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14 Ways To Prevent Dementia

Dr. Paddy Barrett

More than heart disease or cancer, the risk of dementia often creates much greater anxiety in the patients I see. And given that dementia is routinely in the top 5 leading causes of death, this concern is dually warranted. But can dementia be prevented? 14 Ways To Prevent Dementia. 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. J Am Heart Assoc. 2024 Jun 21:e033997. Circulation.

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Decoding Longevity. How To Not Die. Young

Dr. Paddy Barrett

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. These are NCD’s.

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Living Past 100: Insights from Centenarians on a Long, Healthy Life

Dr. Paddy Barrett

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.

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Language matters: representations of 'heart failure in English discourse--a large-scale linguistic study

Open Heart

Aims Heart failure (HF) has a lower public profile compared with other serious health conditions, notably cancer. times per million words (pmw), ‘dementia’ occurs 3.68 times pmw and ‘cancer’ occurs 81.96 times per million words (pmw), ‘dementia’ occurs 3.68

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Coming Soon! The Heart Health Formula.

Dr. Paddy Barrett

Last year, I asked whether you would be interested in a course that would help you prevent heart disease. The course is a product of over a decade's worth of research on the best approaches to preventing heart disease, with the biggest emphasis being on lifestyle measures. Define your risk of heart disease.

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The Course You Asked For Is Underway

Dr. Paddy Barrett

This July, thousands of you said that you wanted me to produce a course that would synthesise best practices for: Understanding heart disease. Are frustrated with the standard model of healthcare that seems to only react when you have progressed to the point of having serious heart disease. Assessing your risk.