrogen ...
Dec 7, 2022
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Residual tumors from Black patients with estrogen receptor (ER)-positive/HER2-negative primary breast cancer treated with neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) had a higher score of a biomarker of distant metastatic recurrence than ...
Dec 6, 2022
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A new study has found that high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol, often called the "good cholesterol," may not be as effective as scientists once believed in uniformly predicting cardiovascular disease risk among adults ...
Nov 21, 2022
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If you were prone to breaking bones as a child, research out of the University of Otago should come as a warning—that painful tendency may well will carry on into adulthood.
Nov 8, 2022
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A new medication, pemafibrate, lowered triglyceride levels among adults with type 2 diabetes yet did not decrease their cardiovascular risk, according to late-breaking science research presented today at the American Heart ...
Nov 7, 2022
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Six widely used dietary supplements promoted for improving heart health did not effectively lower LDL or "bad" cholesterol in comparison to a common low-dose statin medication or placebo, according to late breaking science ...
Nov 7, 2022
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In the Chinese population, the triglyceride to high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (TG/HDL-C) ratio and the total cholesterol (TC)/HDL-C ratio are associated with an increased risk for benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), ...
Nov 4, 2022
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Scientists at the UK's National Physical Laboratory (NPL) have demonstrated the first in-person measurements of breast tissue using an innovative new detection technique, which has the potential to significantly improve breast ...
Sep 21, 2022
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