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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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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).

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Improving Cardiovascular Health Through the Consideration of Social Factors in Genetics and Genomics Research: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association

Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality & Outcomes

An extensive body of work has documented the impact of social determinants of health at both the structural and individual levels on CVH, highlighting pathways in which racism, housing, violence, and neighborhood environments adversely affect CVH and contribute to disparities in cardiovascular disease.

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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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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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Cardiovascular Health Status in US Adults With Chronic Diseases: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), 2013–2018

Journal of the American Heart Association

BackgroundCardiovascular health (CVH) assessment may have important benefits for adults with chronic diseases to prevent incident cardiovascular disease and additional chronic conditions. points lower in those with versus without chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (51.0 versus 65.0,P<0.0001).

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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.