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Metals in the body from pollutants associated with progression of harmful plaque buildup in the arteries

Medical Xpress - Cardiology

Metal exposure from environmental pollution is associated with increased buildup of calcium in the coronary arteries at a level that is comparable to traditional risk factors like smoking and diabetes, according to a study by Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health.

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Calpain inhibition takes center stage against atrial fibrillation in the diabetic heart

HeartRhythm

Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a public health problem that continues to grow worldwide. In the United States the Center for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that it affects 11.6% of the population.1

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Frail hypertensive older adults with prediabetes and chronic kidney disease: insights on organ damage and cognitive performance - preliminary results from the CARYATID study

Cardiovascular Diabetology

Hypertension and chronic kidney disease (CKD) pose significant public health challenges, sharing intertwined pathophysiological mechanisms. Prediabetes is recognized as a precursor to diabetes and is often acc.

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Forecasting the Burden of Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke in the United States Through 2050—Prevalence of Risk Factors and Disease: A Presidential Advisory From the American Heart Association

Circulation

Diabetes (16.3% Clinical and public health interventions are needed to effectively manage, stem, and even reverse these adverse trends. in 2020 to 61.0% to 26.8%) and obesity (43.1% to 60.6%) will increase, whereas hypercholesterolemia will decline (45.8%

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Abstract 4140513: Temporal Trends in Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Cardiovascular Disease Among Subgroups of Asian Americans in the United States

Circulation

Therefore, we examined the temporal trends in cardiovascular conditions among Chinese, Filipino, and Asian Indian adults living in the U.S.Methods:We conducted a cross-sectional analysis using the 2004-2018 National Health Interview Survey.

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Proposed Risk Factor Tool Finds Heart Failure Rates are Higher Among American Indian Adults

DAIC

The analysis also found smoking, Type 2 diabetes status, kidney damage, previous heart attack and high blood pressure are major modifiable determinants of developing heart failure over five to 10 years among American Indian adults. and a researcher at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health in New York City.

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Why Insulin Resistance Is The Biggest Silent Risk Factor For Heart Disease.

Dr. Paddy Barrett

Everyone sits somewhere on the scale of insulin sensitivity from very insulin sensitive to very insulin resistant at the point of type 2 diabetes. When insulin resistance progresses to type 2 diabetes, that risk increases to a 10-fold increase in risk. BMC Public Health 24 , 574 (2024). Measuring Insulin Resistance.