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Week of November 14, 2008 |
This week’s topics include reducing C-reactive protein with a statin, short sleep duration and cardiovascular events, abdominal and body fat and heart disease, and fasting triglycerides.
Program notes
0:21 This week it’s all about the heart
1:03 Almost 400,000 people with fat assessments
2:00 Fat cells are an endocrine organ
3:02 Waist circumference to assess
3:38 Use of statins in people with elevated C-reactive protein
4:30 Absolute risk incredibly small
5:30 People on statins had higher incidence of diabetes
6:13 Non-fasting triglycerides
7:11 If doctor wants blood drawn at a certain time
7:25 Short sleep duration predictor of cardiovascular events
8:20 400% increased risk of event
9:23 Ambulatory blood pressure monitor
10:30 End
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