Adherence to a heart-healthy lifestyle confers cardiovascular health benefits, and part of the reason may be due to the effect on biological age, researchers reported.A new analysis of the Framingham Heart Study cohorts to investigate the link between epigenetic age scores and the protective CV health benefits of the American Heart Association’s Life’s Essential 8 was published in the
Pegozafermin, a fibroblast growth factor 21 analog, reduced atherogenic particles in patients with severe hypertriglyceridemia and improved liver fat and insulin resistance compared with placebo, a speaker reported. Michael Miller, MD, FACC, FAHA, chief of medicine at the Corporal Michael J. Crescenz VA Medical Center in Philadelphia and vice chair of medicine at the University of
The National Lipid Association Scientific Sessions will be held Thursday to Sunday and will spotlight emerging areas of research such as “cardio-rheumatology,” a renewed push to reinstate LDL as a health system quality metric and more. Christie M. Ballantyne, MD, FACC, FACP, FAHA, FNLA, chief of the section of cardiovascular research and professor of medicine at Baylor College of
A structurally normal heart was the most common finding among athletes who experienced sudden cardiac death, but the cause and circumstance of death varied significantly by the athletes’ race, researchers reported.“A sudden death in an athlete is an uncommon but highly tragic event which appears almost paradoxical, as athletes epitomize the healthiest segment of society. Inherited and
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