cardiovascular-risk
2 stories tagged "cardiovascular-risk"
Metabolic & Weight
The Heart Scan Sold to Everyone Barely Beats a Free Calculator, Except for the Patients Insurers Won't Cover
The scan barely moved the needle over a free calculator for most adults, but inside the muddy middle of risk, calcium separated a 1.9 percent ten-year danger from a 14.3 percent one.
Metabolic & WeightObesity Stopped Denting Older Adults' Metabolic Numbers: In the Young It's Biting Harder Than Ever
For middle-aged and older adults, extra weight no longer tracks with the cardiovascular damage it once did. For the young, the same fat is biting harder and earlier. The lab panels converged; the fat didn't.