Dr. Paddy Barrett

JANUARY 16, 2024

Cardiovascular disease, cancer and dementia account for 60% of all deaths in the US. Let’s start with Cancer. Compared to those who had ‘Low’ lifestyle scores, those with ‘Ideal’ scores were 27% less likely to be diagnosed with cancer in the next ten years.

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Cancer Dementia Diabetes Cardiovascular Disease 94

Dr. Paddy Barrett

MARCH 23, 2024

They get the diseases of ageing about 20 to 25 years later than everyone else. It’s not that they don’t get cardiovascular disease, cancer or dementia; they just get it way later than everyone else. Most adults, healthy centenarians included, will die from one of three things: Cardiovascular Disease.

Chronic Disease 105

Chronic Disease Quality of Life Dementia Cancer 105

Dr. Paddy Barrett

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

There are various stages of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, which is more recently known as MAFLD - Metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease. These stages can range from mild fatty liver infiltration to serious scarring and fibrosis terminating in liver cirrhosis and potentially liver cancer. Lancet Rheumatol.

Obesity 77

Obesity Diabetes Cardiovascular Disease Chronic Disease 77

Dr. Paddy Barrett

AUGUST 23, 2024

While I have covered many of these fitness measures individually in previous posts, I wanted to summarise these metrics and how they relate to living longer and preventing major diseases such as cardiovascular disease, cancer and dementia. The relationship is clear. BMC Endocr Disord 22 , 297 (2022). N Engl J Med.

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Exercise Dementia Cancer Chronic Disease 116

Dr. Paddy Barrett

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Insulin resistance is a major risk factor for the leading causes of death, the leading one being cardiovascular disease. Understanding where you sit on this continuum is a key part of defining your future risk of heart disease but also dementia, and many cancers. The higher the score, the higher the risk.

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Risk Factors Heart Disease Dementia Diabetes 105

Dr. Paddy Barrett

JANUARY 23, 2024

Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death worldwide. It kills almost twice as many people globally when compared to all cancers combined. Over 80% of early heart disease is preventable. Dementia Up to 40% of dementia cases could be prevented by focusing on modifiable risk factors 11. Circulation.

Heart Disease 105

Heart Disease Blood Pressure Dementia Atherosclerosis 105

Dr. Paddy Barrett

AUGUST 15, 2023

Insulin resistance is a core risk factor for the three leading causes of death: Cardiovascular Disease Cancer Dementia. Subscribe now Take cardiovascular disease, for example. Insulin resistance is unlikely to be the primary causal factor for these conditions but is likely to be a major accelerant.

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Blood Pressure Risk Factors Diabetes Cholesterol 52