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Abuse, nocturnal stress hormones, and coronary heart disease risk among women with HIV.
AIDS Care
May 2017
c Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences , Boston University, Boston , MA , USA.
Article Synopsis
- The study explored how experiences of abuse relate to cortisol and norepinephrine levels and the risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) among women with HIV.
- Participants reported on recent abuse, and their cortisol and norepinephrine levels were analyzed through urine samples.
- While recent abuse didn't directly affect cortisol or norepinephrine levels, a higher norepinephrine-to-cortisol ratio was linked to increased CHD risk, indicating that the effects of abuse on heart health in HIV-infected women are complex and require more research.
Why is residual neuromuscular blockade a universal issue?
Curr Med Res Opin
August 2016
a Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA , USA.
Metabolic syndrome and risk for Type 2 diabetes.
Expert Rev Endocrinol Metab
January 2006
a Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, General Medicine Division and Department of Medicine, 50 Staniford St. 9th Floor, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
The phenomenon of risk factor clustering is known as metabolic syndrome. Metabolic syndrome is an aggregation of metabolic risk factors for cardiovascular disease and Type 2 diabetes. Risk factor clustering occurs in individuals, but its specific cause(s) remain incompletely known.
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