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Starting lipid-lowering treatment earlier in life may reduce cardiovascular risk in patients with familial hypercholesterolemia vs those who do not, a meta-analysis suggests.

The product of fasting plasma triglyceride and glucose levels (TyG index) plus waist-to-height ratio accounted for 68.6% of the risk for incident metabolic syndrome in 590 Chinese adults.

Study of 1863 Chinese patients with type 2 diabetes on insulin showed 48% developed clinically meaningful antibodies to insulin. Antibody levels were linked with the type of insulin and oral agents used.

Researchers studied how the mRNA-based BNT162b2 COVID-19 vaccine altered the biochemical composition of glial and glioma brain cells in vitro.

Assessing the prevalence of metabolic syndrome in patients with PsA remains a challenge because the definition varies across studies, according to the authors.

Investigators from Weill Cornell Medicine and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center have discovered how a drug for multiple sclerosis interacts with its targets, a finding that may pave the way for better treatments.

Simultaneous measurement of dozens of types of fats in the blood ("lipidomics") can predict the risk of developing type 2 diabetes (T2D) and cardiovascular disease (CVD) years in the future, according to a new study publishing March 3rd in the open-access journal PLOS Biology from Chris Lauber of Lipotype, Germany, and colleagues.

A high-fat diet is not enough to cause short-term fatty liver disease. However, if this diet is combined with the intake of beverages sweetened with liquid fructose, the accumulation of fats in the liver accelerates and hypertriglyceridemia —a cardiovascular risk factor— can appear.

It may be possible to identify the presence of an aggressive brain tumor in children by studying their cerebrospinal fluid, according to new research led by Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center investigators.

Neurons in the brain coexist with and rely on many other cell types to function properly. Astrocytes, which take their name from their star shape, ensure the survival of neurons by feeding and detoxifying them with the help of a multifunctional protein, APOE.