Search results for "Cholesterol"
There are challenges when translating research to practice
By revealing that shared incentives (those that link financial rewards for patients and physicians together) are more effective than individual or no incentives in controlling lipid levels and adherence, their randomized
April 2016
Crossed Words: Glued to the answer
5) Bone scan negative. 6) Pick another—cause of deranged lipids, lungs and liver.
January 2014
Diet for a hungry, fat, dry, wet, hot, sick planet
Diet for a hungry, fat, dry, wet, hot, sick planet. I have been privileged this past week to preside one final time as President over the annual meeting of the American ... Dr. Vartiainen took us through nearly 50 years of data, showing how interventions
January 2021
Shifting standards for hypertension
Similar to treating high cholesterol, Dr. Sussman's first criteria is to assess his patient's overall heart and stroke risk.
March 2016
Putting sugar on trial
Since saturated fat was already found liable for its damage why look further? ... Sugar, they assert, is fully as bad as saturated fat (and vice versa).
January 2021
MKSAP Quiz: 3-month history of fatigue, rash
Livedo reticularis is a lacy, purple, mottling of the skin that frequently occurs in patients with cholesterol emboli syndrome, SLE, Raynaud phenomenon, the antiphospholipid syndrome, and other connective tissue disorders.
September 2014
Diet, dog and dogma
The news was leaked in advance of the report release that the current committee has dropped the recommendation for restricting dietary cholesterol intake. ... The committee thus retained saturated fat as a nutrient of concern, suggesting we limit our
January 2021
Improved BP control requires patients to change behavior
If you have diabetes, high blood pressure, high lipids, and heart failure, you may be taking as many as 14 prescription medications,” said Raymond R. ... Following the DASH diet, which is low in sodium and fat and rich in fruits and vegetables, equals
March 2015
Targeting glycemic control in the elderly
It's not just glycemic control. If you look at the new cholesterol guidelines, if you look at the new hypertension guidelines, [prostate-specific antigen] screening, there's been a lot
October 2014
‘Goldilocks' goal for diabetes and CKD
to 40.6%) and lipid-lowering drugs (8.9% to 50.2%) was also up. ... Dr. Osei prefers a more individualized approach. He doesn't typically prescribe a statin in diabetic patients without kidney disease or other cardiac risk factors unless their
November 2012