Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Background Worldwide obesity has a high prevalence, as well as carries a high risk of several chronic diseases, including hypertension. Studies of the association between obesity and ambulatory blood pressure (BP) are scarce and most use only body mass index (BMI) as indicator of adiposity.

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Journal of the American Heart Association

JANUARY 16, 2024

BackgroundHigh blood pressure affects approximately 116 million adults in the United States. Prediction models and clinical studies have shown that reducing clinician inertia alone is sufficient to reach the target of ≥80% blood pressure control. It is the leading risk factor for death and disability across the world.

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Dr. Paddy Barrett

AUGUST 15, 2023

Elevated blood pressure > 130mmHg (Systolic) Abnormal fasting glucose High Triglycerides - > 1.7 Main Takeaway Insulin resistance is a core risk factor for all the major chronic diseases that impact us. Subscribe now Metabolic Syndrome Metabolic syndrome is a collection of 5 features.

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Vector Remote

APRIL 14, 2023

Between the COVID-19 pandemic and increasing amount of chronic diseases found in patients, the need for virtual healthcare has taken flight at an accelerated pace. We’ve technologically reached the point where we can easily monitor a range of helpful data points, including blood pressure and glucose, weight, lung capacity and more.

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Dr. Paddy Barrett

JANUARY 16, 2024

Subscribe now 1 Life's Essential 8 and risk of non-communicable chronic diseases: Outcome-wide analyses. Low = 0 - 49 Moderate = 50 - 79 High = 80 - 100 What Happens To NCD Risk When You Get These Right? To give you a sense of where you fall, the exact measures used in the trial are listed below. Onwards and upwards.

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Dr. Paddy Barrett

APRIL 12, 2024

Healthspan A common refrain I hear is, “ I have no interest in living longer if I do not have a good quality of life ” However, one of the single biggest factors impacting your quality of life will be whether or not you have a major chronic disease. Less gastroesophageal reflux disease. Less high blood pressure.

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DAIC

JANUARY 25, 2024

Woodruff , PhD, MPH, Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Chamblee, GA, explained, “We were concerned about the emerging evidence that chronic disease outcomes worsened during the first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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