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Living Past 100: Insights from Centenarians on a Long, Healthy Life

Dr. Paddy Barrett

It’s not that they don’t get cardiovascular disease, cancer or dementia; they just get it way later than everyone else. When broken down by disease category, cardiovascular disease, cancer, dementia, stroke, osteoarthritis, hypertension and stroke, the pattern is the same. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci.

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Beating the Odds: Inside the Tribe with a Near-Zero Rate of Heart Disease.

Dr. Paddy Barrett

It kills almost twice as many people globally when compared to all cancers combined. Dementia Up to 40% of dementia cases could be prevented by focusing on modifiable risk factors 11. Those with high blood pressure from midlife have twice the risk of developing dementia over a 25-year follow-up 12. Med Sci Sports Exerc.

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Abstract 262: National Trends of 90?day Readmission Rates and Etiologies among Diabetics following Transient Ischemic Attack

Stroke: Vascular and Interventional Neurology

from 2016‐2019 and secondary diagnosis of T2DM. Data was weighted to allow for representative nationwide estimates.ResultsWe identified 426,549 patients who were admitted with a primary diagnosis of TIA between 2016 and 2019. The primary diagnosis of the readmission was used to identify the etiology of readmission.

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How To Test For Insulin Resistance

Dr. Paddy Barrett

Insulin resistance is a core risk factor for the three leading causes of death: Cardiovascular Disease Cancer Dementia. Prevalence of Optimal Metabolic Health in American Adults: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2009-2016. Subscribe now Take cardiovascular disease, for example. PMID: 19138424; PMCID: PMC2635363.

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The legal case – naming a few names

Dr. Malcolm Kendrick

Such support is provided by a number of government institutions and charities, including the Medical Research Council, National Institute for Health and Care Research, Department of Health and Social Care, British Heart Foundation, Cancer Research UK and Wellcome. I don’t think so. I have read some utter bollocks in my life.