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Have We Turned The Tide On Obesity?

Dr. Paddy Barrett

Inflammation is a key driver of heart disease, specifically coronary artery disease. I have covered this topic previously here , but it is clear that inflammation plays a major role in the initiation and progression of coronary artery disease, and the inflammatory biomarker hsCRP is tightly connected to this process.

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Beating the Odds: Inside the Tribe with a Near-Zero Rate of Heart Disease.

Dr. Paddy Barrett

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. The answer is yes.

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Why Insulin Resistance Is The Biggest Silent Risk Factor For Heart Disease.

Dr. Paddy Barrett

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. Even having one of the metabolic syndrome factors increases the risk of dying from heart disease by 73% 4. No fancy tests. No expensive scans.

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The role of multimorbidity in patients with heart failure across the left ventricular ejection fraction spectrum: data from the Swedish Heart Failure Registry

European Journal of Heart Failure

All comorbidities, except for coronary artery disease (CAD), were more frequent in HF with preserved EF (HFpEF). The highest risk was associated with dementia (hazard ratio [HR] 1.55, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.45-1.65), 1.65), chronic kidney disease (HR 1.37, 95%CI 1.34-1.41),

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Abstract 262: National Trends of 90?day Readmission Rates and Etiologies among Diabetics following Transient Ischemic Attack

Stroke: Vascular and Interventional Neurology

The most common etiologies of 90‐day readmission among diabetics were cardiovascular (28.98%), neurological (12.92%), and infectious (7.72%).ConclusionDiabetics ConclusionDiabetics had higher 90‐day readmission following TIA than non‐diabetics.