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Adding remnant cholesterol to guideline prediction models should improve identification of those who would benefit most from statin treatment for primary prevention, a new study suggests.

The statement recommends strategies to help patients stay on statin medications and suggests alternatives that can be used in patients who really cannot tolerate statins.

SAN FRANCISCO and SUZHOU, China, June 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --Innovent Biologics, Inc. (Innovent) (HKEX: 01801), a world-class biopharmaceutical company that develops, manufactures and commercializes high quality medicines for the treatment of oncology, autoimmune, metabolic, ophthalmology and other major diseases, announces that the primary and all key secondary endpoints were met in a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled phase 2 study of mazdutide (R&D code: IBI362), a glucagon-like...

Observational data add to a growing link between SGLT2 inhibitor treatment and atrial fibrillation prevention in people with type 2 diabetes.

A history of prediabetes is a predictor of MI independent of any other risk factor, suggesting that screening efforts should increase.

Exposure to ubiquitous per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in the environment may be an underappreciated and potentially modifiable risk factor for hypertension in women.

The human brain is lipid rich. Lipids and fatty acids contribute to many important cellular processes. Alpha-synuclein -; a protein that plays a critical role in Parkinson's disease (PD) -; is known to interact with and alter the balance of lipids and fatty acids.

Reviving a now-defunct buffer against sudden surges of oil prices is an anti-poor measure, a state-run think tank says.

Vupanorsen disappointed on triglyceride and non-HDL cholesterol reduction in TRANSLATE-TIMI 70, but post-hoc data on VLDL and remnant cholesterol point to a role for the class if not the drug, experts say.

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