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Microplastics, Nanoplastics, and Major Cardiac Events

CardiacWire

fold greater risk of heart attack, stroke, or death within three years. age, BMI, comorbidities, prior events), the presence of MNPs in plaque came with a 4.5-times Even more alarming, 20% of patients with MNPs experienced the primary endpoint (myocardial infarction, stroke, or all-cause death), versus 7.5%

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New Study Reveals 65 and Older Population Lowered Blood Pressure, Cholesterol, and Weight Using Mobile Technology

DAIC

Eighty percent of heart attacks and strokes are preventable. partially because its key risk factor, high blood pressure, is a ‘silent killer,’ and most patients have no symptoms before their first heart attack or stroke. Among participants with baseline body mass index (BMI) above 30 kg/m2, 70.4%

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How Apob & Visceral Fat Increase Your Risk Of Heart Disease.

Dr. Paddy Barrett

The greater the number of particles the artery wall is exposed to over time, the higher the risk of atherosclerosis and a heart attack 2. Excess weight, as measured by BMI, is typically considered a measure of excess body fat. Relationship of BMI and Risk Of Diabetes. BMI is more of a marker of population-level risk.

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Physiology Friday #199: High-Intensity Interval Training Reduces Coronary Artery Plaque

Physiologically Speaking

Is HIIT too dangerous for individuals after heart surgery or who’ve suffered a heart attack? Furthermore, BMI and waist circumference decreased in the HIIT group — changes were larger than that of the control group in which none of these outcomes improved. VO2 peak increased by 3.3

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Study in JAHA Links Hello Heart Usage to Significant Reductions in Blood Pressure, Cholesterol, and Weight

DAIC

months, participants with baseline body mass index (BMI) above 30 kg/m2 lost 12 pounds, or 5.1% Interaction with Hello Heart’s lifestyle-based digital coaching was associated with greater reductions in BP, TC, LDL-C, and weight. . - At 13 months, participants with baseline TC above 240 mg/dL reduced TC by 66 mg/dL. - were female.

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Do Statins Cause Diabetes?

Dr. Paddy Barrett

The reduced events included: 44% reduction in major heart events (Heart attacks, strokes, cardiovascular death etc.) The real question is whether those who went on to diabetes had less of a benefit from statin therapy in terms of preventing heart attacks and strokes. Share But what about events? That risk is small.

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Should You Take Ozempic To Lose Weight?

Dr. Paddy Barrett

Falling into the class of obesity with a BMI of greater than 30 makes this more likely, but so also does having excess visceral fat deposition with significant metabolic consequences at a BMI less than 30. The distinction here is the metabolic consequences of excess fat causing a health risk rather than focusing on the BMI cutoff.

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