This long-entrenched dogma is omnipresent across medical school textbooks and continuing medical education and shapes practitioner expectations. However, it has been flatly refuted by decades of research. Let us consider this supposition from a historical context. This arose in the early era of ...
Liver fat storage, also called hepatic steatosis, is increasingly common and represents a very frequent diagnosis in the medical field. Excess fat is not without consequences. In fact, hepatic steatosis contributes to the progression toward liver fibrosis. There are two main types of fatty liver di...
high blood sugar, abnormal cholesterol levels, and excess abdominal fat. There is enoughevidencethat proves excessive visceral fat accumulation is a primary contributor to metabolic syndrome, as it influences insulin resistance, dyslipidemia, and hypertension. The combination...
Canadian cardiovascular society guidelines for the management of dyslipidemia for the prevention of cardiovascular disease in the adult. Can J Cardiol. 2016;32:1263–82. PubMed Google Scholar Larsson SC, Orsini N. Red meat and processed meat consumption and all-cause mortality: a meta-analysis....
Medical treatments may include medication or surgery As long as a meibomian cyst is asymptomatic, treatments are usually very conservative. In other words, warm compresses and lid massage are the best options unless the cyst is distorting vision, is infected or is recurrent. ...
Hypothalamic obesity: Damage to the hypothalamus can affect the centers of appetite regulation, which results in uninhibited eating disorders. Obesity can lead to various conditions like: Sleep apnea Mood disorder Dyslipidemia Hypopituitarism: It occurs when the pituitary glands do not produce sufficient ...
Numerous clinical studies with objectives such as mortality and morbidity of cardiovascular (CV) have reported the benefit of treatment for dyslipidemia with lipid-lowering therapy, in particular using the statins. But the trials conducted in past years did not consider the gender differences of ...
In terms of controlling dyslipidemia, Cho et al. [57] observed that both Chlorogenic acid and caffeic acid significantly reduced free fatty acids, triglycerides and cholesterol in mouse plasma, compared with the high-fat control group. Significantly improved HDL cholesterol/total cholesterol ratio compa...
“The data [the FDA] is going to get after the trials are over is going to be a little bit different,” added Nissen. “It’s not going to be quite as good they would get if there wasn’t the coronavirus epidemic going on around the world.” In terms of implications, the researche...
In fact, there is important heterogeneity in TRL particles in terms of size, composition and atherogenicity. Experimental studies have shown that elevated plasma levels of TRLs and their remnants, especially during the postprandial phase, accentuate inflammatory responses, thereby increasing endothelial ...