Dr. Paddy Barrett

MARCH 23, 2024

As you can see from the above graph, about 50% of people (Controls In White) will have developed a major chronic disease by 70 years of age. Subscribe now For the supercentenarians (Light Blue Line) who live up to 119 years of age, most of them do not have a major chronic disease until well after 100 years of age 3.

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Dr. Paddy Barrett

APRIL 26, 2024

While pretty much everyone will develop coronary artery disease at some point in their lives if they live long enough, developing diabetes can pull forward the onset of coronary artery disease by over ten years 2. If delaying the onset of major chronic disease is your goal. You can still reduce risk.

Heart Disease 105

Heart Disease Coronary Artery Disease Diabetes Genetic predisposition 105

Physiologically Speaking

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Rather than use the traditional view of exercise improving risk factors for disease, they posit an evolutionary explanation underlying why physical activity stimulates health-promoting, adaptive processes. Active grandparents live longer Central to this discussion is something called the “Active Grandparent Hypothesis.”

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Journal of the American Heart Association

JANUARY 16, 2024

It is the leading risk factor for death and disability across the world. Journal of the American Heart Association, Volume 13, Issue 2 , January 16, 2024. BackgroundHigh blood pressure affects approximately 116 million adults in the United States.

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Hypertension Blood Pressure Academic Chronic Disease 40

Open Heart

JUNE 16, 2022

Objective To investigate temporal trends of chronic kidney disease (CKD) among patients with incident aortic stenosis (AS) and to compare these trends with that of a matched control population. Our results highlight the need to investigate whether interventions targeting CKD risk factors may influence AS incidence in the future.

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Dr. Paddy Barrett

AUGUST 15, 2023

Insulin resistance is a core risk factor for the three leading causes of death: Cardiovascular Disease Cancer Dementia. Insulin resistance is unlikely to be the primary causal factor for these conditions but is likely to be a major accelerant. Subscribe now Take cardiovascular disease, for example. N Engl J Med.

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Blood Pressure Risk Factors Diabetes Cholesterol 52

Dr. Paddy Barrett

JANUARY 16, 2024

Yes, many external factors impact these factors, but ultimately, you have significant control over all of these. Let’s look at what happens to NCD risk when these risk factors are optimised. Subscribe now 1 Life's Essential 8 and risk of non-communicable chronic diseases: Outcome-wide analyses.

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Cancer Dementia Diabetes Cardiovascular Disease 97

DAIC

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

With more than two decades of research experience, Boden-Albala is an internationally recognized expert in the social epidemiology of chronic disease whose research has focused on eliminating health disparities through defining and intervening on social support, structural and institutional barriers to optimal health.

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Stroke Strokes Research Health Disparities 105

Dr. Paddy Barrett

OCTOBER 24, 2023

We also know that having a diagnosis of diabetes earlier in life pulls forward the onset of cardiovascular disease by about 10 years 2. You avoid these by not having a major risk factor for both of them, i.e. diabetes. Subscribe now 1 Emerging Risk Factors Collaboration. This is a numbers game. Place your bets.

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Diabetes Cancer Exercise Cardiovascular Disease 52

Cardiometabolic Health Congress

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

42% of adults are considered obese , increasing their risk of diabetes, hypertension, and cardiovascular issues. Additionally, 10% of the global population suffers from chronic kidney disease , with diabetes and hypertension as significant risk factors. In the U.S.,

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