Testosterone Treatment and Hormonophobia – Cardiovascular risk, the Media, and the Authorities
- Published in Testosterone Replacement Therapy
Video Summary of Testosterone Replacement Therapy and Cardiovascular Risk
- Published in Testosterone Replacement Therapy
Testosterone Therapy and Cardiovascular Risk - Advances and Controversies
- Published in Testosterone Replacement Therapy
Dietary Guidelines on Fat Intake - has there ever been any evidence to support the low-fat recommendation?
- Published in Diet, Nutrition & Supplements
Cardiovascular Risks and Elevations of Blood DHT Levels Vary by Testosterone Preparation
- Published in Testosterone Replacement Therapy
Testosterone Treatment and Heart Attack Risk - new study shows testosterone treatment can even be beneficial
- Published in Testosterone Replacement Therapy
Association of IGF-1 (Insulin-Like Growth Factor-1) with Mortality, Cardiovascular Disease, and Cancer
- Published in GH & IGF-1
Watch Your Waist - it may shorten your life!
- Published in Waist - Abdominal Obesity
Your waistline not only makes or breaks your esthetic appearance; if you belly gets too large, it may greatly jeopardize your health and even longevity.
Waist circumference strongly correlates with abdominal obesity and is the most commonly used measure of body fat distribution.[1, 2] Many studies have found enlarged waist circumferences to be associated with all-cause mortality, in most cases independently of general obesity.[3-11]
Abdominal obesity (aka visceral obesity) appears to be more strongly associated with multiple chronic diseases than is gluteo-femoral obesity (fat deposition around the butt and thighs).[1] Increased waist circumference confers a health risk even in normal weight people.[12]
A notable large study investigated the association of waist circumference with mortality using intuitive 2 in (5 cm) increments for men and women, and also evaluated risk within narrow categories of body fatness (BMI). In addition, the study estimated years of life lost due to a large waist circumference.[13]
High-Normal Blood Pressure and Cardiovascular Disease
- Published in Cardiovascular Disease
1 in 3 US adults aged 40-59 years has high blood pressure (hypertension); among those over 60 years of age the prevalence is over two-thirds, 67%.[1] High blood pressure is a well known risk factor for cardiovascular disease; the leading cause of death worldwide.[1, 2] As two-thirds of sudden cardiac deaths occur in clinically healthy individuals [2], novel indicators of early recognition of adverse cardiometabolic risk in disease-free adults are clearly needed. It has been demonstrated that healthy disease-free adults with high-normal blood pressure (aka pre-hypertension, defined as 120-139/80-89 mmHg) have an adverse cardiometabolic risk profile.[2]
The prevalence of high-normal blood pressure in disease-free US adults is 36.3%; it is especially common in people with overweight/obesity, enlarged waist lines, and elevated glucose, insulin, hemoglobin A1c (glycated glucose), C-reactive protein (an inflammatory marker), and triglycerides (blood fats).[2]
High-normal blood pressure is an independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD)...[3-5]
Blood Cholesterol Testing - don't let the routine standard lipid panel fool you!
- Published in Cardiovascular Disease