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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 PublicHealth 24 , 574 (2024).
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Risk factors for PAD include smoking; having Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, chronic kidney disease, atherosclerosis in other parts of the body (such as coronary artery disease); and being age 75 years or older. and are an important publichealth issue to be addressed,” said Gornik.
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“Richard Doll’s lifelong service to publichealth has saved millions of lives. Try publishing a paper suggesting that cholesterol lowering is a waste of time, when the market for cholesterol lowering drugs is worth hundreds of billions. Primarily because new ideas threaten profit. So, good luck with that.
mg or placebo to cardiovascular standard of care in adults with overweight and obesity with established CVD and without diabetes. director of the Division of Diabetes, Lipid Disorders, and Obesity in the FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research , in a statement issued by the FDA. 2 Wegovy 2.4 with placebo. mg and 36.4%
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I, Dr Malcolm Kendrick, with or without other co-conspirators, would be accused of spreading misinformation about cholesterol and statins. The hypothesis that a raised cholesterol level causes heart disease [atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD)] is possibly the single most powerful idea in medicine. With thousands dying.
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