February 22, 2021
Prevalence Data Suggest Increasing Trend of Psoriasis With Age
MONDAY, Feb. 22, 2021 (HealthDay News) — A clear bimodal age pattern exists in psoriasis onset, and prevalence shows an increasing trend with age until 60 or 70 years, according to a review published in the February issue of the British Journal of Dermatology. Ireny Y.K. Iskandar, Ph.D., from the University of Manchester in the...
Testosterone Therapy Does Not Improve Vascular Function
MONDAY, Feb. 22, 2021 (HealthDay News) — For men with low-normal serum testosterone levels, exercise training improves endothelium-dependent vascular function, but testosterone administration does not, according to a study published online Feb. 22 in Hypertension. Lauren C. Chasland, from The University of Western Australia in Perth, and colleagues compared the impacts of testosterone and exercise...
Greater HbA1c Variability May Raise Risk for CVD in T2DM
MONDAY, Feb. 22, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Large visit-to-visit hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) variability is associated with an increased risk for cardiovascular disease in patients with type 2 diabetes, according to a study published in the January issue of Diabetes, Obesity & Metabolism. Yun Shen, M.D., from the Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana,...