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Barbara V. Howard
Researcher at MedStar Health
Publications - 622
Citations - 68693
Barbara V. Howard is an academic researcher from MedStar Health. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Diabetes mellitus. The author has an hindex of 112, co-authored 593 publications receiving 63071 citations. Previous affiliations of Barbara V. Howard include Memorial Hospital of South Bend & Georgetown University.
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Combined analysis of women's health initiative observational and clinical trial data on postmenopausal hormone treatment and cardiovascular disease
Ross L. Prentice,Robert Langer,Marcia L. Stefanick,Barbara V. Howard,Mary Pettinger,Garnet L. Anderson,David H. Barad,J. David Curb,Jane Morley Kotchen,Lewis H. Kuller,Marian C. Limacher,Jean Wactawski-Wende +11 more
TL;DR: For coronary heart disease, stroke, and venous thromboembolism, results are first presented from joint analysis of estrogen clinical trial and observational study data to show that residual bias patterns are similar to those previously reported for estrogen plus progestin.
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Effects of NIDDM on Very-Low-Density Lipoprotein Triglyceride and Apolipoprotein B Metabolism: Studies Before and After Sulfonylurea Therapy
Marja-Riitta Taskinen,William F. Beltz,Ingeborg T. Harper,Rose M. Fields,Gustav Schonfeld,Scott M. Grundy,Barbara V. Howard +6 more
TL;DR: The data indicate there are multiple abnormalities in structure and metabolism of VLDL in non-insulin-dependent diabetics and control of hyperglycemia with sulfonylureas has the capability of reversing some of these abnormalities.
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Risk factor clustering in the insulin resistance syndrome : The strong heart study
R. Stuart Gray,Richard R. Fabsitz,Linda D. Cowan,Elisa T. Lee,Barbara V. Howard,Peter J. Savage +5 more
TL;DR: The association of clusters of risk factors and their relations with coronary heart disease provide important clues that may be used in understanding the metabolic disorders associated with insulin resistance and diabetes.
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Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease
TL;DR: The impact of diabetes on CVD is examined, and LDL cholesterol and albuminuria should be the targets of preventive strategies, and promising new areas such as cytokines, growth factor, and the role of infection should be further explored.
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Low-fat dietary pattern and risk of colorectal cancer: The women's health initiative randomized controlled dietary modification trial
Shirley A.A. Beresford,Karen C. Johnson,Cheryl Ritenbaugh,Norman L. Lasser,Linda G. Snetsclaar,Henry R. Black,Garnet L. Anderson,Annlouise R. Assaf,Tamsen Bassford,Deborah J. Bowen,Robert L. Brunner,Robert G. Brzyski,Bette J. Caan,Rowan T. Chlebowski,Margery Gass,Rosanne C. Harrigan,Jennifer Hays,David Heber,Gerardo Heiss,Susan L. Hendrix,Barbara V. Howard,Judith Hsia,F. Allan Hubbell,Rebecca D. Jackson,Jane Morley Kotchen,Lewis H. Kuller,A Z Lacroix,Dorothy S. Lane,Robert Langer,Cora E. Lewis,JoAnn E. Manson,Karen L. Margolis,Yasmin Mossavar-Rahmani,Judith K. Ockene,Linda M. Parker,Michael G. Perri,Lawrence S. Phillips,Ross L. Prentice,John A Robbins,Jacques E. Rossouw,Gloria E. Sarto,Marcia L. Stefanick,Linda Van Horn,Mara Z. Vitolins,Jean Wactawski-Wende,Robert B. Wallace,Evelyn P Whitlock +46 more
TL;DR: This large trial gave no evidence that, when taken by midlife to late-life postmenopausal women, a low-fat diet decreases the risk of colorectal cancer over 8 years of observation.