…media and bloggers questioned LDL, dietary fat and statins Popular blogs and media reach out to billions of individuals worldwide. They exert enormous influence over…

…25 to 29.9 Obese : 30 and above Limitations of BMI Despite its widespread use, BMI has several limitations: It does not distinguish between fat…

…population measure that performs poorly at the level of the individual: it does not distinguish muscle from fat and takes no account of fat distribution…

…affects the right ventricle. ARVC is defined by the gradual loss of myocardial cells, which are replaced by fat and fibrous tissue. This process begins…

…report. A shave biopsy of a pigmented lesion that turns out to be a melanoma can make the Breslow thickness unmeasurable and staging therefore impossible…

…in various tissues, including the liver, lung, fat, and skin, with myocardial concentrations reaching 10 to 50 times those found in plasma. Plasma clearance is…

…dietary interventions than with low fat control diets. In one trial of patients with previous myocardial infarction, the Mediterranean intervention involved greater consumption of fruits…

…utility is frequently limited by its inability to distinguish between muscle mass and various fat depots, or to identify the precise location of excess adiposity…

…the risk of diabetes and cardiovascular disease than total adiposity alone. The waist circumference associated with risk varies among populations, reflecting differences in fat distribution…

…indicative of obesity or excess abdominal adiposity. Ethnic specific thresholds are lower or otherwise modified in some populations. Cardiometabolic mechanisms Visceral and ectopic fat are…

…in tendinitis and epicondylitis . Higher doses than these add nothing documented but increase the risk of skin and fat atrophy. Lederspan states in addition that…

…factors—high LDL cholesterol, cigarette smoking, hypertension and diabetes mellitus—disturb endothelial function and favour the accumulation of fat, smooth muscle cells, fibroblasts and extracellular…

Cardiology Endocrinology & metabolism Definition and pathophysiology Hypertriglyceridaemia (HTG) is defined by an increased concentration of circulating triglycerides. Both fasting and non fasting measurements provide prognostic…

Echocardiography Principles of echocardiographic examinations In small children, it is possible to perform the entire transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) with the child in the supine position…