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Childhood is a window of opportunity to tackle obesity before the damage it causes is irreversible, according to a scientific statement by experts on heart disease and childhood obesity published today in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, a journal of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC).1

Fluctuations in specific blood lipid levels is linked to a significantly increased risk for dementia in new findings that further confirm the well-established link between heart health and brain health.

Lipids, glucose control, and body weight improved with vegetarian diets, finds a new meta-analysis.

Final data from the REPRIEVE trial show pitavastatin therapy is associated with a significantly lower risk of cardiovascular events than placebo as evidence grows for statins in primary prevention.

Extracellular vesicles, responsible for cell-to-cell communication, might be a driver of fibrosis in systemic sclerosis, according to a recent paper in Arthritis and Rheumatology.

Several more classes of drugs could come next in the shift from prescription to over-the-counter status.

Certain streptococci common in the oral cavity but isolated from the gut tracked with coronary calcium scores and CT-imaged plaques in a cross-sectional cohort study.

Signs of increased risk in some trials may stem from their high doses and high-CV-risk populations, propose researchers whose study saw no such concerns from normal dietary intake.

Hearing aid use was linked to a 48% slowing of cognitive decline among individuals at increased risk of dementia, results of a first-of-its-kind, randomized trial show.

The US Preventive Services Task Force said more research is needed before lipid screenings can be conducted among children with clear benefit.