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Nature Reviews Cardiology, Published online: 30 January 2024; doi:10.1038/s41569-024-00990-7 In this Comment, we critically examine the association between the increasing consumption of ultra-processed foods and their negative effect on cardiovascularhealth.
In recent years, the incidence of cardiovasculardisease (CVD) has risen steadily, significantly impacting publichealth. This review examines the associations between SCH and dyslipidemia, carotid intima-media thickness (C-IMT), cardiac dysfunction, and cardiovascular event risk.
Researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of PublicHealth have developed a single universal risk prediction model for cardiovasculardisease that, in initial tests, works well for patients who already have cardiovasculardisease as well as patients who do not but who may be at risk for developing it.
Chronic, low-level lead poisoning is a major risk factor for cardiovasculardisease in adults and cognitive deficits in children, even at levels previously thought to be safe, according to a paper by Columbia University Mailman School of PublicHealth, Simon Fraser University in Canada, and Harvard Medical School, and Boston Children's Hospital.
Laurence Sperling, MD, discusses his presentation from the 2024 Family Heart Global Summit examining publichealth efforts for prevention of cardiovasculardisease.
A study by Allison Appleton, Mark Kuniholm and Elizabeth Vásquez in the School of PublicHealth's Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics is the first to establish a connection between physical and sexual abuse and cardiovasculardisease among women living with HIV. Their work is published in the journal AIDS.
We projected through 2050, overall and by age and race and ethnicity, accounting for changes in disease prevalence and demographics.RESULTS:We estimate that among adults, prevalence of hypertension will increase from 51.2% Prevalences of coronary disease (7.8% to 2.4%), and total cardiovasculardisease (11.3%
Eating a diet with a higher ratio of plant-based protein to animal-based protein may reduce the risk of cardiovasculardisease (CVD) and coronary heart disease (CHD), according to a new study led by researchers at Harvard T.H. Chan School of PublicHealth.
Atherosclerosis (ASVD) remains a leading driver of cardiovasculardisease (CVD), a global health challenge that claims millions of lives each year. Policy Advocacy: Supporting Prevention on a Broader Scale Publichealth policies to reduce environmental risk factors (e.g.,
The trial results also showed that hypercortisolism was even more common in patients who also had cardiovasculardisease, particularly in those who needed three or more medications to manage their hypertension. Resistant hypertension is a serious publichealth challenge.
ObjectivesNoise pollution has become an increasingly severe environmental issue in modern society and has been recognized for its adverse effects on cardiovasculardiseases. The research underscores the necessity of addressing noise pollution as a significant publichealth concern.
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A central recommendation of this article is the explicit inclusion of individual-level socioeconomic determinants of cardiovasculardisease in risk prediction models.
In Mexico City, researchers at the Instituto Nacional de Cardiología Ignacio Chávez have studied genetic underpinnings of one of the most pressing publichealth challenges of our times: cardiovasculardisease (CVD).
Cardiovasculardisease (CVD) is a critical publichealth concern, with risk factors such as high blood pressure, abnormal blood sugar levels, elevated cholesterol, and obesity beginning in childhood.
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In the first study of its kind, researchers from UC Berkeley School of PublicHealth found that Black workers in Michigan automobile manufacturing plants with a greater number of Black colleagues had better cardiovascularhealth than Black auto workers who worked in overwhelmingly white plants.
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Groundbreaking achievements in science and medicine have contributed to reductions in cardiovasculardisease and stroke mortality over the past 7 decades. Many of these advances were supported through investments by the National Institutes of Health, the global leader in funding biomedical research. Circulation, Ahead of Print.
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The task force works in partnership with the Kentucky Department for PublicHealth’s Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention Program. The collaborative group was developed in 2006 to address cardiovasculardisease in the Commonwealth.
Obesity is a recognized publichealth epidemic with a prevalence that continues to increase dramatically in nearly all populations, impeding progress in reducing incidence rates of cardiovasculardisease. Circulation, Ahead of Print.
Aims:Asian Americans experience disproportionate burdens of cardiovascular risk factors and cardiovasculardisease (CVD). However, the trends in cardiovascular risks in adults from different Asian ethnic backgrounds remain understudied. Circulation, Volume 150, Issue Suppl_1 , Page A4140513-A4140513, November 12, 2024.
Ischemic cardiovasculardisease (IHD) continues to be a significant publichealth problem in the U.S. Typically, ischemia is associated with epicardial coronary artery obstruction caused by atherosclerotic plaque.
2 As a result, AF has emerged as a major publichealth concern and a potential future epidemic. 1 The increasing temporal trend in AF diagnoses has been attributed to older populations, more survivors of cardiovasculardiseases and a higher prevalence of AF risk factors; however, these determinants are interconnected.
This event encompasses various facets, including publichealth, primary care, secondary prevention, rehabilitation, sports cardiology, and exercise. The central theme of the ESC Congress 2025 will revolve around Global Health. This theme will highlight the role of cardiovasculardisease in the broader scope of global health.
Conclusion Winter and summer are the seasons with high hospitalization rate of cardiovasculardiseases. Methods The hospitalization data for CVDs from 2016 to 2020 was obtained from the First Affiliated Hospital of Gannan Medical University, and ArcGIS 10.8, SaTScan 9.5, and Matlab 20.0
ADHF is a publichealth issue that is becoming increasingly concerning. The disease results in emergency room visits, hospital admissions, and associated high healthcare costs. The Texas Heart Institute at Baylor St.
The consumption of ultraprocessed foods is increasing worldwide, and damning evidence implicates these “foods” in the diseases of civilization — type 2 diabetes, obesity, and cardiovasculardisease.
Men showed higher rates of all-cause and cardiovascular mortality compared to women in both the general population and the population with cardiovasculardisease. Among individuals with cardiovasculardisease, the fully adjusted HR for all-cause mortality was 1.34 (95% CI: 1.20 1.68] and 1.60 (95%CI:1.43–1.80)
These findings have significant implications for publichealth policies and dietary guidelines, emphasizing the need for early intervention to promote heart health and prevent cardiovasculardiseases.
The 2024 report from the Lancet Standing Commission on Dementia Prevention, Intervention, and Care brings promising developments for healthcare professionals and publichealth advocates. As a leading cause of cardiovasculardisease, dyslipidemia also has far-reaching implications for cognitive health, underscoring its broad impact.
Introduction:Smoking is a well-known risk factor for atherosclerotic cardiovasculardisease and kidney failure among patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). Enhanced publichealth efforts to promote smoking cessation among patients with CKD may be relevant to prevention of HF.
Cultural customs like diet and lifestyle can be compounded by language barriers to create challenges in reducing the rates of these diseases. There is no question that my personal experiences continue to inform my work in understanding and improving Hispanic cardiovascularhealth. Hispanic people living in the U.S.
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1 poses an increased risk to publichealth compared to other circulating variants. Risk of CardiovascularDisease by COVID-19 Can COVID-19 damage the heart? Yes, COVID-19, primarily a respiratory disease, can affect the heart. According to doctors, there is no evidence, as per the WHO, that JN.1 Risk posed by JN.1
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The 2023 Almanac results derived from the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) and spanning 1990 to 2022, were recently published in the Journal of American College of Cardiology. The findings have significant implications for clinical and publichealth practice and research. Original article: Mensah GA et al. J Am Coll Cardiol.
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In 2010, the AHA released a 2020 goal to improve the CV health of all Americans by 20%, while reducing CVD and stroke deaths by 20%. is at an all time high, with 942k cardiovasculardisease-related deaths in 2022, up by 10k from 2021. The post CardiovascularDisease and Deaths On the Rise appeared first on Cardiac Wire.
Highlights from "Addressing Structural Racism Through Public Policy Advocacy: A Policy Statement from the American Heart Association" include: - During the past few years, the largest increases in cardiovasculardisease deaths were among Asian, Black and Hispanic adults in the U.S. is tied to structural discrimination. -
Cardiovasculardiseases stand as a prominent global cause of mortality, their intricate origins often entwined with comorbidities and multimorbid conditions. These findings offer profound insights into the intricate interplay among life-stage, socioeconomic status, and comorbidity patterns within cardiovasculardiseases.
The new model, which ultimately could change how cardiovasculardisease risk is assessed in doctors’ offices around the world, is described in a paper published online January 29 in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. Parameters of the new model are available in the paper supplements.
Cardiovasculardisease (CVD) remains the leading cause of death worldwide, imposing a major burden on morbidity, quality of life, and societal costs, making prevention of CVD a top publichealth priority.
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