Aside from the sheer joy that a dog brings to a person's life — why do they prevent
cardiovascular disease and death?
Another example can be found in results published in The Lancet2, even accounting for other factors such as smoking, exercise, age, etc., researchers still found that grip strength's relationship to
cardiovascular disease and death remained strong.
In that study, Swedish women who ate low - carbohydrate, high - protein diets had higher rates of
cardiovascular disease and death than those who ate lower - protein, higher - carbohydrate diets.
Human and animal studies have shown a clear correlation between under - active MGP due to vitamin K2 deficiency and increased risk of
cardiovascular disease and death.
Although it's true that the Type - A personality profile in general can be more prone to
cardiovascular disease and death (one study found that more than a third of all cardiovascular patients had the Type - A behavior pattern), it's also completely misleading.
The therapy, available since the early 1980s, almost guarantees relief from obstructive sleep apnea symptoms, and research shows that it lower rates of
cardiovascular disease and death in patients who use it.
They were followed - up at least twice over the next seven years to record information about
cardiovascular disease and death.
Finally, comparing vegetable preparation, the study showed a trend towards lower risk of
cardiovascular disease and death with raw versus cooked vegetable intake «but raw vegetables are rarely eaten in South Asia, Africa and Southeast Asia,» said Dr. Mente.
«As a man's fertility potential is often known in early life, our work suggests that the fatherhood status may provide insight into a man's risk of
cardiovascular disease and death later in his life,» the researchers wrote in the Sept. 26 issue of the journal Human Reproduction.
The researchers are now continuing their work to determine which other factors, combined with vitamin C, have an impact on
cardiovascular disease and death.
In case you missed it, a recent landmark study published in the peer reviewed International Journal of Epidemiology found that risk for coronary heart disease, stroke, total
cardiovascular disease and death other than from cancer was reduced with each 200g a day increase in fruit and vegetables up to 800g a day, and 600g a day for cancer.
«The FDA [U.S. Food and Drug Administration] has now recommended a gradual reduction in sodium content in many such foods, which should lead to lower rates of hypertension as well as
cardiovascular disease and deaths,» she said.
Not exact matches
While obesity isn't a major cause of
death — that would be
cardiovascular disease and cancer — it contributes to shortened life - spans in contemporary society.
European researchers found that people who work 11 hours or more every day have 60 % greater risk of heart attack, angina
and death from
cardiovascular disease than those who just work 7 or 8 hours, according to Bloomberg.
Higher rates of
death and cardiovascular disease were seen among those with high sodium intake, defined as higher than 6,000 mg a day.
February is American Heart Month
and with that I'm happy to share that the Hass Avocado Board
and the American Heart Association (AHA) have joined efforts in encouraging Americans to eat the daily recommended amounts of fruits
and vegetables to prevent
and limit
deaths from
cardiovascular diseases, strokes
and diabetes.
A diet high in wholegrains
and cereal fibre can reduce the risk of premature
death from chronic
diseases including cancer,
cardiovascular disease and diabetes.
Its concentration of the monounsaturated fat, oleic acid, is linked to a reduction in
cardiovascular disease including related stroke
and death rates (14).
For instance,
cardiovascular disease is responsible for 1 in 3 premature
deaths among British men
and 1 in 5 among women.
Fig 3 Sex specific multivariable adjusted spline curves of relation between milk intake with time to
death from all cancer
and cardiovascular disease (CVD).
Such include:
cardiovascular disease (accounting for 31 % of
deaths globally), diabetes, musculoskeletal problems
and even some cancers, most commonly breast, prostate, kidney
and colon.
Babies who are breastfed have lower rates of sudden infant
death syndrome (SIDS), diabetes,
and other serious health conditions, while breastfeeding mothers have lower rates of postpartum depression,
cardiovascular disease, diabetes,
and hypertension.
When infants are not optimally breastfed they are at risk for increased illness such as higher rates of gastrointestinal
and respiratory infections, allergies, cancer, obesity,
cardiovascular disease and diabetes
and even
death.
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
New research from the University of Copenhagen
and Herlev
and Gentofte Hospital shows that high vitamin C concentrations in the blood from the intake of fruit
and vegetables are associated with a reduced risk of
cardiovascular disease and early
death.
Eating a lot of fruit
and vegetables is a natural way of increasing vitamin C blood levels, which in the long term may contribute to reducing the risk of
cardiovascular disease and early
death.
«We can see that those with the highest intake of fruit
and vegetables have a 15 % lower risk of developing
cardiovascular disease and a 20 % lower risk of early
death compared with those who very rarely eat fruit
and vegetables.
That has helped to boost rates of
cardiovascular disease and other health effects of such air pollution, a problem that combined with the health effects of air pollution from industrial coal burning that costs China roughly $ 66 billion dollars per year
and causes 760,000 premature
deaths, according to a World Bank report.
In both cases, left untreated, the extra glucose in the blood can cause blindness,
cardiovascular disease, diabetic nephropathy, diabetic neuropathy
and death.
He also says these results add to the growing understanding of the additional risks associated with severe psoriasis, which Gelfand's other studies have shown can include major
cardiovascular events, liver
disease and death.
Age - related
diseases include many of the degenerative
diseases that affect billions of people around the world
and are among the leading causes of
death:
cardiovascular disease, diabetes, Alzheimer's
disease and cancer.
The two main causes of
death for the cyclists were neoplasms (32.2 %),
and cardiovascular diseases (29 %), both occurring less frequently than in the general public (SMRs of 0.56
and 0.67 respectively).
Reducing ship sulphur emissions cuts these other global health related impacts, too, avoiding about one - third of the annual
cardiovascular disease and lung cancer
deaths from shipping air pollution.
But curbing those substances, scientists
and activists say, could slow atmospheric warming 0.5 degrees Celsius by 2050 while also increasing crop yields
and preventing hundreds of thousands of related
deaths from respiratory
and cardiovascular diseases.
Additionally, shipping pollution is estimated to contribute to 400,000 premature
deaths from lung cancer
and cardiovascular disease annually.
Eating five daily portions of fruit
and vegetables is associated with a lower risk of
death from any cause, particularly from
cardiovascular disease, but beyond five portions appears to have no further effect, finds a new study.
A growing number of epidemiologic studies have suggested an association between sedentary behavior
and chronic
diseases including obesity, diabetes, insulin resistance, metabolic syndrome,
cardiovascular disease, cancer,
and even
death that is distinct from those related to a lack of physical activity.
She told the audience of about 70 residents that NIEHS - funded research in the harbor area has reported links between air quality
and asthma, smaller babies,
cardiovascular disease, lung function
and even
death.
Higher consumption of fruit
and vegetables was significantly associated with a lower risk of
death from all causes, particularly from
cardiovascular diseases.
Rigid artery walls are an independent predictor of
cardiovascular - related
disease and death and vitamin D deficiency appears to be a contributor, says Dr. Yanbin Dong, geneticist
and cardiologist at the Georgia Prevention Institute at the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University.
Making a change to the PCSK9 gene, for example, would lower the risk of
cardiovascular disease and for someone with high LDL — the bad kind of cholesterol — it could be the difference between life
and death, he says.
Howard County Department of Fire
and Rescue Services data indicate that the cost for one firefighter for one year of
cardiovascular disease - related disability ranges from $ 250,000 to $ 400,000, with a
cardiovascular disease - related
death benefit of $ 80,000.
The researchers say that the cost of prevention, including both traditional risk assessment
and imaging, is likely to be substantially less than the cost of disability or
death from
cardiovascular disease.
The clear result of this clinical study — that the combination reduced strokes, heart attacks
and cardiovascular death by practically 25 per cent compared to either drug alone in both patients with stable coronary or peripheral artery
disease — caused the clinical trial to be stopped early, after 23 months, in February 2017.
Researchers from Harvard Chan School
and Brigham
and Women's Hospital examined the relationship between types of fats in the participants» diets
and overall
deaths among the group during the study period, as well as
deaths due to
cardiovascular disease (CVD), cancer, neurodegenerative
disease,
and respiratory
disease.
By 2020, depression will likely be the second leading cause of
death and lost productivity, right behind
cardiovascular disease.
The increase in longevity, especially in high - income countries (HICs), has been largely due to the decline in
deaths from
cardiovascular disease (stroke
and ischaemic heart
disease), mainly because of simple, cost - effective strategies to reduce tobacco use
and high blood pressure,
and improved coverage
and effectiveness of health interventions.
A large dietary study from 18 countries, across 7 geographic regions has found that even relatively moderate intake of fruit, vegetables
and legumes such as beans
and lentils may lower a person's risk of
cardiovascular disease (CVD)
and death.
Between 2003
and 2006,
cardiovascular disease death rates were about 1.7 times higher among adults diagnosed with diabetes than those who were not, according to the CDC's 2014 National Diabetes Statistics Report.
More than nine missing teeth indicated an increased risk for
cardiovascular diseases (51 %), diabetes (31 %)
and death (37 %).