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The team found that meeting three or four of these healthy benchmarks, compared to none, was linked to better cardiovascular risk biomarkers.
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This information could lead to significant advances in how doctors determine who may be at risk of a cardiovascular condition and how to best treat them to lower their risk just by analyzing their history.
Olives are a good source of the antioxidant Vitamin E and «are full of healthy fats [that reduce risk for cardiovascular disease] and are super satisfying,» Lippert says, who recommends a serving of 5 to 10 olives.
High triglycerides increase cardiovascular events, medical costs, and resource utilization in a real - world analysis of statin - treated patients with high cardiovascular risk and well - controlled low - density lipoprotein cholesterol [abstract].
There's even a unique type of fibre in chickpeas that has also been shown to increase blood fat regulation and lower cholesterol, as well as reducing your risk of cardiovascular disease and colon cancer.
Although we would expect the unique collection of antioxidant and anti-inflammatory phytonutrients found in blueberries to provide cardiovascular benefits well beyond blood pressure regulation (including decreased risk of atherosclerosis), we need large - scale human studies to document these benefits.
A higher - fat diet can help you lose weight and lower your risk for cardiovascular disease — according to one recent study, anyway — but to be honest, I fry my toast in pork fat, eat butter with wild abandon, and buy non-homogenized milk with the thickest creamline because it just tastes better.
A 2014 meta - analysis found that Kona consumption (4 cups / day) was inversely associated with all - cause mortality (a 16 % lower risk), as well as cardiovascular disease mortality specifically (a 21 % lower risk from drinking 3 cups / day), but not with cancer mortality.
Benefits to mom include faster healing after delivery, lower risk for postpartum depression, as well as decreased lifetime risks for diabetes, cardiovascular disease, rheumatoid arthritis, hypertension, and breast and ovarian cancer.
They are also at greater risk for rare but serious conditions such as severe lower respiratory infections, leukemia, necrotizing enterocolitis, and sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS).5 Breastfeeding is also good for moms, lowering the risk for breast cancer, ovarian cancer, type 2 diabetes, and cardiovascular disease.6, 7
Breastfeeding is also good for moms, lowering their risk for breast cancer, ovarian cancer, type 2 diabetes, and cardiovascular disease.6, 7
A new study shows that the drug fenofibrate might reduce the risk of cardiovascular events in patients with type 2 diabetes who have high levels of triglycerides and low levels of «good» cholesterol, despite being treated with statins.
«Trans - fatty acids increase LDL cholesterol [our «bad» cholesterol], and they don't have much of an effect on HDL [our «good» cholesterol],» contributing to cardiovascular disease risk, says Alice Lichtenstein, a nutritional biochemist at Tufts University in Boston, who published a review on the topic in Current Atherosclerosis Reports in June 2014.
U.S. doctors enrolled 42,418 patients from 623 offices and clinics, treated participants with one of four commonly prescribed drugs, and followed them for at least five years to see how well the medications controlled their blood pressure and reduced the risk of heart attack, stroke and other cardiovascular problems.
Some have a higher risk of cardiovascular disease or diabetes, which is due both to lifestyle - related risk factors (such as eating unhealthily, smoking, being overweight and not taking enough exercise) as well as genetic predisposition (such as diabetes mellitus in migrants from Pakistan).
«Birth weight isn't affected, which is good, but we need to see whether a small placenta affects the risk of cardiovascular disease in these children in the long term.»
Grilled or well - done beef, chicken or fish may raise the risk of developing high blood pressure among people who regularly eat those foods, according to preliminary research presented at the American Heart Association's Epidemiology and Prevention Lifestyle and Cardiometabolic Health Scientific Sessions 2018, a premier global exchange of the latest advances in population based cardiovascular science for researchers and clinicians.
The incidence and severity of both traditional and emerging cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors as well as the response to treatment may differ between men and women.
«However, studies have shown that HDL doesn't work as well in people at high risk for heart attacks, strokes and other cardiovascular diseases, and that the functional ability of HDL matters as much as its quantity,» said senior study author Montserrat Fitó, M.D., Ph.D., and coordinator of the Cardiovascular Risk and Nutrition Research Group at the Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute in Barcelona and at the Ciber of Physipathology of Obesity and Nutrition (CIBEROBN), Sprisk for heart attacks, strokes and other cardiovascular diseases, and that the functional ability of HDL matters as much as its quantity,» said senior study author Montserrat Fitó, M.D., Ph.D., and coordinator of the Cardiovascular Risk and Nutrition Research Group at the Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute in Barcelona and at the Ciber of Physipathology of Obesity and Nutrition (CIBEROBN), SpRisk and Nutrition Research Group at the Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute in Barcelona and at the Ciber of Physipathology of Obesity and Nutrition (CIBEROBN), Spain.
«While it is very well accepted that improving cardiovascular health can reduce the risk of stroke and heart attacks, we now believe that drugs aimed at improving cerebrovascular health may be an additional strategy to treating brain diseases in the future.»
It is likely the combination therapy will reduce the risk of recurrent cardiovascular events by well over two - thirds,» said Yusuf.
Traditional first - line checks of such heart disease risk factors as cholesterol, blood pressure and smoking habits aren't nearly good enough to identify cardiovascular disease in otherwise healthy, young firefighters, according to results of a small Johns Hopkins study.
These behaviors give them a higher risk of cardiovascular disease, including high blood pressure and high cholesterol as well as diabetes.
A new narrative review authored by Carl Streed Jr., MD, at Brigham and Women's Hospital, published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, discusses how more research is needed to better understand cardiovascular disease (CVD) and CVD risk factors in transgender patients receiving long term cross-sex hormone therapy.
Although the question can not be answered definitively, other analyses have linked lower dementia risk to better control of cardiovascular risk factors such as hypertension and high cholesterol, and by building up «cognitive reserve» with more education.
Although some studies have found sauna bathing to be associated with better cardiovascular and circulatory function, the association between regular sauna bathing and risk of sudden cardiac death (SCD) and fatal cardiovascular diseases (CVD) is not known.
In many previous studies, researchers have found an association between adults» social well - being — including their close relationships and sources of social support — and health - related outcomes including cardiovascular risk factors.
However, breathing abnormalities may not be the only reasons for increased risk of complications — many sleep apnea patients suffer from cardiovascular problems as well that may worsen surrounding surgery,» Dr. Memtsoudis explained.
They say this latest study raises questions about whether treatments that decrease the frequency or severity of migraine may reduce later life vascular risks, and conclude by saying «what little evidence we do have suggests the need for therapeutic restraint [to prevent cardiovascular risk] until we have a better understanding of the mechanisms underlying the link between migraine and vascular disease.»
Like adults, severely overweight children and teens are at heightened risk for a host of physical and emotional problems, including cardiovascular disease (e.g., high cholesterol and blood pressure) and diabetes, as well as poor self - esteem and depression.
«While these observational data can not prove that treating patients based on the results of CTA testing will automatically result in better health outcomes, they do provide new information enabling a more informed choice of testing for patients with stable chest pain, especially for predicting future cardiovascular risk.»
The good news is that those in the heart studies who did control all three factors had a 62 percent lower risk of developing cardiovascular disease, according to Nathan D. Wong, lead author of the UCI report, which appears online in Diabetes Care.
«Oxidative stress is associated with insulin resistance and inflammation, which are risk factors for diabetes and other metabolic disorders as well as cardiovascular disease.»
Childhood bullying may lead to long - lasting health consequences, impacting psychosocial risk factors for cardiovascular health well into adulthood, according to a study published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science.
Studies strongly suggest that diet is associated with cancer and that obesity increases the risk of many types of cancer as well as several chronic diseases, including type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, hypertension, and chronic inflammation.
Among type - 2 diabetic patients with an elevated risk of cardiovascular disease — those with high levels of triglycerides and low levels of «good» cholesterol (high - density lipoprotein or HDL)-- fenofibrate cut adverse cardiovascular outcomes by 30 per cent in women and 24 per cent in men.
We can protect ourselves against aging - related cognitive decline, prolong the vivacity of our immune systems, strengthen our bones, and empower our mitochondria, as well as reduce our risk of cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, neurodegenerative diseases, and certain cancers.
ApoB backers point to recent analyses that found high apoB levels better predicted patients» likelihood of suffering a heart attack or stroke and a genetic study that showed that reducing apoB had a bigger effect on cardiovascular risk than did reducing LDL cholesterol.
«It's well established that psoriasis is associated with an increased risk for other comorbidities like chronic kidney disease, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease, but we don't yet understand how the severity of psoriasis impacts future risk of major health problems,» said the study's senior author Joel M. Gelfand, MD MSCE, a professor of Dermatology and Epidemiology at Penn..
«We know from many studies that good physical fitness reduces cardiovascular mortality, and that physical activity has a positive impact on cardiovascular risk factors following a rehab program,» said Maxime Caru, a doctoral student in human kinetics at UdeM and lead author of the study.
That is why our research team asked the following question: «Is good physical condition required to produce a preventive effect on these cardiovascular risk factors?»
«But for those who do well and are able stick to the 5:2 diet, it could potentially have a beneficial impact on some important risk markers for cardiovascular disease, in some cases more so than daily dieting.
Kovesdy says, «Better awareness of the risk factors for CKD — for example, high blood pressure, obesity, cardiovascular disease, race - ethnicity, family history — is needed for health care providers to become proactive about screening for early - stage CKD.»
The virtues of exercise are myriad: better cardiovascular health, decreased risk for diabetes, boosted mood, and even perhaps a leaner physique.
A diet high in saturated fat results in chronic low - grade inflammation in the body that in turn leads to the development of metabolic syndrome, a serious condition associated with cognitive dysfunction and dementia as well as being a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes.
«The early diagnosis and treatment with well - monitored, continuous use of CPAP therapy in otherwise healthy young adults with moderate to severe obstructive sleep apnea might prevent the future development of hypertension and reduce the risk of cardiovascular complications associated with the disease,» said Korcarz.
«As risk factor prediction gets better, we'll be able to screen more intelligently and use more intensive treatments in those individuals who face a higher risk of cardiovascular events.»
Traffic - related air pollution may increase cardiovascular disease risk by lowering levels of high - density lipoprotein (HDL), commonly known as «good» cholesterol, according to new research in the American Heart Association's journal Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology.
However, «For parents who are trying to quit smoking, they may be able to reduce some of the potential long - term risk for their children by actively reducing their children's exposure to secondhand smoke (i.e., not smoking inside the home, car, or smoke well away from their children),» said Magnussen, who is also adjunct professor of cardiovascular epidemiology at the University of Turku in Finland.
The researchers also analyzed 15 other cardiovascular risk factors, as well as age, gender and ethnicity, as predictors of white matter hyperintensities.