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High blood cholesterol concentrations were once a characteristic of the populations of wealthy Western countries But determinants of blood cholesterol, such as diet and widespread availability of lipid lowering drugs, are changing throughout the world A study that pooled more than 1000 population based studies with information on blood lipids in more than 100 million individuals reports large geographical changes over time ( Nature doi:10 1038/s41586-020-2338-1) In 1980, the highest levels of non-high density lipoprotein cholesterol were found in Belgium, Finland, Greenland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, and Malta By 2018, the highest levels were found in Asia and the Pacific, with Tokelau, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Thailand at the top Tourette’s syndrome is a neuropsychiatric disorder characterised by involuntary tics and vocalisations These motor manifestations are often hard to treat effectively A laboratory study of 16 …
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