A Family Affair
The surplus of specialists and neglect of primary and preventive care in modern American medicine has led to a very sharp focus on individuals, with little regard for families. A perfect example of how...
View ArticleDoes This Child Have More Than an Arrhythmia?
An 11-year-old boy presents with palpitations. He has no family history of heart disease and is asymptomatic while playing competitive sports. His cardiac physical examination is normal, but his ECG...
View ArticleControversy Over Cholesterol Testing for Children
New guidelines from the NHLBI and the American Academy of Pediatrics recommend that all children age 9 to 11 should undergo cholesterol screening. Screening should then be repeated at 17 and 21 years...
View ArticleNew Insight Into Obesity and Physical Activity in Children
As obesity has increased among children, a clear link has been established between obesity and cardiovascular risk factors including high cholesterol, high blood pressure, and diabetes. However, less...
View ArticleSurvey Finds Significant Drop in Cholesterol Levels in Youths
New data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), published in JAMA, show significant and perhaps surprising improvements over the last 20 years in the lipid profile of...
View ArticleSelections from Richard Lehman’s Literature Review: August 13th
This week's topics include using existing data for new research; normal weight, diabetes, and non-CVD death; cholesterol levels in U.S. kids; statins and diabetes; HDL-C and MI protection; statin...
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