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Only ‘early’ estradiol limits atherosclerosis progression
Hormone therapy – estradiol with or without progesterone – only limits the progression of subclinical atherosclerosis if it is initiated within 6...
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Heart attack patients getting younger, fatter, and less healthy
Key clinical point: Despite advances in understanding heart disease prevention, patients with heart attack are younger and less healthy than they...
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Brain imaging suggests link between stress and cardiovascular events
Key clinical point: Activation of the amygdala, the brain’s fear response center, was directly correlated with the occurrence of cardiovascular...
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Arterial calcium findings on mammograms can predict heart disease risk
Key clinical point: Breast arterial calcification information – available on every mammogram – could be used to help predict heart disease risk....
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Does sharing genetic risk change behavior?
Does knowledge of DNA-based disease risk motivate patients to make lifestyle changes?
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Bisphenol S promotes fat accumulation, differentiation
Key clinical point: Bisphenol S induces lipid accumulation in, and differentiation of, human preadipocytes.
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How physicians can reverse the opioid crisis
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Coronary artery calcium linked to cancer, kidney disease, COPD
Key clinical point: High coronary artery calcium scores were significantly associated with noncardiovascular disease events in a prospective study...
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Low BMI, high body fat both raise mortality risk
Key clinical point: Both a low BMI and a high percentage of body fat are independently associated with an increased risk of all-cause mortality in...
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VIDEO: Migraine plus aura doubles ischemic stroke rate
Key clinical point: Older adults with migraine and aura had twice the ischemic strokes, compared with patients with aura-free migraines. Major...
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Heightened emphasis on sex-specific cardiovascular risk factors
A history of any form of elevated blood pressure in pregnancy has become a key part of cardiovascular risk assessment in women.