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Researchers Find ApoB Test May be More Accurate Measure of Heart Disease Risk

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13, 2024 – The traditional lipid panel may not give the full picture of cholesterol-related heart disease risk for many Americans, according to a study led by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers and published in JAMA Cardiology. School of Public Health at UT Southwestern. Ann Marie Navar, M.D., population.

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Cholesterol’s Star Role in Dementia Prevention: New Insights from the 2024 Lancet Dementia Report 

Cardiometabolic Health Congress

The 2024 report from the Lancet Standing Commission on Dementia Prevention, Intervention, and Care brings promising developments for healthcare professionals and public health advocates. This discovery emphasizes the importance of managing cholesterol levels for cardiovascular health and preserving cognitive function as we age.

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New Study Reveals Age-related Brain Changes Influence Recovery After Stroke

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WMHs are related to chronic hypertension, diabetes, high cholesterol, and smoking, among other factors and conditions, and have been strongly related to cognitive impairment, but not extensively studied in the context of motor impairment. difficulty moving or using their arm for daily tasks), independent of CST damage. Toga, PhD. "We

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Global Trends in Cardiovascular Diseases: Insights from the 2023 Almanac

Cardiology Update

Growing Global Burden of Cardiometabolic Risks: The 2023 World Obesity Atlas projects a significant rise in global overweight and obesity levels by 2035, leading to a surge in diabetes cases. The findings have significant implications for clinical and public health practice and research.

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Why Insulin Resistance Is The Biggest Silent Risk Factor For Heart Disease.

Dr. Paddy Barrett

Everyone sits somewhere on the scale of insulin sensitivity from very insulin sensitive to very insulin resistant at the point of type 2 diabetes. When insulin resistance progresses to type 2 diabetes, that risk increases to a 10-fold increase in risk. Low HDL Cholesterol. BMC Public Health 24 , 574 (2024).

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Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School Researchers Develop Universal Risk Predictor for Cardiovascular Disease

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The new model uses a set of 10 factors including age, cigarette smoking status, diabetes status, and blood levels of several cardiac biomarkers, to gauge the risk of a new cardiovascular event, regardless of whether the patient has had one before.

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Proposed Risk Factor Tool Finds Heart Failure Rates are Higher Among American Indian Adults

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The analysis also found smoking, Type 2 diabetes status, kidney damage, previous heart attack and high blood pressure are major modifiable determinants of developing heart failure over five to 10 years among American Indian adults. and a researcher at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health in New York City.