article thumbnail

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

Cardiometabolic Health Congress

Newly included risk factors— untreated vision loss and high LDL cholesterol —underscore the critical role of these elements in maintaining cognitive health. The Cholesterol Connection Cholesterol’s recognition as a risk factor for dementia marks a pivotal advancement in understanding, preventing, and delaying cognitive decline.

article thumbnail

What is wrong with the NHS?

Dr. Malcolm Kendrick

9th October 2023 (With lessons from, and for, all other health services around the world) Whilst awaiting the Judgement on my libel trial – three months from the hearing and counting – I decided to write about things other than statins and cholesterol. Such as patient care? Lest I damage our case in some unforeseeable way.

article thumbnail

K Health to Collaborate with Mayo Clinic on Cardiac Clinical Artificial Intelligence (AI) Solution

DAIC

The goal of the cardiac program is to use proprietary algorithms built by K Health to power advanced AI-ECG (AI-enhanced electrocardiography) technology, risk assessments, and remote patient monitoring, according to the statement. The project is slated to begin in early 2024, reported the Jan.

article thumbnail

New Calculations Could Slash Statin-Eligible Population

CardiacWire

The Takeaway There’s a good chance that the new PREVENT equations will have a major impact on patient care, reducing the number of low-risk patients who are prescribed statins, while hopefully increasing statin adherence among the highest-risk patients.