#heart-disease

#heart-disease

Men appear to be dying disproportionately from preventable diseases and conditions way more than women, and in many cases it's their own damn fault: because they're refusing to go to the doctor until it's too late. In interviews with the New York Times, doctors and public health experts expressed concerns with the state of men's preventative care, which they say many chaps tend to ignore - to their own peril.

Recent research indicates that men are more than twice as likely to die from takotsubo cardiomyopathy, despite being diagnosed less frequently than women.

Measuring Lp(a) can help identify someone who should be paying more attention to their cardiovascular risks, leveraging personal genetics for better health assessments.

In 2004-2005, new regulations mandated full disclosure of clinical trial data, allowing independent researchers to analyze statins' primary data, revealing exaggerated benefits.