Does adiposity predict carotid intima-media thickness in healthy children and adolescents?
Increased body mass and adiposity are associated with increased intima-media thickness in children and teenagers. This association is present in children not considered overweight, underscoring the need for the continued promotion of adequate nutritional and physical exercise behavior during childhood.
Cocaine increases adult cardiomyocyte protein content by protein kinase Calpha-dependent mechanisms, and this process can contribute to the cardiac hypertrophy and cardiomyopathy that results from chronic cocaine use.