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How To Reverse Diabetes.

Dr. Paddy Barrett

In the US, over 45% of the population has either diabetes or pre-diabetes 1. The absolute majority of those with diabetes have type 2 diabetes, which is usually associated with excess visceral fat and poor cardiometabolic health. Because a diagnosis of diabetes is very likely to shorten your life. Pre-Diabetes.

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How You Can Reduce The Risk Of Heart Disease Without Losing Weight.

Dr. Paddy Barrett

No Diabetes or Pre-Diabetes. A study of almost 10,000 adults with obesity (BMI >30) who were evaluated for all LE8 factors and followed for over 7 years can give us some insight 1. 2019 Aug 18;9(8):e029966. Normal Blood Pressure. The answer is yes. The magnitude of that risk reduction will surprise you. Endocr Pract.

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Abstract TP262: Trends, Odds, Burdens and Outcomes of Metabolically Healthy Obesity in Stroke Related Hospitalizations of Elderly Patients - A Nationwide Analysis, 2016-2019

Stroke Journal

In this study, we aim to analyze the MHO trends and outcomes with respect to Stroke.Methods:We queried the National Inpatient Sample (2016-2019) to identify Stroke hospitalizations in the elderly population (%E2%89%A565 years) with vs without MHO by using ICD-10 codes after excluding patients with Hypertension, analyze, and Diabetes Mellitus.

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Expert Perspective: The Obesity Paradox with Salvatore Carbone, PhD

Cardiometabolic Health Congress

There are significant data that show that if you have obesity, you have a high risk of developing coronary heart disease, heart failure, type 2 diabetes (T2D) or risk factors such as hypertension and dyslipidemia. [1] These individuals tend to have a better prognosis when compared to both individuals with normal weight (BMI of 18.5

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Abstract WP319: Reliability and validity of self-reported risk factors for stroke and dementia

Stroke Journal

Reliability of self-reported risk factors was high in overweight (F1 0.81) and diabetes (F1 0.71), moderate in hearing impairment (F1 0.59) and hypertension (F1 0.56) and low in hypercholesterolemia (F1 0.49) and kidney disease (F1 0.25).

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Should You Take Ozempic To Lose Weight?

Dr. Paddy Barrett

Falling into the class of obesity with a BMI of greater than 30 makes this more likely, but so also does having excess visceral fat deposition with significant metabolic consequences at a BMI less than 30. The distinction here is the metabolic consequences of excess fat causing a health risk rather than focusing on the BMI cutoff.

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Abstract 4141539: Impact of Left Ventricular End-Diastolic Diameter on the Prognosis in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation and Acute Coronary Syndrome or Undergoing PCI

Circulation

The primary endpoint was MACEs, which represented a composite event of all-cause death, stroke, systemic embolism, and massive hemorrhage.Results:The 2,182 patients were divided into two groups: LVEDD>60mm group (n=370) and LVEDD ≤60 mm group (n=1812).