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dietary cholesterol. However, they also tend to be high in saturated and trans fat and trigger the liver to
make more cholesterol. Other foods, such as palm oil, palm kernel oil, and coconut oil, contain saturated fat that can increase so-called “bad” cholesterol.
For some people, these foods represent a major source for increasing blood cholesterol. Because the typical Western diet is loaded with these foods, rising cholesterol levels have led the way to an epidemic of health problems linked to high cholesterol, says Trejo Gutierrez, MD, a cardiologist with the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida.
Though some experts dispute the direct link between high blood cholesterol levels and cardiovascular disease (CVD), major organizations like the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) maintain that high blood cholesterol levels play a role in the development of conditions such as atherosclerosis, carotid artery disease, coronary artery disease, heart attack, s
March 05, 2021
In one of the largest series of professional athletes with COVID-19, the incidence of myocarditis was rare, just 0.6%, providing reassuring evidence that the virus does not portend long-term cardiac consequences for the overwhelming majority of these competitive athletes.
Among 789 professionals from Major League Soccer, Major League Baseball, the National Hockey League, the National Football League, and men and women from the National Basketball Association, 30 had abnormal results on cardiac screenings, including ECG, echocardiography, and troponin testing. After further testing, inflammatory heart disease was detected in just five athletes; three cases of myocarditis and two of pericarditis.
The new findings, which were published online March 4, 2021, in
March 05, 2021
Cardiologists and other healthcare professionals may be shocked by the specifics set out in this week’s news of a $45 million lawsuit against Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) and a former anesthesia resident. But they’re also not surprised.
Jason Campbell, MD, who is widely known as the TikTokDoc and whose dance moves brought joy during the COVID-19 pandemic, is accused in the suit of sending explicit texts, photos, and messages as well as sexual assault.
What stands out is here not the months-long, all-too-common ordeal described in the lawsuit. Rather, it’s the time line showing that the woman, an employee at the Portland VA Medical Center, where Campbell occasionally worked, had to repeatedly push for OHSU to put the behavior to an end.