DAIC

APRIL 9, 2024

Decline in exercise ability is a hallmark of progression to overt heart failure. The international ARISE-HF trial was designed to test the effectiveness of the investigational drug AT-001 at stabilizing exercise capacity in patients with diabetic cardiomyopathy.

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Dr. Paddy Barrett

AUGUST 16, 2024

The first-line approach to managing excess weight is properly addressing the lifestyle factors of exercise, nutrition, sleep, and stress. In my view, proper exercise and nutrition are undoubtedly the best approaches for preventing excess weight and obesity. So What Is The Efficacy Of Diet & Exercise For Weight Loss?

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MIBHS

MARCH 31, 2025

When discussing heart health, heart attacks and cardiac arrest are two terms that are often mistaken for one another. Understanding the difference between heart attack and cardiac arrest can help in recognizing symptoms, seeking prompt medical care, and even saving lives. What is a Heart Attack?

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Wellnest

AUGUST 3, 2023

Medical professionals like cardiologists use EKG to diagnose a wide range of heart conditions, such as arrhythmias, heart attacks, and other abnormalities in the heart’s rhythm and function using Einthoven’s Triangle. It then amplifies the signals and records the ECG on graph paper for analysis by Medical Professionals.

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Dr. Paddy Barrett

APRIL 5, 2024

This refers to all the steps necessary to reduce the odds of a subsequent event, such as a second heart attack or stroke. So, let’s cover seven things that reduce the risk of a subsequent heart attack. Just because you have heart disease or have had a heart attack does not mean there is a lot that can be done.

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Dr. Paddy Barrett

AUGUST 23, 2024

The evidence that high levels of exercise and subsequent fitness are linked with increased lifespan and health span is clear. By the end of this article, you should be convinced that high levels of fitness and daily exercise are a MUST for a longer quality of life without major illness. Here’s why. Enjoy the process.

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MIBHS

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

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. How Do Genetic Factors Work?

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Dr. Paddy Barrett

DECEMBER 12, 2023

The primary reason for managing risk factors is to reduce events, including heart attacks. Recent data has shown that these medications also reduce the incidence of major heart events by 20%, including heart attacks and cardiovascular death and also extend lifespan in those with a prior heart attack 4.

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Dr. Paddy Barrett

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

The answer is pretty simple, but most people get this wrong, and doing so increases their future risk of heart attack and strokes. Lifestyle measures, including good nutrition, regular exercise, adequate sleep, and appropriate stress management, are the best ways to maintain normal blood pressure throughout life. Hypertension.

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DAIC

MAY 16, 2024

A new joint guideline from the American Heart Association (AHA), the American College of Cardiology (ACC) and nine other medical societies reports early diagnosis and treatment of peripheral artery disease is essential to improve outcomes and reduce amputation risk, heart attack, stroke and death for people with Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD).

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AMS Cardiology

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Myth 1: Heart Disease Only Affects Older Adults While it’s true that age is a risk factor, heart disease can affect individuals of all ages. Recently there has been a concerning rise in heart attacks and strokes among young adults, often due to unhealthy lifestyle choices such as poor diet, lack of exercise and excessive stress.

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Dr. Paddy Barrett

MAY 17, 2024

But What About Stress & Heart Disease? When stress is included in the risk factor profile for a future heart attack, it comes in third on the list after abnormal cholesterol and smoking 1. Regardless of what is driving the effect, it is clear that experiencing high levels of stress is associated with worse outcomes.

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Dr. Paddy Barrett

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Rather than just aiming to get ‘Healthy’ this year, how about setting clear targets for improvement that are highly correlated to positive health outcomes? The most common and the one I would recommend is a formal cardiopulmonary exercise test using a metabolic cart. Subscribe now V02 Max. You decide. You measure.

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MIBHS

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

Women often experience heart disease differently than men, with risk factors and symptoms that can be easily overlooked or misinterpreted. A key difference lies in how women and men experience heart attacks. Nausea or Vomiting : Women may experience digestive issues like nausea, vomiting, or indigestion during a heart attack.

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Physiologically Speaking

APRIL 10, 2024

If you exercise, you’ll probably live longer than someone who doesn’t. But can you exercise too much? Like anything — food, alcohol, work — exercise can also be overdone. There’s more debate about the optimal level of exercise for reducing the risk of death and disease.

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GEMMS

JUNE 25, 2024

Emotional stress and depression affect women’s hearts more profoundly than men’s, and smoking poses a greater risk for women compared to men. Additionally, conditions like diabetes can significantly increase the likelihood of heart disease in women, who may also experience silent heart attacks due to altered pain perception.

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Dr. Paddy Barrett

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

The reason they have chosen to wear gym clothes is that they expect to do an exercise stress test as part of their assessment. Because if you are ‘getting your heart checked’ , you must do an exercise stress test, right? And the less plaque you have, the lower the risk of a heart attack. Not any more.

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MIBHS

DECEMBER 13, 2024

Lifestyle Habits: Obesity, smoking, excessive alcohol consumption, and lack of exercise can all negatively impact sexual function. Risk Factors for ED: Heart disease, specifically coronary artery disease (CAD) and acute myocardial infarction (AMI), is closely linked to male erectile dysfunction.

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Dr. Paddy Barrett

AUGUST 29, 2023

The reduced events included: 44% reduction in major heart events (Heart attacks, strokes, cardiovascular death etc.) The real question is whether those who went on to diabetes had less of a benefit from statin therapy in terms of preventing heart attacks and strokes. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes.

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Dr. Paddy Barrett

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

I do this for three reasons: There is a relationship between short sleep and worse cardiovascular outcomes. Poor sleep generally impacts cognitive well-being, nutrition and exercise routines, all of which are key pillars of cardiovascular health. It significantly increases the risk of heart attack, stroke and atrial fibrillation.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

JANUARY 9, 2023

Sent by anonymous, written by Pendell Meyers A male in his teens presented with complaints of chest discomfort and dyspnea beginning while exercising but without obvious injury. He immediately stopped exercising and symptoms started to improve. This gets drilled into them. Was this coincidence?

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Wellnest

JULY 19, 2023

Have you wondered what causes a heart attack? Three coronary arteries supply blood to the heart. When one of these arteries becomes completely blocked by a blood clot, it results in a heart attack, also known as MI (Myocardial infarction). So, how do you recognize a heart attack?

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Dr. Paddy Barrett

OCTOBER 10, 2023

When they inevitably have a heart attack, the physician and the patient are often surprised, but if they had looked, they might have seen where that risk was coming from and what to have done about it. Blood Pressure Control For every 20 mmHg increase in systolic blood pressure, the risk of dying from heart attack or stroke doubles 3.

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Physiologically Speaking

DECEMBER 17, 2024

This has raised concerns that long-term, high-volume exercise might be detrimental to heart health. Notably, athletes engaging in very vigorous-intensity exercise are more likely to develop calcified plaques. Training load : Weekly exercise volume, measured as MET-hours/week, showed a positive trend.

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