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A slow increase in systolic blood pressure (SBP) trajectory has been observed over a follow-up period of nearly 7 years among adults aged 50‒70 years and who are not receiving any antihypertensive agent, a study has shown.

Consuming Jarlsberg cheese – a type of Norwegian cheese that contains long-chained vitamin K2 and DHNA* – may help fend off bone weakening, a study from Norway has shown. What’s more, it appears to do so without adversely affecting lipid levels, even extending its benefit to glycated haemoglobin levels.

Treatment with the combination of statin and ezetimibe to achieve a low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) target of <70 mg/dL works well to consistently reduce the risk of subsequent stroke, according to a post hoc analysis of the Treat Stroke to Target (TST) trial.

Coffee lovers have more reasons to celebrate, with a recent study revealing health benefits from drinking coffee by reducing the risks of many medical conditions, including those in the cardiometabolic and gastrointestinal (GI) systems and those associated with alcohol use and oestrogen regulation.

In the CLASP* IID trial, the PASCAL Transcatheter Valve Repair System demonstrated noninferiority to the MitraClip System for the treatment of severe symptomatic degenerative mitral regurgitation (DMR).

Depending on the model being used, recalibration of risk scores using contemporary population-level data may improve risk stratification for statin therapy, suggests a study.