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Low Vitamin D in Obese Linked to Risks

07.05.20131962

Vitamin D deficiency was significantly associated with metabolic risk factors and predicted insulin resistance in morbidly obese adolescents, a researcher reported here.

Insulin Resistance: Testosterone May Be Helpful

06.05.20132333

Insulin resistance in diabetic men with decreased sex hormones was reversed after testosterone replacement, researchers reported here.

Lack of evidence of increased mortality among patients with atrial fibrillation taking digoxin: findings from post hoc propensity-matched analysis of the AFFIRM trial

26.04.20132338

Digoxin is recommended for long-term rate control in paroxysmal, persistent, and permanent atrial fibrillation (AF).

Intestinal Flora May Promote Atherosclerosis

25.04.20132615

The gut microbiota appears to play a role in atherosclerosis through a complex metabolic pathway that involves dietary lecithin, a two-part experiment and observational study determined.

Increased atherothrombotic markers and endothelial dysfunction in steroid users

24.04.20131970

The use of androgenic anabolic steroids (AAS) may be associated with changes in atherothrombotic markers and endothelial function.

Familial clustering of myocardial infarction in first-degree relatives: a nationwide study

23.04.20131860

Aims Family history is an established risk factor for myocardial infarction (MI), but it is not clear how this risk changes with number and gender of first-degree relatives with MI.

Beet This: More Evidence of BP-Lowering Effects Of Dietary Nitrate

22.04.20132142

A small, proof-of-principle study has demonstrated that the blood-pressure lowering effects of dietary nitrates--already documented in normotensives--are also seen in subjects with established hypertension.