March 17, 2010
Treating vitamin D deficiency significantly reduces heart disease risk, studies find
Researchers in Utah last fall demonstrated the link between vitamin D deficiency and increased risk for coronary artery disease. These new studies show that treating vitamin D deficiency with supplements may help to prevent or reduce a person's risk for cardiovascular disease and a host of other chronic conditions. Researchers also establish what level of vitamin D further enhances that risk reduction.
February 3, 2010
Making macrophages protect against effects of obesity
It is well known that diet-induced obesity increases dramatically a person's risk of developing type 2 diabetes. One reason underlying this susceptibility is that diet-induced obesity triggers the accumulation of inflammatory immune cells known as macrophages in fat tissue known as white adipose tissue (WAT). Researchers have now determined that engineering macrophages to store increased amounts of triacylglycerol (the main constituent of vegetable oil and animal fats) is sufficient to protect mice from diet-induced inflammatory macrophage activation, macrophage accumulation in WAT, and insulin resistance, a condition that preempts the onset of type 2 diabetes.
January 13, 2010
Plastic chemical bisphenol A (BPA) linked to cardiovascular disease in adults, analysis confirms
Researchers in the UK have found more evidence for a link between bisphenol A exposure (BPA, a chemical commonly used in plastic food containers) and cardiovascular disease.
January 12, 2010
News From The Annals Of Family Medicine, January/February 2010
Low Levels of Vitamin D Increase Risk of Heart Disease and Death and May Account for Higher Cardiovascular Risk Among Blacks Fiscella and Franks add to the increasing evidence that a low level of vitamin D is an independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease...
January 4, 2010
Psoriasis: Effects don’t always stop with the skin
Psoriasis, a chronic disease that causes red, raised patches of skin, is increasingly seen as a systemic disease with links to arthritis and cardiovascular disease.