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The Data For Weight Loss Medications Just Keeps Pouring In.

Dr. Paddy Barrett

Although not generally considered a condition that can kill you, it can certainly impact your quality of life and limit the activities you do on a daily basis. 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.

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Leveraging AI-Enabled Remote Cardiac Monitoring to Improve Cardiovascular Care

DAIC

Imagine a future where a silent, undetected heart condition is caught before it turns into a life-threatening event a future where artificial intelligence (AI) -powered insights alert clinicians to warning signs long before symptoms appear. Cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains the leading cause of death in the U.S.

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Why Walking Might Save Your Life.

Dr. Paddy Barrett

Similar patterns have been observed for cardiovascular disease and also cancer. Longer life. 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. Less gastroesophageal reflux disease. More movement.

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

Dr. Paddy Barrett

Surviving this long with a good quality of life is even rarer. While the exact genes that result in such life extensions are debated, one thing is clear: They all share one thing in common. They get the diseases of ageing about 20 to 25 years later than everyone else. Much later onset of disease.

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Why Exercise Is The Key To A Longer Life

Dr. Paddy Barrett

While I have covered many of these fitness measures individually in previous posts, I wanted to summarise these metrics and how they relate to living longer and preventing major diseases such as cardiovascular disease, cancer and dementia. NOTHING else in healthcare can offer these levels of life extension.

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Why Preventing Diabetes With Lifestyle Measures Can Add Over A Decade To Your Life

Dr. Paddy Barrett

For every decade earlier you are diagnosed, you stand to lose about 3-4 years of life expectancy. Share Why you die earlier is likely down to the earlier onset of the two major diseases that are the leading causes of death worldwide: Cardiovascular Disease Cancer. This is a numbers game. Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis.

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5 Most-Cited Takeaways From the 19th Annual Cardiometabolic Health Congress (CMHC) 

Cardiometabolic Health Congress

What better way to join the fall festivities than by spotlighting key insights in cardiorenal metabolic medicine, primary prevention, and quality of life improvements shared at this year’s biggest U.S. Cardiovascular disease remains the leading cause of death worldwide , claiming 18 million lives annually.

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