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Physiology Friday #228: Identifying Sleep Patterns that Influence Chronic Disease Risk

Physiologically Speaking

Dozens if not hundreds of (albeit observational) studies have linked a short sleep duration to a number of health conditions including type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. A new study used wearable sleep data to show that several chronic diseases are associated with how we sleep. hours per night. 1 Zheng, N.S.,

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The Data For Weight Loss Medications Just Keeps Pouring In.

Dr. Paddy Barrett

Type 2 Diabetes When it comes to the increasing the risk of major chronic diseases such as cardiovascular disease, many cancers and dementia, type 2 diabetes plays a huge role. For example, people with type 2 diabetes are 10 times more likely to develop cardiovascular disease than those who do not have diabetes 10.

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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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Leveraging AI-Enabled Remote Cardiac Monitoring to Improve Cardiovascular Care

DAIC

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains the leading cause of death in the U.S. This article will explore how AI-driven diagnostics are reshaping cardiovascular medicine and how can healthcare leaders can leverage these innovations to improve patient care and control costs. That future isnt decades away. It is already here.

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Why Walking Might Save Your Life.

Dr. Paddy Barrett

Similar patterns have been observed for cardiovascular disease and also cancer. Less major diseases earlier in life. Therefore, even if living longer is not a priority, delaying the onset of a major chronic disease should be. Taking 12,000-a-day steps led to a 65% reduction 5. The relationship is clear.

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Cardio Diagnostics Holdings, Inc. Expands HeartRisk Platform Offering to Diverse Markets in Conjunction with Nationwide Rollout

DAIC

HeartRisk combines insights from HIPAA-compliant anonymized and aggregated clinical cardiovascular data obtained through Cardio Diagnostics’ Epi+Gen CHD and PrecisionCHD clinical tests, with industry and geographic data to enable real-time population-level cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk insights.

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For the FITs | Closing the Mortality Gap For People Living With HIV: Updated Recommendations For Statins For Primary Prevention of ASCVD

American College of Cardiology

With the epidemiologic transition of HIV to a chronic disease, more individuals are living longer with a high burden of comorbid illness, including atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD).