Effectiveness of plasma atherogenic index as a predictor of cardiovascular risk in patients with metabolic syndrome and related cardiometabolic conditions: a systematic review

Cardiovasc Endocrinol Metab. 2026 Jul 1;15(3):e00361. doi: 10.1097/XCE.0000000000000361. eCollection 2026 Sep.ABSTRACTMetabolic syndrome (MetS) and cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic syndrome represent escalating global health challenges characterized by complex lipid derangements. While traditional li

M Mohammed Essam Shaybah

Estimated preventable fraction of chronic disease attributed to long-term physical activity and diet quality, independent of body weight: a prospective cohort study of three US cohorts

Lancet Reg Health Am. 2026 Jun 27;61:101540. doi: 10.1016/j.lana.2026.101540. eCollection 2026 Sep.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Body mass index (BMI) is often treated as a proxy for lifestyle, but this may discourage people with higher BMI from adopting risk-reducing behaviors and lead those with lower BMI-i

A Alaina M Bever

Fucus vesiculosus fucoidan alone and in combination with simvastatin is associated with both alleviation of atherosclerosis and modulations in the gut microbiota and its metabolites in New Zealand rabbits

Front Microbiol. 2026 Jun 18;17:1768989. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2026.1768989. eCollection 2026.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: While fucoidans show anti-atherosclerotic potential, their impact on this gut-host axis is unclear. This study investigated the effects of Fucus vesiculosus fucoidan, alone and combined wit

F Feng-Yu Liu

Polygenic risk score translation across diverse populations

Front Cardiovasc Med. 2026 Jun 18;13:1870807. doi: 10.3389/fcvm.2026.1870807. eCollection 2026.ABSTRACTPolygenic risk scores (PRSs) are increasingly being considered as tools to refine risk stratification in cardiovascular and cardiometabolic disease, but their clinical translation remains constrain

J Jose E Krieger

Ketogenic diet, cardiometabolic diseases and aging

J Geriatr Cardiol. 2026 May 28;23(5):275-283. doi: 10.26599/1671-5411.2026.05.005.ABSTRACTThe ketogenic diet (KD), characterized by a high-fat, moderate-protein, and low-carbohydrate macronutrient composition, has gained growing interest as a potential nutritional approach to cardiometabolic disease

G Giuseppe Cioffi