Publications by authors named "Beatrice Morlotti"
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- * A 12-week study replaced 30g of daily animal protein with whole soy foods and found that 13 out of 26 participants showed improvements in metabolic syndrome features.
- * The soy intervention led to significant reductions in body weight, BMI, and harmful lipid markers, indicating that incorporating soy protein can enhance cardiovascular health biomarkers.
The use of statins for cardiovascular disease prevention is clearly supported by clinical evidence. However, in January 2014 the U.S.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe use of statins for cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevention is clearly supported by clinical evidence. Although statin therapy is rather well tolerated, recent data from prospective and retrospective clinical trials and related meta-analyses suggest an increased incidence of new-onset type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) in association with such treatment. The incidence of this adverse effect is not negligible, especially for specific subsets of patients, such as women, elderly, presence of familial history of T2DM and Asian ethnicity.
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