Physiologically Speaking

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Let’s admit that we face an energy abundance today — in most industrial societies, the problem is caloric surplus and overweight/obesity rather than malnutrition or food scarcity. We are well aware of the risk of overweight and obesity caused by a caloric surplus and a lack of physical activity.

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Exercise Physiology Blood Pressure Obesity 114

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. However, most adults will start to develop advanced plaque in their coronary arteries early in life.

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Heart Disease Blood Pressure Dementia Atherosclerosis 96

Physiologically Speaking

DECEMBER 27, 2023

These diets, including vegan and vegetarian variations, have shown links to lower risks of ischemic heart disease ; reduced body weight and lowered ApoB levels ; and a decreased risk of all-cause mortality, cancer, and cardiovascular disease.

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Diet Cardiovascular Disease Research Diabetes 52

Physiologically Speaking

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

You’ll learn: What the Scarcity Loop is and how it guides our behaviors How ultraprocessed foods hack the Scarcity Loop About a small Amazonian tribe with virtually no incidence of cardiovascular disease How to structure your diet to achieve success in our modern food environment And more! Even cancer is rare.

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Diet Cardiovascular Disease Exercise Research 52

DAIC

MARCH 8, 2024

Food and Drug Administration ( FDA ) has approved an additional indication for Wegovy ( semaglutide ) to reduce the risk of major cardiovascular events such as death, heart attack, or stroke in adults with known heart disease and with either obesity or overweight along with a reduced calorie diet and increased physical activity.

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Physiologically Speaking

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Research has linked circadian rhythm disruptions to a wide range of health issues, including cardiovascular disease, diabetes, obesity, and even certain cancers. Light is the key regulator of circadian rhythms, acting as the primary external cue, or zeitgeber, that helps our biological clocks stay on time.

Physiology 64

Physiology Diet Research Exercise 64

Dr. Paddy Barrett

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Let’s start with the simple fact that a lot of cancer diagnoses are simply down to ‘bad luck’ You can do everything right and still get cancer. The other leading cause of death, cardiovascular disease, is mostly preventable. Cancer - Less so. Share Let’s look at cancer specifically.

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Cancer Exercise Obesity Cardiovascular Disease 52

DAIC

MARCH 5, 2024

We've known for a long time that smoking tobacco is linked to heart disease, and this study is evidence that smoking cannabis appears to also be a risk factor for cardiovascular disease, which is the leading cause of death in the United States,” Jeffers said.

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Heart Attack Heart attacks Strokes Stroke 98

Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Older age, male sex, postcollege education, and obesity were preferentially associated with persistent AF and represent a high-risk AF subset for population-based intervention. RESULTS:During a median follow-up of 5.3 years, 900 participants developed AF and 346 (38.4%) were classified as persistent at the time of diagnosis.

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Risk Factors Atrial Fibrillation Education Cardiovascular Disease 40

Cardiometabolic Health Congress

MARCH 8, 2024

She is one of the first fellowship-trained obesity medicine physicians in the world. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and as a behavioral sciences intern at the American Cancer Society. Morris, MD: Board-certified in internal medicine, cardiovascular diseases, cardiac computed tomography, and clinical lipidology.

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Cardiac Rehabilitation Academic Diabetes Research 59

Dr. Malcolm Kendrick

OCTOBER 30, 2024

The hypothesis that a raised cholesterol level causes heart disease [atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD)] is possibly the single most powerful idea in medicine. Which remains the single most influential study on cardiovascular disease, ever. At least some of it. It was simply a matter of time.

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Cholesterol Article Research Diet 145