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Heart Health Made Simple—No Specialist Required.

Dr. Paddy Barrett

Do you use advanced cholesterol testing? E.g. High Blood Pressure, Diabetes Diagnosed three years ago. List vital measurements—eg Weight, Height, BMI etc. Blood Pressure I think that blood pressure taken in clinical settings is as close to useless as makes no difference.

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Examining the causal association between moderate alcohol consumption and cardiovascular risk factors in the Taiwan Biobank: a Mendelian randomization analysis

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

ResultsIn the rs1229984-instrumented analysis, alcohol drinking was only associated with higher levels of SBP in men and lower levels of DBP in women. ResultsIn the rs1229984-instrumented analysis, alcohol drinking was only associated with higher levels of SBP in men and lower levels of DBP in women.

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Exploring Obesity and the Latest Advances in Weight Loss Drugs during Healthy Weight Week

Cardiometabolic Health Congress

It increases the likelihood of developing chronic conditions such as heart disease, diabetes, and high blood pressure. Obesity not only affects an individual’s physical appearance but also poses serious health risks. Tirzepatide is a dual GIP/GLP-1 agonist that activates hormone receptors secreted in the intestines.

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Abstract 133: Associations of Genetically Predicted Iron Status and Ischemic Stroke Subtypes: A Mendelian Randomization Study

Stroke Journal

It is currently unknown if these associations are confounded by pleiotropic effects of the instrumental variables (IV) on cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors, such as low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL), diastolic blood pressure (DBP), and body mass index (BMI). 0.96]), or BMI (TSAT: 1.18 [1.04-1.34];

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Physiology Friday #197: Do Morning Workouts Maximize the Cardiometabolic Benefits of Exercise?

Physiologically Speaking

Clinically, about 1/3 of adults have metabolic syndrome — a cluster of conditions including abdominal obesity, high blood pressure, high blood glucose, high triglycerides, and low HDL cholesterol. cm for the AMEX and PMEX groups, respectively, while the change in mean arterial pressure was 4.9 cm and 1.9

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Physiology Friday #197: Do Morning Workouts Maximize the Cardiometabolic Benefits of Exercise?

Physiologically Speaking

Clinically, about 1/3 of adults have metabolic syndrome — a cluster of conditions including abdominal obesity, high blood pressure, high blood glucose, high triglycerides, and low HDL cholesterol. cm for the AMEX and PMEX groups, respectively, while the change in mean arterial pressure was 4.9 cm and 1.9

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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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