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World Heart Federation cholesterol roadmap: the Portuguese case
Abreu, Ana; Dores, Hélder; Gonçalves, Lino; Franco, Fátima; Silveira, Conceição; Proença, Gonçalo; Timóteo, Ana Teresa; Cardim, Nuno; Pedro, MónicaAtherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) remains the major cause of premature death and disability; effective cardiovascular (CV) risk prevention is fundamental. The World Heart Federation (WHF) Cholesterol Roadmap provides a framework for national policy development and aims to achieve ASCVD prevention. At the invitation of the WHF, a group of experts from the Portuguese Society of Cardiology (SPC), addr...
Tirzepatide: The Beginning of a New Era on Diabetes Treatment
Raimundo, AnabelaThe prevalence of obesity and, consequently, diabetes has been increasing exponentially in recent decades, on a global scale, and this trend is expected to continue in the coming years. Therefore, there is an urgent need for new therapies to help us change this trajectory. Tirzepatide, the first of a new pharmacological class named co-agonists or dual agonists of the glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) and the gluc...
The Quiet Revolution of Big Data in Medicine
Neves, Bernardo; Raimundo, Anabela; Obermeyer, Ziad.; .