MIBHS

AUGUST 15, 2024

It helps: Regulate blood pressure Control blood sugar levels Reduce inflammation Manage our sleep-wake cycle Boost energy in times of stress The problem arises when our stress response becomes chronic, leading to sustained high levels of cortisol in our system. Social Connections: Strong social support can buffer against stress.

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AMS Cardiology

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Blood tests : Measure cholesterol levels, blood sugar and other markers of heart health. Regular heart check-ups offer several benefits including: Early detection of heart disease : Many heart conditions such as high blood pressure, high cholesterol and coronary artery disease can be detected early through regular screenings.

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AMS Cardiology

NOVEMBER 4, 2023

Healthy Diet A special peripheral artery disease diet plays an integral role in reducing and preventing this condition. A diet rich in fruits, vegetables, whole grains and lean proteins can help control blood pressure, cholesterol levels and weight.

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MIBHS

JUNE 28, 2024

Exercise helps strengthen your heart muscle, improves circulation, and lowers blood pressure and cholesterol levels, all of which are crucial for maintaining optimal cardiac health. Eat A Heart-Healthy Diet What you eat has a significant impact on your cardiac health.

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Dr. Paddy Barrett

MAY 3, 2024

What should my blood pressure be? What is a normal cholesterol? What kind of diet should I eat? It usually takes many years of being exposed to an uncontrolled risk factor such as high blood pressure, high LDL cholesterol or diabetes. In general, about half of all high blood pressure is undiagnosed.

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MIBHS

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Eat a Balanced Diet A heart healthy diet is the foundation of cardiovascular health. Limit your intake of saturated and trans fats, as they can raise cholesterol levels and increase the risk of heart disease. Additionally, watch your sodium intake to keep your blood pressure in check.

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MIBHS

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

Postmenopausal women are at a higher risk of high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and other heart-related issues. The physical effects of stress, such as increased heart rate and blood pressure, can strain the heart, while the emotional toll can lead to unhealthy behaviors like poor diet, lack of exercise, and smoking.

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AMS Cardiology

AUGUST 15, 2023

High blood pressure – Hypertension is a significant risk factor for heart disease. Routine blood pressure checks are essential to maintaining a healthy heart as high blood pressure often has no symptoms. It damages blood vessels, decreases oxygen to the heart and raises the risk of heart disease.

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MIBHS

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Hypertension Hypertension, or high blood pressure , is often referred to as the “silent killer” because it typically shows no symptoms until it leads to more severe health issues. Regular blood pressure checks and lifestyle modifications, such as a heart-healthy diet and exercise, are essential for managing this risk.

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Wellnest

AUGUST 24, 2023

By adopting a heart-healthy diet, engaging in regular physical activity, managing stress, avoiding smoking, and controlling blood pressure and cholesterol levels, we can mitigate genetic predispositions' impact and reduce our overall risk of cardiovascular disease. Myth #3: Heart diseases only affect men.

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AMS Cardiology

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Fuel Your Body Wisely: Choose a balanced diet of fruits, vegetables, whole grains and lean protein. Befriend Fiber: Fiber helps lower cholesterol and manage blood sugar, both crucial for heart health. Include beans, lentils, whole grains and fruits in your diet to increase your fiber intake.

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Diet Blood Pressure Cholesterol Risk Factors 52

Physiologically Speaking

AUGUST 9, 2024

The debate over whether carbohydrates or sugar are the true culprits behind modern health issues has long stirred controversy among nutrition experts, diet enthusiasts, and the general public alike. This has led to widespread recommendations to drastically reduce "free sugars" in the diet.

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MIBHS

OCTOBER 31, 2024

High Blood Pressure (Hypertension) Persistent high blood pressure forces the heart to work harder to pump blood. Medications Medications are often the first line of treatment for cardiomegaly and can include: ACE inhibitors or ARBs , which help lower blood pressure and reduce the workload on the heart.

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Heart 2023 Conference

FEBRUARY 25, 2023

2) Control Your Cholesterol Fried foods are yummy. Still, you should bandy if life changes and/ or add a cholesterol-lowering drug, similar to statins If you presently have high cholesterol then with your physician on a plan will help heart complaints move forward. Don't let this discourage you if you're new to exercising!!

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Dr. Paddy Barrett

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Normal Cholesterol Levels. Normal Blood Pressure. Just the same as you would expect with a blood pressure-lowering or cholesterol-lowering medication. The Life Essential 8 are a set of factors that significantly influence your risk of heart disease and early death, including: Regular Physical Activity.

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AMS Cardiology

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

This is because stress causes an increase in cortisol – the primary stress hormone – leading to increases in blood pressure , cholesterol, blood sugar and heart rate. Cold temperatures alone impact the body by causing the coronary arteries to constrict, blood pressure to rise and the heart to work harder.

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Journal of the American Heart Association

DECEMBER 18, 2023

At visit 1 (2008–2011), information on behavioral and clinical factors (diet, smoking status, physical activity, sleep duration, body mass index, blood pressure, cholesterol, fasting glucose, and medication use) were measured and used to estimate an LE8 score (range, 0–100) for 14 772 participants.

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Wellnest

MARCH 12, 2023

Blood pressure is high. A significant risk factor for heart disease is high blood pressure. Get your blood pressure under control if you have high blood pressure to lower your risk. Elevated cholesterol The risk of heart disease can rise when blood cholesterol levels are high.

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Open Heart

MARCH 16, 2023

To support self-management, patients were provided with a Fitbit, a home blood pressure (BP) monitor and an interactive workbook. Adherence to the Mediterranean diet score improved from 5.2 There were significant reductions in mean weight (–2.6 kg, p<0.001). p<0.001).

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Dr. Paddy Barrett

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Share In addition to reductions in weight, multiple risk parameters, including blood pressure, waist circumference and lipids, also improve. What seems clear, however, is that a higher protein diet minimises the degree of lean mass loss 8. They eat a high-protein diet. 2023 Aug 26;402(10403):705-719. N Engl J Med.

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Dr. Paddy Barrett

AUGUST 16, 2024

They are not crash diets to fit into your swimwear. It is no more a moral failing to take one of these medications if you have obesity than it is to take a blood pressure-lowering medication if you have high blood pressure. So What Is The Efficacy Of Diet & Exercise For Weight Loss? All diets work.

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Open Heart

MARCH 13, 2023

Participants who reported awareness of their increased risk were more likely to have annual blood pressure monitoring (54.6% vs 38.1%, p<0.01), and at least one assessment of blood cholesterol (p<0.01), blood glucose (p=0.03) and renal function (p=0.01).

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DAIC

AUGUST 21, 2024

The analysis also found smoking, Type 2 diabetes status, kidney damage, previous heart attack and high blood pressure are major modifiable determinants of developing heart failure over five to 10 years among American Indian adults. had high blood pressure; and 15.2% For this analysis, follow-up ceased at the end of 2019.

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Stroke Journal

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

The exposure of interest was the LE8 score, a validated tool that captures the LE8 components (blood pressure, glucose, and cholesterol, body mass index, smoking, physical activity, diet, and sleep duration), organized in 3 categories. The outcome of interest was a composite of stroke, dementia, or LLD.

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Stroke Journal

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

The independent variable or “exposure” was the LE8 score, which was based on data on blood pressure, blood glucose and cholesterol, body mass index, smoking, physical activity, sleep duration and diet. Participants with prior stroke, transient ischemic attack (TIA) or myocardial infarction (MI) were excluded.

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Physiologically Speaking

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Effects of resistance training on traditional CVD risk factors Blood pressure Resistance exercise training has been shown to improve resting blood pressure in cohorts of healthy adults and adults with varying levels of high blood pressure.

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Physiologically Speaking

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Effects of resistance training on traditional CVD risk factors Blood pressure Resistance exercise training has been shown to improve resting blood pressure in cohorts of healthy adults and adults with varying levels of high blood pressure.

Physiology 52

Physiology Exercise Blood Pressure Risk Factors 52

Physiologically Speaking

DECEMBER 22, 2023

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. link] Of course, diet is an important component of metabolic health, but exercise also plays an indispensable role.

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Physiologically Speaking

DECEMBER 22, 2023

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. link] Of course, diet is an important component of metabolic health, but exercise also plays an indispensable role.

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Journal of the American Heart Association

JANUARY 16, 2024

Key secondary and exploratory outcomes include improvement in a composite cardiovascular health metric, CR engagement, quality of life, health factors (including low‐density lipoprotein‐cholesterol, hemoglobin A1c, weight, diet, smoking cessation, blood pressure), and psychosocial factors.

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Dr. Paddy Barrett

DECEMBER 19, 2023

You cannot eliminate the plaque entirely, but multiple clinical trials have shown plaque regression using high-intensity cholesterol-lowering treatments, which I have discussed previously. This randomised trial used the DASH diet as its intervention, which is a primarily plant-based, low fat and lower-sugar diet.

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Physiologically Speaking

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Life in the fast lane The allure of fasting is in part due to its accessibility — it requires no special gadgets or diet plans and it’s cost-free. It also supports blood vessel health and may reduce blood pressure. Modern nutrition science is catching up with what some cultures have known for centuries.

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DAIC

MAY 16, 2024

Risk factors for PAD include smoking; having Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, chronic kidney disease, atherosclerosis in other parts of the body (such as coronary artery disease); and being age 75 years or older. and Global Data From the American Heart Association.

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Peripheral Arterial Disease Exercise Quality of Life Ischemia 105

Wellnest

JULY 19, 2023

The accumulation of cholesterol, foam cells, fibrous tissue, and calcium mainly causes the narrowing of coronary arteries. However, recent studies have observed that people below 40 are also experiencing heart attacks due to high blood pressure, cholesterol, diabetes, smoking, obesity, a sedentary lifestyle, and social and mental stress.

Heart Attack 52

Heart Attack Heart attacks Blood Pressure Myocardial Infarction 52

Journal of the American Heart Association

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

For each participant, American Heart Association Life's Essential 8 cardiovascular health metrics of health behaviors (diet, physical activity, nicotine exposure, and sleep) and health factors (body mass index, non–high‐density lipoprotein cholesterol, blood glucose, and blood pressure) were obtained.

Cancer 68

Cancer Blood Pressure Diet Cholesterol 68

DAIC

MARCH 8, 2024

Food and Drug Administration ( FDA ) has approved an additional indication for Wegovy ( semaglutide ) to reduce the risk of major cardiovascular events such as death, heart attack, or stroke in adults with known heart disease and with either obesity or overweight along with a reduced calorie diet and increased physical activity.

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Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality & Outcomes

JANUARY 23, 2024

We further investigated whether the association differs by adult income.Methods:We applied the CVH framework from the American Heart Association including metrics for smoking, cholesterol, blood pressure, glucose, body mass index, physical activity, and diet.

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