Some research supports statin use for people with kidney disease or kidney failure and heart disease. Other research recommends caution for those with kidney issues. Heart disease is a major cause ...

With age, the hypodermis thins. This is one of the reasons that older people are more prone to hypothermia. Body fat in the hypodermis layer is called subcutaneous adipose tissue (SAT). This is ...

Epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) accumulation is thought to play a role in the pathophysiology of heart failure (HF) with mid‐range ejection fraction and HF with preserved ejection fraction, but its ...

If that comes back and your levels are high - the doctor may recommend drugs like statins - or they could say it could be improved with lifestyle changes before you need to go on to medications.

Yet, biologically engineering tissue structures that are organized across multiple scales, from the arrangement of small cells all the way to the architecture of a large organ, has proven challenging ...

Epicardial adipose tissue volume is an independent predictor of mortality in PAH. An increase in epicardial adipose tissue volume in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is an ...

Irene noted: “There are certain foods that can help lower cholesterol levels, but they are not a substitute for statins. For example, phytosterols and plant stanols. “These substances, found in ...

This month's cover highlights the article A novel bacterial effector protein mediates ER-LD membrane contacts to regulate host lipid droplets by Stacey D. Gilk, Rajendra Angara and Arif Sadi. The ...

Lean wild animals have at least as much epicardial fat as domesticated animals and this tissue is not depleted during starvation. [24] Epicardial fat might, therefore, have important functions ...

Obese patients who consume excessive calories for a long time lead to an excess storage of fat, surpassing the limited storage capacity of adipose tissue for fatty acids ... 4.5 The relationship among ...

😮 The 50 greatest innovations of 2024: From Zildjian to NASA 😮 By Andrew Paul Posted on Dec 4, 2024 The technology for 3D printing human tissue has improved over the years, but it’s still ...