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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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New Study to Examine Hypercortisolism in Resistant Hypertension

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Momentums design is similar to Corcepts CATALYST clinical trial, which demonstrated that one in four patients with difficult-to-control type 2 diabetes has hypercortisolism. Resistant hypertension is a serious public health challenge.

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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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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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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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Ultraprocessed Foods & Cardiometabolic Disease

Physiologically Speaking

The consumption of ultraprocessed foods is increasing worldwide, and damning evidence implicates these “foods” in the diseases of civilization — type 2 diabetes, obesity, and cardiovascular disease.

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Researchers Find ApoB Test May be More Accurate Measure of Heart Disease Risk

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School of Public Health at UT Southwestern. This happens more commonly in people with metabolic risk factors such as obesity, diabetes, or high triglycerides. The research team used data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) to assess apoB discordance in the U.S. population.