Triglycerides Linked To Stroke Risk
Researchers have linked high levels of blood fats called triglycerides to an increased risk of stroke. The findings should encourage physicians to pay closer attention to triglyceride levels.// More effective screening and detection of high blood triglycerides and treatments to modify this stroke risk factor could further reduce the stroke burdens. Doctors have learned that drugs that...Triglyceride Drug Found To Lower The Risk Of Diabetes
Researchers say they might now have a new weapon to their arsenal against type 2 diabetes. A drug used to combat high triglycerides also appears // to lower the risk of diabetes in heart disease patients. For the study researchers compared results between mostly male heart attack patients who received either a daily dose of the triglyceride-lowering drug bezafibrate or a placebo. All...National Survey Shows Patients are Unaware of Serious Heart Risks of Triglycerides
Results of a national survey from the National Lipid Association (NLA) demonstrate that patients—including those at greatest risk—are woefully// unaware of the cardiovascular risks associated with unhealthy levels of triglycerides, a fat found in the blood. The Moving Beyond Cholesterol survey, which included 2,089 patients and 510 doctors, revealed that the overwhelming majority of physicians fe...High Nonfasting Triglyceride Levels Linked With Cardiovascular Risks
According to studies JAMA,results from two studies indicate that elevated nonfasting triglyceride levels are associated with cardiovascular events such as a heart attack , with one study finding that triglyceride levels measured after fasting does not show this association. Triglyceride levels are usually measured in the fasting state, which could exclude certain types of lipoprotei...