Variables such as age, diabetes,
heart health risk factors, slow gate, depression and anxiety disorders, stand out as contributing most to the risk score.
Not exact matches
Some of the marketing material highlighted in Lion's cross claim includes: «A2 will improve human
health through the consumption of a2 dairy milk products», «studies suggest that milk containing only the A2 type of protein may benefit you and your family if you're concerned with certain allergies, immune function or digestive wellbeing» and «there is significant evidence to suggest that beta casein A1 may be a primary
risk factor for
heart disease in adult men and also be involved in the progression of insulin dependent diabetes in children... Beta casein A1... is the most powerful
risk factor ever discovered.»
Leading
health organisations, such as the World Health Organization, cite smoking, overweight and obesity, unhealthy diets and physical inactivity as risk factors for heart disease and s
health organisations, such as the World
Health Organization, cite smoking, overweight and obesity, unhealthy diets and physical inactivity as risk factors for heart disease and s
Health Organization, cite smoking, overweight and obesity, unhealthy diets and physical inactivity as
risk factors for
heart disease and stroke.
Formerly the National
Heart Forum, the UK
Health Forum is a leading alliance of over 40 national organisations working to prevent the range of non-communicable diseases that share common
risk factors such as unhealthy diets, smoking and lack of physical activity.
Marion Nestle, a professor of nutrition, food studies and public
health at New York University, wrote an editorial accompanying the new paper in which she said the documents provided «compelling evidence» that the sugar industry had initiated research «expressly to exonerate sugar as a major
risk factor for coronary
heart disease.»
So, it's crucial that we educate women about the
risk factors and warning signs of
heart disease in women, and to help women understand that
heart disease is an important
health concern.
Share
heart health information with some women you care about and ask if they have heard of the
heart disease
risk factors and what to do about them.
It went on to say that, «Wear Red Day is an important effort on the part of the American
Heart Association to help women understand the reality that heart disease affects people of both genders, so that they can assess their own personal family history and lifestyle risk factors as well as make health choices that will enhance life for themselves and their families.&r
Heart Association to help women understand the reality that
heart disease affects people of both genders, so that they can assess their own personal family history and lifestyle risk factors as well as make health choices that will enhance life for themselves and their families.&r
heart disease affects people of both genders, so that they can assess their own personal family history and lifestyle
risk factors as well as make
health choices that will enhance life for themselves and their families.»
«Skipping breakfast may lead to one or more
risk factors, including obesity, high blood pressure, high cholesterol and diabetes, which may in turn lead to a
heart attack over time,» said Leah E. Cahill, Ph.D., study lead author and Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Department of Nutrition at Harvard School of Public
Health in Boston, Mass..
Metabolic syndrome strikes about a third of the adults in the United States and involves multiple
risk factors for
heart disease and other
health issues.
The study, the largest of its kind in the world, compared the
health of Deaf people with the hearing population and found that Deaf adults have high levels of
risk factors for common conditions, such as
heart disease, high blood pressure and diabetes.
Those whose parents made it to 85 scored higher on a variety of
factors, including a combined measure of
heart health called the Framingham
risk score, which takes into account age, cholesterol, blood pressure, hypertension and cigarette smoking.
The current study used prospectively collected electronic
health records to investigate the contemporary incidence and
risk factors for
heart failure after a first myocardial infarction.
«These findings highlight the importance of screening and treatment of
heart disease
risks factors to limit not only
health care costs, but prevent morbidity and mortality for RA patients.»
This is largely due to physical
health disorders such as
heart attack or stroke, for which type 2 diabetes is a major
risk factor.
Although obesity is considered a
risk factor for
heart disease, the study results suggest that focusing directly or exclusively on weight loss can be counterproductive by discouraging women from keeping
health appointments, further reducing the chances that they will receive appropriate monitoring and counseling.
Both exercise and adequate vitamin D have long been implicated in reducing
heart disease
risks, but in a new study — one not designed to show cause and effect — the researchers investigated the relationship between these two
health factors and their joint role in
heart health.
Late - and post-menopausal women have significantly greater volumes of fat around their
hearts — a
risk factor for
heart disease — than their pre-menopausal counterparts, a University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public
Health study has shown for the first time.
Previous research has linked psychosocial
risk factors like stress, anger, and hostility to increased
risk of
health problems such as
heart attacks, stroke, and high blood pressure.
«In the majority of patients, bariatric surgery may result in the remission of many cardiovascular disease
risk factors, which could prevent those patients from experiencing more serious
health conditions, such as
heart attack and stroke,» Coleman said.
High blood pressure is a leading
risk factor for
heart attack and stroke and is also a significant public health burden, costing the United States about $ 110 billion in direct and indirect costs in 2015, according to American Heart Association estim
heart attack and stroke and is also a significant public
health burden, costing the United States about $ 110 billion in direct and indirect costs in 2015, according to American
Heart Association estim
Heart Association estimates.
«We've been targeting traditional
risk factors in public
health campaigns for many years,» said Susan Cheng, M.D., M.P.H., study lead author and Assistant Professor of Medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, Mass. «We wanted to take a look at how well we've been doing over time at keeping these
risk factors from causing
heart and vascular disease — both by preventing the
risks from occurring and by minimizing their effects when they do occur.»
Though the standing - desk employees burned more calories than those with seated desks, the study found there were no between group differences in cardiometabolic
health risk factors such as weight, percent body fat, blood pressure, and
heart rate.
Metabolic syndrome is the term for a group of
factors that raise a person's
risk for
heart disease and other
health problems, such as diabetes and stroke.
They identified nearly 1,500 cases of
heart failure and compared the age at which patients were diagnosed with
heart failure against their
health status and
risk factors at age 45.
Heart disease deaths have almost halved over the past 40 - 50 years, particularly in high income countries, thanks largely to the identification of the common
risk factors involved and national public
health initiatives, say the authors.
«It is challenging to lose weight, but if women commit to losing 10 percent of their body weight and sustain that over time, it can have a large impact on overall
risk factors associated with
heart disease and diabetes,» said Cynthia A. Thomson, Ph.D., R.D., co-author and Professor in the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public
Health and Director of the University of Arizona Canyon Ranch Center for Prevention &
Health Promotion in Tucson.
Collecting medical information benefits the whole family and can help
health professionals determine potential
risk factors like
heart disease, stroke, diabetes and cancer.
The Institute of Epidemiology II (EPI II) focuses on the assessment of environmental and lifestyle
risk factors which jointly affect major chronic diseases such as diabetes,
heart disease and mental
health.
Rural, older Floridians encounter a multitude of
factors that put them at higher
risk for developing Alzheimer's disease (AD) such as limited education, decreased
health literacy, low income, increased
heart disease, lack of insurance, and limited access to
health care.
Our body makes omega - 9 internally, but food sources such as olive oil, avocado, and avocado oil have
health benefits like reversing
heart disease
risk factors, helping with weight loss, and blood sugar balance.
The researchers only measured
heart health at the beginning of the study, and the
heart - disease
risk factors of some participants may have changed significantly in the following decade, potentially skewing the results.
But only middle - aged women — not men — seem to have
health problems associated with marital strife, such as high blood pressure, excess belly fat, and other
factors that boost
risk for
heart attack and diabetes, says a recent study.
Take cynicism, for example: A 2014 study published in the journal Neurology linked high levels of cynicism later in life, i.e. a general distrust of people (and their motives), to a greater
risk of dementia compared to those who were more trusting, even after accounting for other
risk factors like age, sex, certain
heart health markers, smoking status, and more.
Taking into account age and other
risk health factors they found that two - thirds of women who undergo fertility therapy never become pregnant, and when compared to the one - third who do conceive, the women who never give birth end up with an increased
risk for stroke and
heart failure.
Metabolic syndrome refers to a collection of
health risk factors that raise your
risk for
heart disease and diabetes: stomach fat, high triglycerides, low «good» HDL cholesterol, high blood pressure, and high fasting blood sugar.
A lot of the
factors that can help improve
heart health and reduce the
risk of
heart disease fly in the face of conventional wisdom, but you are probably used to that by now!
If you know even just a little bit about
heart health, then the key
risk factors aren't all that surprising.
Up until now, there were some mixed opinions on the subject — some studies claimed coffee can improve your
health and lower the
risk of premature death while others claimed that coffee (caffeine) can be a negative
factor for your
health and can contribute to
heart disease through negative effects on blood pressure, resting
heart rate and cholesterol.
That's why it's important not only for people with cardiovascular
risk factors to take care of their mental
health, says May, but also for people with depression to take care of their
hearts.
Mental -
health screenings should be standard in patients who have classic
heart disease
risk factors, they write, and depression should be addressed to hopefully prevent additional
risk to the
heart.
In a new study, mental
health was deemed just as important as the classic «big five»
risk factors for
heart disease.
It's National Cholesterol Education Month, and clearly, many of us need a refresher: About half of Americans have high or borderline blood cholesterol levels, a major
risk factor for
heart disease and a serious threat to overall
health.
Diet soda has been proven to increase the
risk of diabetes and metabolic syndrome, which is a group of
risk factors that increases the
risk of
heart disease and other
health issues.
«But if you have a family history of
heart disease or other
heart disease
risk factors, it's a good idea to pay extra attention to your oral
health.»
(1) Physical inactivity is a major
risk factor for
heart and lung disease and, research shows most Americans are not exercising enough for effective, good
heart health.
In fact, last year, barley was approved for a
health claim by Health Canada, which states that eating barley helps to reduce blood cholesterol, a risk factor for heart di
health claim by
Health Canada, which states that eating barley helps to reduce blood cholesterol, a risk factor for heart di
Health Canada, which states that eating barley helps to reduce blood cholesterol, a
risk factor for
heart disease.
Evidence from clinical studies so far, including evidence from the well - known Ornish clinical trials, tells us that vegetarian diets can reduce
risk factors for
heart disease and improve the
health of the
heart — however, the diets tested were not only meatless, they were also very low in fat and very low in refined carbohydrates.
A team of German researchers systematically reviewed all of the published yoga research up until October 2013 to ascertain yoga's effectiveness in reducing «mortality, nonfatal cardiac events, exercise capacity,
health - related quality of life, and modifiable cardiac
risk factors» for those with a prior diagnosis of coronary artery disease,
heart failure, cardiac dysrhythmia, cardiomyopathy or valvular
heart disease.
A systematic review of clinical trials on the
health effects of low carbohydrate diets from 2012 shows that low carb diets show significant decrease in body weight and an improvement of all major
risk factors for
heart disease.