High CV risk in young people is a 'delayed' crisis

Published Date: 08 Mar 2023

Cardiovascular disease is "unacceptably" high and increasing among American adults ages 20 to 44, requiring aggressive prevention.

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Most eyes with pachychoroid features maintained their subtype over 2 years, with progression to pachychoroid neovasculopathy developing in only a small fraction of eyes.

Younger adults with severe obesity face significantly increased risk for mortality, while older adults show minimal differences across obesity classes.

A Swiss study tracking thousands of people with HIV found no long-term cardiovascular penalty when switching to integrase inhibitor-based therapy, though a small early-year uptick in events warrants clinical attention.

Even subtle hand tremor in older adults may signal more than just a benign motor quirk — new population data reveal an unexpected cognitive connection.

Four doses of the SGLT2 inhibitor dapagliflozin reduce acute kidney injury risk after elective cardiac surgery, with a low incidence of ketoacidosis.

Oral cefadroxil shows comparable outcomes to intravenous and alternative oral regimens in treating gram-positive bloodstream infections, a recent study shows.

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