Dealing Together: Fighting Heart Disease and Obesity Simultaneously

Published Date: 14 Mar 2023

"You can't treat one of these conditions and ignore the others," says the author of the new review, explaining how obesity can affect the diagnosis and treatment of these heart conditions.

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Most clinicians take no preventive action when a low-risk patient presents with elevated levels of lipoprotein(a), but 1 in 5 clinicians initiate preventive pharmacotherapy.

Differing perspectives among gastric motility experts and regulatory roadblocks impede clinical care, but some companies are moving forward.

A web-based risk prediction tool can forecast weight gain, metabolic syndrome, and diabetes years in advance in young adults with psychosis, which may provide an opportunity for earlier intervention.

Each serving of ultraprocessed food increased risk of cardiac events by 5%.

Excess abdominal fat — not overall body weight — may drive heart failure risk, with systemic inflammation being partially to blame.

Maintaining a healthy lifestyle was associated with a lower risk for major cardiometabolic diseases, regardless of antihypertensive medication use.

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