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Straight from the heart: Mysterious lipids may predict cardiac problems better than cholesterol
Stephanie Blendermann, 65, had good reason to worry about heart disease. Three of her sisters died in their 40s or early 50s from heart attacks, and her father needed surgery to bypass clogged arteries. She also suffered from an autoimmune disorder that results in chronic inflammation and boosts the odds of developing cardiovascular illnesses. “I have an interesting medical chart,” says Blendermann, a real estate agent in Prior Lake, Minnesota.
Yet Blendermann’s routine lab results weren’t alarming. At checkups, her low-density lipoprotein (LDL), or “bad,” cholesterol hovered around the 100 milligrams-per-...
Source: Science of Aging Knowledge Environment - March 16, 2023 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
The Effect of Diabetes and Prediabetes on the Prevalence, Complications and Mortality in Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
CONCLUSION: Given the increased risk of adverse outcomes, this study highlights the importance of regular diabetes screening in NAFLD and adoption of prompt lifestyle modifications to reduce disease progression. Facing high cardiovascular burden, prediabetic and diabetic NAFLD individuals can benefit from early cardiovascular referrals to reduce risk of CVD events and mortality.PMID:35585687 | DOI:10.3350/cmh.2022.0096
Source: Clinical and molecular hepatology - May 19, 2022 Category: Gastroenterology Authors: Cheng Han Ng Kai En Chan Yip Han Chin Rebecca Wenling Zeng Pei Chen Tsai Wen Hui Lim Darren Jun Hao Tan Chin Meng Khoo Lay Hoon Goh Zheng Jye Ling Anand Kulkarni Lung-Yi Loey Mak Daniel Q Huang Mark Chan Nicholas Ws Chew Mohammad Shadab Siddiqui Arun J Sa Source Type: research
