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Experienced-based co-design for cardiovascular and chronic disease research

European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing

This paper will discuss its application in research among people living with cardiovascular multimorbidity and its practicalities, usability, and impact on cardiovascular and chronic disease research and models of care.

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New Evidence Links Microplastics with Chronic Disease

Science Daily - Heart Disease

Higher exposure to these microplastics, which can be inadvertently consumed or inhaled, is associated with a heightened prevalence of chronic noncommunicable diseases, according to new research. Tiny fragments of plastic have become ubiquitous in our environment and our bodies.

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Can App Data Link Sleep and Chronic Disease?; AI Model to Manage Diabetes

Med Page Today

(MedPage Today) -- TTHealthWatch is a weekly podcast from Texas Tech. In it, Elizabeth Tracey, director of electronic media for Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore, and Rick Lange, MD, president of the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center.

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Addressing the Challenge of Common Chronic Diseases — A View from the FDA

The New England Journal of Medicine

Collaboration between the FDA and other stakeholders could improve the way in which evidence is generated and interventions are developed and implemented to help address common chronic diseases.

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

Physiologically Speaking

A new study used wearable sleep data to show that several chronic diseases are associated with how we sleep. Results Overall, there were a total of 48 different associations of sleep patterns with chronic disease, all of which were significant even when considering the participants’ habitual physical activity levels.

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Better screening needed for social isolation, loneliness in people living with chronic disease

Medical Xpress - Cardiology

A new study reveals social isolation and loneliness can adversely affect mental and physical health, with researchers from the University of Wollongong (UOW) calling on Australians to look out for those who might be at risk.

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Study shows reduced inflammation in residents after adding trees to their neighborhoods

Science Daily - Heart Disease

General inflammation is an important risk indicator for heart disease and other chronic diseases. A new project has found that people living in neighborhoods where the number of trees and shrubs was more than doubled showed lower levels of a blood marker of inflammation than those living outside the planted areas.