Laurie A. Kopin

TL;DR: In order to achieve these goals, healthcare providers must focus on reducing CVD risk factors such as overweight and obesity, which could increase by almost 7 years if all forms of major CVD were eliminated.

TL;DR: Metformin, in combination with lifestyle modification and OC, reduces central adiposity, reduces total testosterone, and increases HDL, but does not enhance overall weight reduction in obese adolescents with PCOS.

TL;DR: This paper performed a systematic evidence review to assess the effect of providing global coronary heart disease risk information to adults and found that global CHD risk information alone or with accompanying education increased the accuracy of perceived risk and probably increased intent to start therapy.

TL;DR: This issue provides a clinical overview of dyslipidemia focusing on prevention, diagnosis, treatment, practice improvement, and patient information.

TL;DR: Niacin extended release/lovastatin was also more effective than atorvastatin and simvASTatin monotherapies in reducing small, dense low- density lipoprotein particles and improving low-density lipop protein phenotype pattern at relative starting doses, and was more effective in increasing the proportion of high-densitylipoprotein in the potentially cardioprotective 2b subclass at all doses.