Current study: Egg consumption increases the risk for heart disease
Should we eat daily eggs? In recent years, there have been more contradictory statements about whether and how many eggs
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New cholesterol-lowering drug could help patients unable to take statins
A new class of oral cholesterol-lowering drug could help patients unable to take statins due to side effects. The findings
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PCSK9 inhibitors to lower cholesterol in patients with statin-associated autoimmune myopathy
Clinicians should consider using PCSK9 inhibitors to lower cholesterol in patients with statin-associated autoimmune myopathy. Findings from a case report
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Nearly half of all adult Americans have cardiovascular disease
Nearly half (48 percent, 121.5 million in 2016) of all adults in the United States have some type of cardiovascular
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Faulty ‘brake’ interferes with heart muscle’s ability to contract and relax
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is the most common genetic disease of the heart and a leading cause of sudden cardiac death
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New cholesterol guidelines put ethnicity in the spotlight
As in most things, family matters. Specifically, your family’s ethnicity could make a difference, at least when it comes to
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Current study: This cholesterol destroy countersink the valuable brown grease
Cholesterol lowering drugs: statins reduce brown adipose tissue The ingestion of Cholesterol-lowering drugs may help reduce the risk for cardiovascular
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Why does diabetes cause heart failure? Study reveals what happens at cellular level; findings could lead to new drug treatments
Men with diabetes are 2.4 times more likely than non-diabetics to suffer heart failure and women are five times more
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Fat: A new player expands our definition of diabetes
A new study by Australian researchers, out today, is challenging what we know about the causes of diabetes. The new
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Ketogenic diet appears to prevent cognitive decline in mice, study finds
We’ve all experienced a “gut feeling” — when we know deep down inside that something is true. That phenomenon and
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