Sentences with phrase «blood vessel diseases increase»

Your chances of developing heart and blood vessel diseases increase, so that by the time you are 65, your risk is as high as a man's.

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It creates a biological response, Murthy says, that leads to chronic inflammation, damaged tissue and blood vessels, and an increased risk of heart disease, arthritis and diabetes.

High levels of low - density lipoproteins (LDL — the «bad cholesterol») and triglycerides, a type of blood fat, are associated with an increased risk of heart and blood vessel diseases.

These conditions are associated with high blood sugar, which can damage the vessels that supply blood to vital organs and can also increase the risk of heart disease and stroke.

Their studies indicate that the two conditions common in sickle cell disease, dramatically increase red blood cells» adhesion to the lining of blood vessels walls and the debilitating pain crises that can result.

Blood vessel calcification may put people who develop recurrent kidney stones at increased risk of heart disease, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (CJASN).

While approximately 80 percent of Alzheimer's disease patients also have cerebral amyloid angiopathy, or amyloid beta deposits in the brain's blood vessels that increase the risk for stroke and dementia, the predominant amyloid beta pathology is plaques.

A study based on medical records from more than a quarter million adult patients found that African - American patients with connective tissue diseases such as lupus or rheumatoid arthritis were twice as likely as white patients to suffer from narrowed or atherosclerotic blood vessels, which increase the risk of a heart attack, stroke or death.

February 4, 2016 Connective tissue disease increases risk for cardiovascular problems A study based on medical records from more than a quarter million adult patients found that African - American patients with connective tissue diseases such as lupus or rheumatoid arthritis were twice as likely as white patients to suffer from narrowed or atherosclerotic blood vessels, which increase the risk of a heart attack, stroke or death.

Three recent experimental studies focused on low consumption / exposure.949596 In one study, 29 smokers each consumed a single cigarette, immediately after which they had a significant decrease in blood vessel output power and significant increase in blood vessel ageing level and remaining blood volume 25 minutes later, as markers of atherosclerosis.94 In another study, human coronary artery endothelial cells were exposed to the smoke equivalent to one cigarette, which led to activation of oxidant stress sensing transcription factor NFR2 and up - regulation of cytochrome p450, considered to have a role in the development of heart disease.95 These effects were not seen when heart cells were exposed to the vapour from one e - cigarette.95 A study exposed adult mice to low intensity tobacco smoke (two cigarettes) for one to two months and found adverse histopathological effects on brain cells.96

Among its purported benefits, the antioxidant resveratrol in red wine can increase HDL levels (your so - called good cholesterol), decrease platelet aggregation, and improve blood vessel function, decreasing your risk for cardiovascular disease.

What's more, eating lots of refined carbs — like white bread and white rice — can increase triglyceride levels, which can contribute to heart and blood vessel disease.

Folate (also known as vitamin B6) lowers the level of homocysteine, a non-protein amino acid which leads to inflammation in blood vessels, increasing the risk of coronary artery disease.

• Increased risk for heart and blood vessel disease.

Many claims have been made about olive oil as well, but the fact of the matter is, all oils cause epithelial cell damage to your blood vessels which causes a marked increase in your risk for heart disease since the protective cell layer can no longer clear up blockages.

The aerobic exercise group saw an 18 percent improvement in maximum oxygen intake and a 25 percent increase in plasticity of blood vessels, reducing the risk of heart disease.

The cholesterol «was found to be responsible» for the thickening of the arterial walls and thus decreasing the diameter in the arteries which leads in most cases to high blood pressure and increased risk of diseases affecting the blood vessels.

For instance, spirulina shows great potential for people with cardiovascular disease, in terms of creating better lipid profiles, controlling hypertension, and increasing blood vessel elasticity.

Fructose is implicated in causing inflammation in the body and increasing the development of plaque in the blood vessels, a major contributor to heart disease.

This oxidation causes dangerous free radicals to form, which can cause significant damage in your cells and increase your risk of heart disease by damaging the inner lining of your blood vessels.

This disease - fighting nutrient can slow the growth and development of new blood vessels that nourish tumors, increase a type of programmed cancer cell death known as apoptosis and reduce the proliferation of new cancer cells.

Type II diabetes is characterized by chronically high blood sugar — which poses a danger to small blood vessels, and is a potent inflammatory condition, increasing the risk of heart disease — and elevated insulin.

And, although this effect may help to prevent heart attacks and other forms of heart disease, it may have the potential to promote cancer as well by increasing the growth of blood vessels in cancerous tumors.

Iron can be a very potent oxidative stress, so if you have excess iron levels you can damage your blood vessels and increase your risk of heart disease.

Compared to people with a healthy weight, overweight and obese individuals have an increased risk of developing diabetes and cardiovascular diseases (conditions that affect the heart and / or the blood vessels), and tend to die younger.

According to the Bastyr Center for Natural Health at the University of Pennsylvania, hibiscus tea may open and expand your blood vessels, which may increase your risk for heart disease.

In a 2012 report reviewing the effects of HIIT in patients with coronary artery disease and heart failure, researchers in Canada, France and Switzerland wrote that «HIIT appears safe and better tolerated by patients than moderate - intensity continuous exercise» and more effective at increasing patients» peak oxygen uptake, blood vessel flexibility and pumping ability of the heart.

Obesity also increases the potential for inflammatory disease of the blood vessels (more on this below) and dangerous clot formations.