All Articles tagged cardiovascular disease

• Policy Forum: Invited Commentaries & Sidebars
  January 10, 2024 EDT
  Adverse Childhood Experiences and Cardiovascular Disease Risks: Implications for North Carolina and the Need for an Upstream Approach
  Adam Hege

  Adverse childhood experiences have a negative impact on people across the lifespan, including poorer health outcomes, including heart disease. There is a need to study the linkages between the two.

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• Policy Forum: Introduction
  January 09, 2024 EDT
  Introduction: No More Missed Opportunities
  Peter Morris

  This issue of the journal persuades us to cry “no more missed opportunities” when it comes to cancer, stroke, and heart disease in North Carolina and beyond.

• Policy Forum: Columns
  November 01, 2006 EDT
  Tarheel Footprints in Healthcare
  NC Medical Journal

  Proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 (PCSK9) is a key regulator of lipid homeostasis. Studies investigating the association between PCSK9 and cardiovascular disease in large cohorts of patients with CKD are...

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