High cholesterol or hypercholesterolemia affects an estimated 54 per cent of the population in the region. It is attributed to various factors which include a sedentary lifestyle and unhealthy eating habits. (Gulf News - November 4, 2009) Read full article
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US obesity could cost 147 billion dollars a year: study
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Dogs can detect Hypoglycaemia (Read full story)
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LDL Cholesterol Lowering in Diabetes In treating people with diabetes, clinicians should carefully adhere to current treatment guidelines, which recommend reduction of LDL cholesterol to < 100 mg/dl regardless of baseline lipid levels. Recent studies suggest that LDL lowering to < 70 mg/dl may provide even greater cardiovascular benefits, and the latest guidelines recommend < 70 mg/dl as an optional LDL goal in very-high-risk patients, such as those with diabetes and existing Cardio Vascular Disease. Intensive lowering of LDL cholesterol may be necessary to achieve the 30-50% reductions in LDL cholesterol that guidelines recommend to bring most high-risk patients to goal. When baseline LDL cholesterol is high (e.g., ≥ 160 mg/dl), a reduction of > 50% may be needed.
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HYPERTENSION A Portuguese Success Story: One Nation Begins to Curb Its Salt Intake
June 18, 2009 (Milan, Italy)— Doctors from the Portuguese Society of Hypertension have spearheaded a unique mass-media campaign about the harmful consequences of consuming too much salt, which in turn has led to the Portuguese Parliament approving a law restricting the sodium content of processed foods. The instigator, Dr Luis Martins (Fernando Pessoa University, Porto, Portugal), recounted his story during a late-breaking trials session here at the European Meeting on Hypertension 2009.
The widespread media coverage--begun after Martins and colleagues were horrified at the amount of salt they discovered in bread in particular--snowballed into a whole chain of events, including food manufacturers reducing the amount of salt in foods and instituting a "traffic-light" type of warning system on their products, and culminated in the Parliament approving the new law. And of note, at the same time, there was an impressive increase in the awareness of the dangers of consuming too much salt among the Portuguese public, Martins said.
June 18, 2009 (Milan, Italy)— Doctors from the Portuguese Society of Hypertension have spearheaded a unique mass-media campaign about the harmful consequences of consuming too much salt, which in turn has led to the Portuguese Parliament approving a law restricting the sodium content of processed foods. The instigator, Dr Luis Martins (Fernando Pessoa University, Porto, Portugal), recounted his story during a late-breaking trials session here at the European Meeting on Hypertension 2009.
The widespread media coverage--begun after Martins and colleagues were horrified at the amount of salt they discovered in bread in particular--snowballed into a whole chain of events, including food manufacturers reducing the amount of salt in foods and instituting a "traffic-light" type of warning system on their products, and culminated in the Parliament approving the new law. And of note, at the same time, there was an impressive increase in the awareness of the dangers of consuming too much salt among the Portuguese public, Martins said.