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The Role of Genetics in Heart Disease: Can You Prevent It?

MIBHS

Heart disease remains one of the leading causes of death worldwide, often attributed to a mix of lifestyle choices, environmental factors, and genetic predispositions. This blog explores how genetics influence heart health and whether mitigating these inherited risks is possible.

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Alcohol and Heart Health: Understanding the Impact of Drinking on Your Heart

MIBHS

Other lifestyle factors, such as a healthy diet, regular exercise, and stress management, also play significant roles in maintaining heart health. The Role of Genetics and Individual Risk Factors Individual risk factors play a crucial role in how alcohol affects the heart.

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Abstract TP46: Longitudinal Effects of Diet on Cognitive Function and Fecal Metabolites in Two Genetically Diverse Wild-type Rat Strains

Stroke Journal

Background:Modifiable lifestyle factors such as diet and genetic predisposition influence cognitive aging. The Mediterranean diet (MeDi) is associated with healthy brain aging while the Western diet (WD) is associated with cognitive impairment. months of diet to test spatial reference memory. However, at 15.5

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The Role of Genetics in Heart Disease Risk

AMS Cardiology

While lifestyle factors such as diet, exercise and smoking play a significant role in the development of heart disease, genetics also contribute substantially. Genetic Predisposition Genetic predisposition to heart disease is a reality for many individuals.

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Interaction of genetic risk and lifestyle on the incidence of atrial fibrillation

Heart BMJ

Background The relationship between combined genetic predisposition and lifestyle and the risk of incident atrial fibrillation (AF) is unclear. Therefore, we aimed to assess a possible interaction between lifestyle and genetics on AF risk.

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Debunking Myths About Cardiac Health and Heart Diseases

Wellnest

By adopting a heart-healthy diet, engaging in regular physical activity, managing stress, avoiding smoking, and controlling blood pressure and cholesterol levels, we can mitigate genetic predispositions' impact and reduce our overall risk of cardiovascular disease. Myth #3: Heart diseases only affect men.

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Sweetened Beverages, Genetic Susceptibility, and Incident Atrial Fibrillation: A Prospective Cohort Study

Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

The highest HRs (95% CIs) of AF were observed for participants at high genetic risk who consumed >2 L/wk of ASB (HR, 3.51 [95% CI, 2.94–4.19]), 4.19]), and the lowest HR were observed for those at low genetic risk who consumed ≤1 L/wk of PJ (HR, 0.77 [95% CI, 0.65–0.92]). years, 9362 incident AF cases were documented.