A new decision pathway for the management of hypertriglyceridemia, prompted by a large and growing body of evidence that elevated triglycerides to a targetable risk factor for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD), has been issued by the American College of Cardiology….
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ACC 2021 Highlights: Drugs and Alcohol
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Being Firstborn Linked to Lower Heart Disease Risk
May 26, 2021 — Birth order and number of siblings may be tied to a person’s risk for heart disease and mortality, according to a study covering 2.68 million people in Sweden. Being the oldest child may have benefits: For first-born men…
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Novel IL-6 Antibody Slashes CRP up to 92% in High-risk ASCVD
Inhibition of interleukin (IL)-6 with ziltivekimab reduces multiple biomarkers of inflammation and thrombosis in patients at high atherosclerotic risk with moderate to severe chronic kidney disease (CKD) and elevated C-reactive protein, results of the phase 2 RESCUE trial show. At 12…
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Vegetarians Have Better Cholesterol Levels, and More, Than Meat-Eaters
Vegetarians have more favorable levels of a number of biomarkers including cardiovascular-linked ones — total cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, and apolipoprotein A and B — than meat-eaters, shows the largest study of its kind to date. Results of the…
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AHA Targets Structural Racism in Health Disparities Research
The significant role and impact of structural racism needs to be considered in racial and ethnic health-disparities research, say the editors of the American Heart Association (AHA) journal Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes. The statement — The Groundwater of Racial…
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