The French paradox is the observation of low coronary heart disease (CHD) death rates
despite high intake of dietary cholesterol and saturated fat. 1 2 The French paradox concept …

Background—Information about physicians' adherence to cholesterol management
guidelines remains scant. The present survey updates our knowledge of lipid management …

Cardiovascular diseases remain a major public health problem. The involvement of several
occupational factors has recently been discussed, notably the organization of work …

Diabetes and obesity are two metabolic diseases characterized by insulin resistance and a
low-grade inflammation. Seeking an inflammatory factor causative of the onset of insulin …

Coronary artery disease (CAD) is the commonest cause of death. Here, we report an
association analysis in 63,746 CAD cases and 130,681 controls identifying 15 loci reaching …

Background Pharmacogenetic determinants of the response of patients to clopidogrel
contribute to variability in the biologic antiplatelet activity of the drug. The effect of these …

Background The bridge between food intake and weight is not fully understood. Recently,
the role of gut microbiota and bacterial lipopolysacharides (LPS) in weight has been noted …

Objective—This study was undertaken to examine the association of plasma inflammatory
markers such as C-reactive protein (CRP), interleukin-6, and fibrinogen with the incidence of …

Context The contemporary decline in mortality reported in patients with ST-segment
elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) has been attributed mainly to improved use of …

Background—Intravenous thrombolysis remains a widely used treatment for ST-elevation
myocardial infarction; however, it carries a higher risk of reinfarction than primary PCI …