Guidelines from the Department of Health and Human Services recommend statins as primary prevention for people with HIV aged 40 to 75 years who have a 10-year ASCVD risk of 5% or higher.
Short sleep, late blood draws, and intense workouts significantly change common cardiovascular biomarkers, suggesting key variables often go unaccounted for in heart risk assessments.
Over one-third of psoriasis patients had elevated hs-CRP despite biologic treatment and skin clearance, with obesity, female sex, and fatty liver disease identified as key predictors of residual inflammation.
A 30-year cohort study found that life-course factors—including BMI, blood pressure, and glucose—significantly influence chronic disease accumulation, but much of the risk remains unexplained.
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A large study of 2,655 CABG patients found that using the no-touch technique to harvest vein grafts significantly reduced blockage, heart attacks, and repeat procedures over three years.
A study of nearly 19,000 ICU patients found that a higher triglyceride-glucose (TyG) index was linked to significantly increased 28-day mortality, with risk doubling once the index passed a threshold of 8.82.