Daily Archives: December 16, 2025

Biological Aging Pace Helps Explain Sex Differences in CVD Risk

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In a population-based analysis of 371,032 UK Biobank participants, faster biological aging in males explained a substantial proportion of their higher cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk compared with females, accounting for about 60–68% of the excess risk across major CVD outcomes. Although males and females had similar chronological ages, males consistently […]

Reducing Saturated Fat Intake: Modest Benefits Overall, Meaningful Gains for High-Risk Individuals

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A systematic review of 17 randomized trials involving 66,337 adults found that reducing or modifying saturated fat intake offers little or no clinically meaningful benefit over five years for people at low cardiovascular risk, but may lead to important reductions in mortality and major cardiovascular events among those at high […]