Dr. Malcolm Kendrick

DECEMBER 10, 2023

It highlights a study which provides very strong evidence that a very high LDL (as seen in some people who go on a keto diet), has no impact on coronary artery plaque progression. What he looked at was a collection of people on very low carb ketogenic diets who also happened to have extremely high LDL cholesterol. E-mail below.

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Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

APRIL 16, 2024

The accumulation of visceral adipose tissue (VAT) due to a high-fat diet (HFD) is an independent risk factor for HTN. BackgroundHypertension (HTN) presents a significant global public health challenge with diverse causative factors.

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Physiologically Speaking

DECEMBER 27, 2023

The quest to determine whether plant-based diets surpass omnivorous diets in their heart healthfulness has been ongoing for decades, yielding inconclusive results despite dedicated research endeavors. Both observational and clinical studies have suggested potential advantages associated with plant-based diets.

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Hypertension Journal

JANUARY 16, 2024

Hypertension, Ahead of Print. BACKGROUND:The Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet score lowers blood pressure (BP). minor allele frequency, 0.03) and the DASH diet score (Pinteraction=4e−8;Pfor heterogeneity, 0.35) in European population, where the interaction effect size was 0.42±0.09

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Physiologically Speaking

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

As we age, we have lower levels of nitric oxide (NO), leading to endothelial dysfunction , arterial stiffening, and a rise in blood pressure (hypertension) — three of the primary causes of cardiovascular disease. There are several diets and diet patterns that are known to be “heart healthy.”

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Cardiometabolic Health Congress

JANUARY 15, 2025

Urbanization, increased sedentary lifestyles, and unhealthy diets have fueled this trend. These cases are particularly challenging because traditional prevention strategies, which target known risks like high LDL cholesterol, hypertension, diabetes, and smoking, may not apply.

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Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

DECEMBER 12, 2024

BackgroundThe association between healthy lifestyle and American Heart Association (AHA) Life's Essential 8 (LE8) score and apparent treatment-resistant hypertension(aTRH)remains uncertain. to 0.20) for uncontrolled hypertension with 12 and 34 antihypertensive drugs, respectively. to 0.76) and 0.07 (95% CI, 0.02

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Journal of the American Heart Association

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Journal of the American Heart Association, Ahead of Print.

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DAIC

JANUARY 14, 2025

9, 2025 Gender-based racism through microaggressions may be linked to higher blood pressure postpartum and beyond, according to new research published in Hypertension , a peer-reviewed journal of the American Heart Association. These results emphasize that hypertension management needs to extend beyond prescription medications, she said.

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Circulation

JUNE 4, 2024

We projected through 2050, overall and by age and race and ethnicity, accounting for changes in disease prevalence and demographics.RESULTS:We estimate that among adults, prevalence of hypertension will increase from 51.2% in 2020 to 61.0% Diabetes (16.3% to 26.8%) and obesity (43.1% Prevalences of coronary disease (7.8% to 15.0%) will rise.

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Journal of the American Heart Association

JANUARY 16, 2024

BackgroundSmartphone applications and wearable devices are promising mobile health interventions for hypertension self‐management. Journal of the American Heart Association, Volume 13, Issue 2 , January 16, 2024. However, most mobile health interventions fail to use contextual data, potentially diminishing their impact.

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Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

ObjectiveWe sought to determine if hypertension in combination with a variant of uncertain significance that disrupts protein function, MYH11 p.Arg247Cys, would induce aortic dissections in a mouse model.Approach and resultsAdministration of L-NAME via drinking water and a high salt diet increased blood pressure in WT and Myh11R247C/R247C mice and (..)

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MIBHS

OCTOBER 31, 2024

High Blood Pressure (Hypertension) Persistent high blood pressure forces the heart to work harder to pump blood. Chronic Pulmonary Disease Lung diseases like chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) can lead to pulmonary hypertension, which in turn can cause the right side of the heart to enlarge, a condition known as cor pulmonale.

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Journal of the American Heart Association

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy were abstracted from medical records and based on a physician's diagnosis or systolic or diastolic blood pressure (≥140 or ≥90 mm Hg, respectively) at ≥2 consecutive prenatal visits. Journal of the American Heart Association, Ahead of Print. Ptrend=0.014) and preeclampsia (OR, 4.10 [95% CI, 1.25–13.5];Ptrend=0.036),

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DAIC

JUNE 18, 2024

High Blood Pressure Rising Because high blood pressure, also known as hypertension, contributes to nearly all types of heart disease and stroke, researchers made separate predictions for this condition. of the population, with adults ages 20 to 64 expected to see the highest growth because of unhealthy diets. to 61% of the U.S.

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Circulation

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

vs. Ctrl) and alleviated diastolic dysfunction.Conclusion:The 8-week HFD diet/L-NAME captures several aspects of patients suffering from moderate HFpEF associated to obesity/metabolic syndrome and mild hypertension allowing cost and time effective POC studies. l) for 8 weeks.

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Hypertension Journal

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Hypertension, Volume 80, Issue 12 , Page 2665-2673, December 1, 2023. On restricted sodium diet, BP was similar across genotypes, suggesting sodium restriction corrected/neutralized the genotype effect on BP. BACKGROUND:Disease-causing mutations inCACNA1Dgene occur in aldosterone-producing adenomas and familial hyperaldosteronism.

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Journal of the American Heart Association

DECEMBER 18, 2023

At visit 1 (2008–2011), information on behavioral and clinical factors (diet, smoking status, physical activity, sleep duration, body mass index, blood pressure, cholesterol, fasting glucose, and medication use) were measured and used to estimate an LE8 score (range, 0–100) for 14 772 participants. had high cardiovascular health (LE8 ≥80).

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Journal of the American Heart Association

DECEMBER 29, 2023

BackgroundWe have previously reported that male mice exposed to maternal separation and early weaning (MSEW), a model of early life stress, show sympathetic activation and increased blood pressure in response to a chronic high‐fat diet. At weaning, both control and MSEW offspring were placed on a low‐fat diet or a high‐fat diet for 20 weeks.

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DAIC

MAY 31, 2024

Clinical Cases and Poster Presentations The following list provides a brief look at the clinical cases and posters to be presented during the ACC Care of the Athletic Heart 2024 conference. All clinical cases and poster abstracts are embargoed until Thursday, June 6, 2024, at 1 p.m.

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Cardiometabolic Health Congress

AUGUST 2, 2024

Transcriptomics : Deciphering gene expression patterns in various tissues to understand how diet modulates genetic activity. For instance, while some individuals may thrive on a low-fat diet, others might see better results with a low-carbohydrate approach.

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MIBHS

JANUARY 31, 2025

Users can adjust their lifestyle choices, such as diet and exercise, based on real-time data to reduce cardiovascular risk. Risk Reduction Data from wearables can identify potential risks, such as undiagnosed arrhythmias or hypertension, allowing healthcare teams to address these issues before surgery.

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Medical Xpress - Cardiology

JUNE 15, 2024

When implemented in Nebraska, the WISEWOMAN program supported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which offers services for women ages 40–64 who are low-income and uninsured/underinsured, improved hypertension, blood pressure self-management, diet, physical activity, and body weight. Jianping Daniels, Ph.D.

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Stroke Journal

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

This study used a mouse model of intracranial aneurysm to evaluate the effect of dietary iron restriction on aneurysm formation and rupture.Methods:Intracranial aneurysms were induced using deoxycorticosterone acetate-salt-induced hypertension and a single injection of elastase into the cerebrospinal fluid of the basal cistern.

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Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

DECEMBER 17, 2023

These conditions have an increasing share in the health burden worldwide due to worsening endemic of hypertension, obesity, and diabetes. In contrast, inactivation of Trp53inp2 ameliorated cardiac dysfunction induced by combined stresses of high fat diet and moderate pressure overload (Cardiometabolic Disorder Model).

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GEMMS

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Regular exercise, a balanced diet, and lifestyle choices such as not smoking and managing stress are all crucial for achieving and maintaining optimal cardiovascular health. The role of diet in cardiovascular health Diet plays a significant role in maintaining cardiovascular health.

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Circulation

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

More than 1/3 of the respondents correctly indicated the permissible amount of salt in the diet recommended by WHO; even larger percentage (86.3%) correctly indicated that limiting salt intake in the diet applies to both healthy and sick people. This extremely important mechanism was indicated by only 24% of respondents.

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Dr. Paddy Barrett

MARCH 23, 2024

Their diets are often poor. When broken down by disease category, cardiovascular disease, cancer, dementia, stroke, osteoarthritis, hypertension and stroke, the pattern is the same. Because when you look at the lifestyles of healthy centenarians, they are as bad if not worse than all the rest of us 1. They routinely do not exercise.

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Stroke Journal

DECEMBER 21, 2023

PRES etiologies are usually dichotomized into toxic PRES (eg, antineoplastic drugs, illicit drugs) and clinical condition-associated PRES (eg, acute hypertension, dysimmune disorders). Research into the pathogenesis of PRES has emerged through the development of animal models in the last decade.

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Hypertension Journal

MARCH 11, 2024

Hypertension, Ahead of Print. BACKGROUND:Potassium (K+)-deficient diets, typical of modern processed foods, increase blood pressure (BP) and NaCl sensitivity.

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MIBHS

JUNE 28, 2024

Eat A Heart-Healthy Diet What you eat has a significant impact on your cardiac health. Focus on consuming a balanced diet rich in fruits, vegetables, whole grains, lean proteins, and healthy fats. Additionally, staying active can help manage stress and maintain a healthy weight, further reducing your risk of heart disease.

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Hypertension Journal

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Hypertension, Ahead of Print. However, whether this occurs in hypercholesterolemia-preeclampsia is not known.METHODS:Sprague Dawley rats received a control or high-cholesterol diet (to induce hypercholesterolemia-preeclampsia) from gestational day 6 to 20, with placebo or low-dose aspirin (1.5

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Open Heart

MARCH 13, 2023

Objective The lifelong risks of cardiovascular disease following hypertensive disorders of pregnancy are well described. We aimed to assess participants’ knowledge of their cardiovascular disease risk and relevant health-seeking behaviours following a pregnancy affected by preeclampsia or gestational hypertension.

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ADN Center of Excellence

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

Factors such as aging populations, rising rates of obesity, hypertension, and other cardiovascular conditions contribute to this increase. Risk Factor Management: Controlling risk factors such as hypertension, diabetes, obesity, and sleep apnea is essential in managing AFib.

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Stroke Journal

JANUARY 30, 2025

The surveys included a) the demographic survey, b) the Hypertension Knowledge-Level Scale, c) the Hypertension Self-Care Activity Level Effects, and d) the Southampton Stroke Self-Management Questionnaire.II)Intervention

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MIBHS

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Hypertension Hypertension, or high blood pressure , is often referred to as the “silent killer” because it typically shows no symptoms until it leads to more severe health issues. Men are more likely than women to develop hypertension, especially as they age.

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Wellnest

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

There is growing awareness of the risks of inadequate sleep for heart health, even though it is already well established that variables, including a poor diet, little exercise, and smoking, can affect the heart. By influencing our choices about our diet and activity, lack of sleep indirectly impacts the heart.

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