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Study: Young Athletes at Risk for Elevated Blood Pressure Rates, Future Cardiovascular Complications

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Getty Images milla1cf Thu, 06/06/2024 - 21:40 June 6, 2024 — A substantial portion of young athletes are at risk of hypertension, according to a study presented at the American College of Cardiology’s Care of the Athletic Heart conference , taking place on June 6-8 in Washington. The blood pressure recordings found that 21.3%

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Comparative effectiveness of exercise interventions on arterial stiffness in individuals at risk for cardiovascular disease: a systematic review and network meta-analysis

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

Studies were assessed using the Cochrane risk of bias tool and analyzed with a random-effects network meta-analysis.ResultsThe review included 2,034 participants from 43 studies.

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The Role of Genetics in Heart Disease: Can You Prevent It?

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Heart disease remains one of the leading causes of death worldwide, often attributed to a mix of lifestyle choices, environmental factors, and genetic predispositions. This blog explores how genetics influence heart health and whether mitigating these inherited risks is possible. Can You Prevent Heart Disease if Its in Your Genes?

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14 Ways To Prevent Dementia

Dr. Paddy Barrett

Recent data suggests that 14 modifiable factors account for 45% of the future risk of dementia. This means that controlling these risk factors in our favour should significantly reduce the future risk of dementia. Not all of these factors are created equal, and when you address these risk factors is also relevant.

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7 Things You Can Do To Reduce Your Risk Even If You Already Have Heart Disease.

Dr. Paddy Barrett

Primordial prevention is changing the environment around you so you do not develop the risk factors for heart disease and, by extension, do not get the disease early in life. Blood Pressure Control High blood pressure is the risk factor associated with the greatest number of deaths worldwide.

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Effect of Intensive Lifestyle Intervention on Cardiovascular Risk Factors: Analysis From the Perspective of Long?Term Variability

Journal of the American Heart Association

BackgroundAn association between variability of cardiovascular risk factors and cardiovascular events has been reported. Cardiovascular risk factors were measured at 1‐year intervals for 4 years in 4249 adults with overweight or obesity and type 2 diabetes who were randomly assigned to ILI or diabetes support and education.

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OPTIMA-BP: empOwering PaTients in MAnaging Blood Pressure - protocol for a randomised parallel group study comparing use of Kvatchii web-based patient education portal as an addition to home blood pressure monitoring

Open Heart

Introduction Hypertension is the leading modifiable risk factor for cardiovascular disease and is implicated in half of all strokes and myocardial infarctions. One-third of the adults in Scotland have hypertension yet only a quarter of them have their blood pressure (BP) controlled to target (<140/90 mm Hg).