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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

Age at death in elderly cohorts of four European countries of the Seven Countries Study: the role of comorbidities.
CONCLUSION: AD seems a valuable indicator of all-cause mortality when the study population has reached or approached the extinction. PMID: 32410168 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Aging Clinical and Experimental Research - May 13, 2020 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Menotti A, Puddu PE, Tolonen H Tags: Aging Clin Exp Res Source Type: research

Change in Prescribing for  Secondary Prevention of Stroke and Coronary Heart Disease in Finnish Nursing Homes and Assisted Living Facilities
ConclusionsThe decline in cardiovascular medication use in residents with CHD and dementia suggests Finnish physicians are adopting a more conservative approach to the management of cardiovascular disease in the NH population.
Source: Drugs and Aging - April 4, 2019 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research