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Entries Tagged ‘cardiovascular risk’

Obesity News

Obesity News Obesity News has links to recently published news stories about obesity from a variety of online sources. New Zealand Fat, pissed and choking: Why you can’t cure the incurable and why prevention is important The NZ Drug Foundation is hosting a public lecture by Professor Rob Moodie who heads the Australian Preventative Health [...]

Migraine

Migraine With and Without Aura Linked to CVD Events and Risk Factors Results of a large case–control study including more than 6000 patients with migraine show an increased risk for cardiovascular disease events for migraineurs both with and without aura.  In addition, migraineurs were more likely to have diabetes, hypertension, and high cholesterol than those [...]

Treatment of Anemia in Patients With Renal Disease Reviewed

The treatment of anemia in patients with renal disease is reviewed in an editorial published online December 24 in the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. On the basis of the results of the Trial to Reduce Cardiovascular Events with Aranesp [darbepoeitin] Therapy (TREAT) and other recent studies, Ajay K. Singh, MD, from Brigham [...]

High Prevalence of Masked Hypertension in Children With Kidney Disease

Children with chronic kidney disease have a high prevalence of masked hypertension, often in association with left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH), research findings indicate.  Therefore, these children should have early echocardiography and ambulatory blood pressure monitoring to evaluate their cardiovascular risk, the investigators advise.  As they report online in the Journal of the American Society of [...]

Paraoxonase Polymorphisms Tied to Cardiac Fatality Risk

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Oct 07 – Paraoxonase (PON)-1 variants influence the long-term risk of fatal complications from coronary artery disease in men, Dutch researchers report in the September 29th issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. Dr. J. Wouter Jukema at Leiden University Medical Center and colleagues observe that PON-1, a [...]