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Do You Know How Old You Truly Are at Heart? This Metric Offers Insight
Bicycling Magazine· 18 hours ago“Basically the concept of cardiovascular age relates to the age of a person if all modifiable risk...
Heart disease: Millions may no longer get preventive statin therapy
Medical News Today· 6 days agoAtherosclerotic cardiovascular disease is linked to plaque buildup in blood vessels. It can increase...
Stroke Risk Scale Helps ID Candidates for Anticoagulation
Medscape· 3 days agoA common stroke risk calculator can help electrophysiologists and cardiologists distinguish which...
Do you have too much belly fat? Use our tool to find out
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 3 days agoLarge amounts of tummy fat, especially visceral fat deposits around...according to scientists at...
Episode 1: A Global Health Tidal Wave? Cardiorenal Metabolic Syndrome
Medscape· 2 days agoFor more episodes, download the Medscape app or subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify,...
Dear Doctor: Main goal of statin drugs is to reduce patient’s risk of heart attack, not to make...
OregonLive.com· 3 days agoMy original primary care physician who recently retired said my HDL level was so good that he gave me an A- and wasn’t concerned about my cholesterol. ANSWER: The reason to use statin drugs, ...
What is the south node in astrology? Astrologers say it holds the key to past lives
TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 day agoPolitics came first, as well as advocating for causes near and dear to your heart. Your generous,...
Expert Panel Urges Behavioral Coaching for Kids With High BMI
WebMD· 19 hours agoThe U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommends that children and adolescents with a high body mass index, or BMI, receive intensive counseling – but not weight reduction drugs – to achieve ...
A biased test kept thousands of Black people from getting a kidney transplant. It’s finally changing
U-T San Diego· 2 days agoJazmin Evans had been waiting for a new kidney for four years when her hospital revealed shocking...
Dr. Roach: Statins are still beneficial, even with good cholesterol levels
St. Louis Post-Dispatch· 3 days agoMy doctor ordered a fasting blood test, which showed that my LDL cholesterol is 119 mg/dL; my HDL is 68 mg/dL; my cholesterol/HDL ratio is 3-to-1; my total cholesterol is 208 mg/dL; and my triglyceride ...