A frozen prelude and an open challenge

No abstractJ Thorac Dis. 2026 Aug 31;18(8):987. doi: 10.21037/jtd-2026-0774. Epub 2026 Aug 28.NO ABSTRACTPMID:42724798 | PMC:PMC13559444 | DOI:10.21037/jtd-2026-0774

A Anna H Xue

Visceral adipose tissue and incident cardiovascular disease among individuals without diabetes: an analysis of 15 prospective cohorts from 7 countries in Latin America

Lancet Reg Health Am. 2026 Aug 31;63:101603. doi: 10.1016/j.lana.2026.101603. eCollection 2026 Nov.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Visceral adipose tissue (VAT) may causally contribute to cardiovascular disease (CVD); however, evidence in Latin America is limited. Here, we evaluated the association between esti

C Cohorts Consortium of Latin America and the Caribbean (CC-LAC)

Epidemiology, temporal trends, and fibrosis risk stratification in metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease in UK primary care: a population-based cohort and nested case-control study

Lancet Reg Health Eur. 2026 Aug 26;68:101808. doi: 10.1016/j.lanepe.2026.101808. eCollection 2026 Sep.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: We sought to determine the changing prevalence, incidence, and temporal trends in real-world, recorded diagnoses of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASL

H Huei-Tyng Huang