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Five Things Every Middle Aged Adult Should Know About Sleep & Heart Disease.

Dr. Paddy Barrett

Poor Sleep Might Eliminate The Benefits Of Exercise & Dementia. High levels of aerobic fitness are closely linked to lower rates of future dementia 1. Regular physical activity is arguably one of the biggest factors preventing dementia. When it comes to preventing dementia, this could not be truer.

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14 Ways To Prevent Dementia

Dr. Paddy Barrett

More than heart disease or cancer, the risk of dementia often creates much greater anxiety in the patients I see. And given that dementia is routinely in the top 5 leading causes of death, this concern is dually warranted. But can dementia be prevented? 14 Ways To Prevent Dementia. 14 Ways To Prevent Dementia.

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Should You Take A Statin To Lower Your Cholesterol?

Dr. Paddy Barrett

“Statins cause dementia” This one is easy. For a more detailed explanation of why this is the case and why they may, in fact, protect against dementia, you can read a previous post here. “Statins cause diabetes” This one is true. No, they don’t. But the devil is in the detail.

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AF and Dementia

Dr. Sanjay Gupta

However over the past few years there have been several studies which have studied AF patients and discovered patients with AF have a significantly higher prevalence of cognitive impairment and dementia and as we do not have any clinical guidelines as yet, we have to try and work out for ourselves as to why there is this association.

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10 Things You Can Do To Improve Your Heart Health

Dr. Paddy Barrett

What should my blood pressure be? It usually takes many years of being exposed to an uncontrolled risk factor such as high blood pressure, high LDL cholesterol or diabetes. A single risk factor for heart disease, such as high blood pressure, can significantly increase your risk of heart disease.

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Physiology Friday #196: Resistance Training and Heart Health

Physiologically Speaking

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. a higher metabolism).

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Physiology Friday #196: Resistance Training and Heart Health

Physiologically Speaking

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. a higher metabolism).