Colby Stong

Colby Stong is the former editor of The Clinical Advisor and Neurology Reviews and is a freelance medical writer and editor living in central Pennsylvania.

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Cardiovascular and Metabolic Disorders

Achieving Optimal Population Cardiovascular Health: An AHA Scientific Statement

Colby Stong

January 21, 2021

Improving the cardiovascular health of patients and the general population requires increased primordial and primary prevention efforts.

Androgen and Reproductive Disorders

Metformin May Improve Acne in Patients With Polycystic Ovary Syndrome

Colby Stong

January 15, 2021

The efficacy of metaformin for treatment of PCOS-related acne was evaluated.

Diabetes

Relative Risk for CVD Higher in Women With Type 2 Diabetes vs Men

Colby Stong

October 29, 2020

Women with type 2 diabetes, but not prediabetes, may have a greater relative risk for prevalent cardiovascular disease than men.

Individuals on PrEP who become infected with HIV, such as those with poor adherence to treatment, may have delayed seroconversion on blood-based and oral-fluid-based rapid antibody tests.2 In one study, oral antibody reactivity was first observed a median of 125 days (range, 14-547 days) after HIV RNA or antibodies were observed in the blood.13 In another study, individuals who received PrEP were 3.49 times more likely than those on placebo to experience a delay of >100 days in detecting the infection.14 Based on these and other findings in the literature, it has been suggested that laboratory-based serum or plasma HIV tests should be used whenever possible to monitor individuals on PrEP.2 Additionally, in the setting of known or suspected poor PrEP adherence, the threshold for augmenting p24/IgM/IgG assays with NAT should be lowered.2

Cardiovascular and Metabolic Disorders

Higher Plasma Lp(a), Family History of CHD an Additive CVD Risk Factor

Colby Stong

September 1, 2020

Elevated plasma levels of lipoprotein(a) and family history of coronary heart disease (CHD) were found to be associated with a risk for cardiovascular disease.

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Colby Stong

All articles by Colby Stong

Achieving Optimal Population Cardiovascular Health: An AHA Scientific Statement

Metformin May Improve Acne in Patients With Polycystic Ovary Syndrome

Relative Risk for CVD Higher in Women With Type 2 Diabetes vs Men

Higher Plasma Lp(a), Family History of CHD an Additive CVD Risk Factor

Assessing the Prevalence and Treatment of Severe Hypercholesterolemia