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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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Chelation Therapy Does Not Improve Outcomes after Heart Attack

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and Canadian patients with diabetes and a history of heart attack,” said Gervasio A. The original TACT trial, which ran from 2003 to 2012, suggested modest benefits from edetate disodiumbased infusions in reducing cardiovascular events after a heart attack over a median follow-up of 55 months, especially in people with diabetes.

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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

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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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National A-Fib Numbers Higher Than Previously Thought

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A-Fib, as the condition is commonly known, has been on the rise for at least the past decade, driven by the aging of the population, along with increasing rates of hypertension, diabetes and obesity. Earlier projections had estimated that 3.3 million U.S. The study appears Sept. 11 in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology JACC.