Cardiovascular Disease

Cardiometabolic Derangement ID'd in Overweight School Children

School children aged 6 to 8 years with overweight have cardiometabolic derangements, according to a study published online May 3 in Obesity Research & Clinical Practice to coincide with the Congress on Obesity, held from May 4 to 7 in Maastricht. Christine Frithioff-Bøjsøe, M.D., Ph.D., from Copenhagen University Hospital Holbæk in Denmark, and colleagues conducted...

Black Female Veterans Receive Worse Cardiovascular Care

Premature atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) occurs at or before the age of 55. Strategies in secondary prevention in women with premature ASCVD are lacking in the medical literature. This cross-sectional, national, and multicenter VA study, published in JAMA Cardiology, examined sex-related disparities in antiplatelet and statin treatment among female veterans with premature and extremely premature ASCVD. ...
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