Lipid Disorders
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Diabetes care has improved but still falls short
Major Finding: The proportion of adults with diabetes who met recommended targets for glycated hemoglobin levels, blood pressure, and LDL...
News
Metabolic monitoring of antipsychotics remains vital
Conference Coverage
For hypertension, pair CPAP with weight loss
Major finding: Mean systolic blood pressure decreased by 14 mm Hg in the combination group at 24 weeks, compared with 7 mm Hg with weight loss...
Conference Coverage
Low HDL, high LDL cholesterol linked to cerebral amyloidosis
Major finding: In a multiple regression model that adjusted for age and sex, lower HDL and higher LDL cholesterol were both associated with a...
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Cuba's economic crisis yielded reduced diabetes, CVD, death
Major finding: The overall diabetes incidence decreased by 53% during and immediately after the economic crisis, then rebounded, rising by 140%...
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AHA: Fewer than 1% of U.S. youth has ideal diet score
Major Finding: Less than half of adolescents achieved an ideal score in five or more of the seven cardiovascular health components measured in the...
Guidelines
Bariatric surgery advancement spurs guideline update
Conference Coverage
HPS2-THRIVE drives another nail in niacin's coffin
Major Finding: During an average 3.9-year prospective follow-up, the rate of the combined endpoint of coronary death, nonfatal MI, stroke, or...
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Fructose sweeteners drive metabolic dysregulation
Major finding: USDA diet recommendations of not more than 25% of energy requirements from added sugars may be too generous in light of evidence...
Conference Coverage
Being postmenopausal doubles hepatic steatosis risk
Major Finding: Postmenopausal women had a significantly greater prevalence of hepatic steatosis (34%) than did premenopausal women (24%). After...
News
Lipid metabolism genes linked to breast cancer subtype
Major finding: A clustering analysis of eight genes separated cases into expression groups; 70% of the low-expression cases had ER-positive tumors...