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Midlife Choices May Offset Genetic Risk for Dementia, Stroke, Late-Life Depression

Med Page Today

(MedPage Today) -- Healthier lifestyle behaviors in midlife were linked with better outcomes in people with genetic predisposition for age-related brain diseases, longitudinal data from the U.K. Biobank showed. Over about 12 years of follow-up.

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Genetic predisposition to type 2 diabetes mellitus and aortic dissection: a Mendelian randomisation study

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

BackgroundThis Mendelian randomization (MR) study aimed to explore the causal relationship between the genetic predisposition to type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and aortic dissection (AD), and to assess associations with genetically predicted glycemic traits.

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Study unveils impact of cardiovascular risk factors on genetic predisposition to heart disease

Medical Xpress - Cardiology

Physician-scientists from the University of Alabama at Birmingham Marnix E. Heersink School of Medicine have unveiled critical insights into the influence of high-proportion spliced-in titin truncating variants, or hiPSI TTNtv, on cardiovascular disease risk.

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Insomnia, Shorter Sleep Duration Linked to the Risk of Autoimmune Arthritis

HCPLive

Multivariable analyses found genetic predispositions to overall rheumatoid arthritis with decreased sleep duration, as well as a significant genetic association between seropositive rheumatoid arthritis and insomnia symptoms.

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Platelets under control: Protecting the heart and brain more effectively after an infarction

Medical Xpress - Cardiology

An unhealthy lifestyle, diseases or injuries, genetic predisposition, and increased coagulation tendency can promote the formation of thrombi in blood vessels. These clots obstruct the flow of blood to vital organs, which may lead to life-threatening infarction.

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Reduced Ejection Fraction in Elite Endurance Athletes

American College of Cardiology

What is the prevalence, what is the genetic predisposition, and what are the clinical consequences of reduced left (LVEF) and/or right ventricular ejection fraction (RVEF) among endurance athletes?

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Physiology Friday #245: Fitness Protects against Neurodegenerative Diseases—Even in Those at the Greatest Risk

Physiologically Speaking

dementia and Alzheimer’s) can be assessed using polygenic risk scores, which aggregate the effects of numerous genetic variants to estimate genetic predisposition. Offsetting a high genetic predisposition might require a bit more focus and attention to optimizing your cardiorespiratory fitness.