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AI-powered tool may offer quick, no-contact blood pressure and diabetes screening

American Heart News - Heart News

Research Highlights: A preliminary study combining a patent-applied, AI-powered algorithm with a high-speed, 5-to 30-second video of skin on the face and the palm of the hand detected if someone had high blood pressure as well as using a blood.

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Childhood stress linked to higher risk of high blood pressure, obesity, diabetes in adults

American Heart News - Heart News

Research Highlights: Consistently high scores of perceived stress during adolescence through adulthood may contribute to worse cardiometabolic health including obesity in young adults. Researchers suggest the adoption of healthy coping strategies.

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Overactive cells linked to type 2 diabetes

Science Daily - Heart Disease

Researchers studied oxygen treatment as a potential therapy to target specific cells linked to the development of cardiovascular and metabolic disorders like high blood pressure and type 2 diabetes and found no significant improvement in function in patients with type 2 diabetes.

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Childhood stress linked to higher risk of high blood pressure, obesity, diabetes in adults

Medical Xpress - Cardiology

Young adults who reported higher stress during their teenage years to adulthood were more likely to have high blood pressure, obesity and other cardiometabolic risk factors than their peers who reported less stress, according to new research published in the Journal of the American Heart Association.

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Systolic BP of less than 120 mm Hg reduced CVD risk in adults with Type 2 diabetes

American Heart News - Heart News

Research Highlights: A study of almost 13,000 adults with Type 2 diabetes and high systolic blood pressure assessed if a more intensive treatment approach with a lower blood pressure goal would decrease the risk of major cardiovascular events,

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Hot tub therapy offers hope for people with type 2 diabetes

Medical Xpress - Cardiology

Hot tubs can improve insulin effectiveness, heart health and lower blood pressure in people with type 2 diabetes, research from the University of Portsmouth has found.

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Heart disease more common in past redlined areas linked to limited access to healthy foods

American Heart News - Heart News

Research Highlights: Heart disease, Type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure and obesity were more common and linked to reduced access to healthy food among people who lived in neighborhoods previously subjected to structural racism-based policies that.