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Screening programs could help identify and treat risk factors, say authors Shift work is associated with an increased risk of major vascular problems, such as heart attacks and strokes, concludes a study published on bmj.com today. This is the largest analysis of shift work and vascular risk to date and has implications for public policy and occupational medicine, say the authors. Shift work has long been known to disrupt the body clock (circadian rhythm) and is associated with an...

Lawrence LeBlond for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online New Dutch research has found that two in every three severely obese children already have at least one health problem due to their increased waist size, and by age 12 had high blood pressure, high cholesterol and high blood glucose. Published in the journal Archives of Disease in Childhood, the study focuses on an issue that has seen little research, despite fast becoming a worldwide epidemic. The findings stem from the Dutch...

redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports - Your Universe Online According to recent commentary by Thomas Newman, MD, MPH, Mark Pletcher, MD, MPH and Stephen Hulley, MD, MPH, of the  University of California - San Francisco (UCSF) Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, new recommendations for lipid screening in children are based on opinion and "fail to weigh health benefits against potential harms." The guidelines were written by a panel assembled by the National Heart, Lung and Blood...

WASHINGTON, July 22, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. (Kowa Pharmaceuticals) and Eli Lilly and Company (Lilly) (NYSE: LLY) today released results from a pharmacokinetic (PK) study exploring potential drug interaction between the cholesterol medication pitavastatin (LIVALO) 4 mg and the protease inhibitor (PI) combination darunavir/ritonavir (Prezista(®)/Norvir(®)) 800mg/100mg in healthy volunteers.(1) The study, presented at the 19(th) International AIDS...

Known primarily as a staple of American summer picnics for decades, Watermelon has become a traditional, summertime snack to refresh people across the globe. However, recent medical research as well as information posted at Health and Wellness portal BeWellBuzz.com, suggest new health benefits are attributed to several of the enzymes found in this refreshing and sweet summer treat. Las Vegas, Nevada (PRWEB) July 20, 2012 Known primarily as a staple of American summer picnics for decades,...

PARIS and TARRYTOWN, New York, July 20, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Sanofi (EURONEXT: SAN and NYSE: SNY) and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: REGN) announced today that several trials within ODYSSEY, the Phase 3 clinical program of SAR236553/REGN727, have initiated patient enrollment. SAR236553/REGN727 is a potential first-in-class, subcutaneously administered, fully-human antibody that lowers low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol by targeting PCSK9 (proprotein convertase...

Fewer people died or needed expensive long-term care when their physicians focused on the top risk factors for stroke and dementia, according to research reported in the Journal of the American Heart Association (JAHA). The primary care doctors in the German study focused on high blood pressure, smoking, high cholesterol, diabetes, irregular heartbeat (atrial fibrillation) and depression. The researchers found that during a five-year period, the need for long-term care was cut 10 percent...

Cedars-Sinai researchers have linked Kawasaki Disease, a serious childhood illness that causes inflammation of blood vessels throughout the body, with early-onset and accelerated atherosclerosis, a leading cause of heart disease in adults. In a study published in the August 2012 print edition of Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology, an American Heart Association peer-reviewed medical journal, a team of researchers showed how Kawasaki Disease in young mice predisposed them to...

MADISON, N.J., July 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Raising vitamin D to optimal from deficient blood levels may not improve total cholesterol and other blood lipids, key markers of cardiovascular disease risk, according to a study published today in Circulation, a publication of the American Heart Association. The study, by researchers at Quest Diagnostics (NYSE: DGX) and The Rockefeller University, is the first large-scale examination of the clinical impact of correcting vitamin D...

Dr. Uffe Ravnskov, M.D., Ph.D., medical doctor, scientist, well-known critic of Statin Drugs and their side effects, announced today his review of "How Statin Drugs Really Lower Cholesterol and Kill You One Cell At A Time" by James B. Yoseph and Hannah Yoseph, M.D. from his headquarters in Stockholm, Sweden. Stockholm, Sweden (PRWEB) July 16, 2012 "How Statin Drugs Really Lower Cholesterol and Kill You One Cell At A Time" was reviewed by Dr. Uffe Ravnskov from his...