Journal of Clinical Investigation - Cardiology

JULY 15, 2024

A growing body of research has identified circadian-rhythm disruption as a risk factor for metabolic health. These circadian mechanisms represent potential pathophysiological pathways linking circadian disruption to adverse metabolic health outcomes, including obesity, metabolic syndrome, and type 2 diabetes.

Diabetes 145

Diabetes Obesity Cancer Risk Factors 145

Dr. Paddy Barrett

AUGUST 9, 2024

More than heart disease or cancer, the risk of dementia often creates much greater anxiety in the patients I see. This means that controlling these risk factors in our favour should significantly reduce the future risk of dementia. I would like to focus on 5 of these factors. But can dementia be prevented?

Dementia 103

Dementia Blood Pressure Obesity Cholesterol 103

Dr. Paddy Barrett

DECEMBER 12, 2023

That’s what the field of obesity therapeutics feels like right now. Share In addition to reductions in weight, multiple risk parameters, including blood pressure, waist circumference and lipids, also improve. The primary reason for managing risk factors is to reduce events, including heart attacks. N Engl J Med.

Obesity 94

Obesity Heart Attack Heart attacks Diet 94

Wellnest

AUGUST 24, 2023

While it is true that the risk of cardiovascular disease increases with age, it can strike people of all ages, including young adults and even children. Unhealthy lifestyle habits, genetics, obesity, and other risk factors can contribute to cardiac disease at any stage of life.

Heart Disease 52

Heart Disease Blood Pressure Cholesterol Genetic predisposition 52

Dr. Paddy Barrett

JANUARY 23, 2024

It kills almost twice as many people globally when compared to all cancers combined. The real question is what the Tsimane tribe's risk factor profile looks like. As a consequence, high blood pressure is the single most important risk factor for early death worldwide 8. The average Non-HDL cholesterol is 2.9

Heart Disease 94

Heart Disease Blood Pressure Dementia Atherosclerosis 94

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.

Obesity 111

Obesity Heart Disease Heart Attack Heart attacks 111

Physiologically Speaking

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Rather than use the traditional view of exercise improving risk factors for disease, they posit an evolutionary explanation underlying why physical activity stimulates health-promoting, adaptive processes. We are well aware of the risk of overweight and obesity caused by a caloric surplus and a lack of physical activity.

Exercise 109

Exercise Physiology Blood Pressure Obesity 109