Cardiometabolic Disorders News

In this Healio video exclusive, Michael S. Garshick, MD, MS, discusses the role of inflammation in heart disease and how it has become a treatment target.

Patients with atherosclerosis and elevated LDL plus autoimmune or inflammatory disease may derive particular CV benefit from PCSK9 inhibition with evolocumab, a speaker reported.

Due to demographic changes and a rise in risk factors, the prevalence and economic burden of heart disease and stroke in the United States are expected to increase dramatically by 2050, according to the American Heart Association.

BOSTON — Tumor samples from Black women diagnosed with triple-negative breast cancer expressed higher levels of insulin signaling than samples from white women, suggesting hyperinsulinemia may play a role in disease outcomes, data show.

In patients with severe hypertriglyceridemia, plozasiran, a novel RNA interference agent, lowered apolipoprotein C-III and triglycerides and improved other lipid parameters, according to the final results of the phase 2b SHASTA-2 trial.

In this Healio video exclusive, a speaker at the National Lipid Association Scientific Sessions discusses opportunities for heart disease prevention in women at the time of menopause transition.

BOSTON — Younger adults are at greater cardiovascular disease risk if they have obesity for 10 years, but a single excess weight measurement does not predict risk for heart-related events over time, according to data presented at ENDO 2024.

BOSTON — Accumulating sedentary time during childhood was associated with increased risk for liver disease in young adulthood, but boosting light physical activity may lessen the risk, according to data presented at ENDO 2024.

Patients with obesity are at increased risk for CVD, in part due to the promotion of an atherogenic lipid profile, according to a speaker.

Children exposed in utero to higher levels of some types of endocrine-disrupting chemicals have a higher risk for developing metabolic syndrome, according to findings published in JAMA Network Open.