ON THE DAILY: The Australian Heart Foundation recommends about 500 mg / day of DHA and EPA and 2 g / day of ALA to
lower coronary disease risk.
Not exact matches
-- appears to have the potential to
lower the incidence of common conditions such as cancer,
coronary heart
disease, allergies and hyperactivity in children.
Practical Tip: To
lower your risk of cardiovascular and
coronary heart
disease, enjoy a handful of cashews or other nuts, or a tablespoon of nut butter, at least 4 times a week.
Frequent consumption of nuts is associated with a
lowered risk of sudden cardiac death and other
coronary heart
disease, as well as a
lower risk of Type II diabetes in women.
Similarly, risk of
coronary heart
disease associated with an 1,800 - calorie diet emphasizing plant protein (93 grams) was found to be somewhat
lower than the risk associated with a similar diet containing only 49 grams of plant - based protein.
Research suggests that CLA in milk could
lower the risk of
coronary heart
disease and prevent cancer cells from growing.
Although early studies showed that saturated fat diets with very
low levels of PUFAs increase serum cholesterol, whereas other studies showed high serum cholesterol increased the risk of
coronary artery
disease (CAD), the evidence of dietary saturated fats increasing CAD or causing premature death was weak.
Many people are also unaware of what compounds are available in coconut oil as no extensive studies have been conducted as in the case of olive oil which has been established as
lowering the risk of
coronary heart
disease through the phenolic anti-oxidants it contains.
Referring to the potential of anti-oxidants to reduce the risk of
coronary heart
disease, he says, it works by inhibiting the oxidation of
Low Density Lipoproteins (LDL) or «bad» fats.
In a cohort of nearly 300,000 women in China, mothers who breastfed their babies, compared with women who had never breastfed, had a significantly
lower risk of cardiovascular
disease, with adjusted hazard ratios of 0.91 (95 % CI 0.84 - 0.99) for
coronary heart
disease (CHD) and 0.92 (95 % CI 0.85 - 0.99) for stroke, reported Zhengming Chen, MBBS, DPhil, of the University of Oxford in England, and colleagues.
Additionally, the U.S. Nurses» Health Study found only women with a lifetime duration of breastfeeding of 2 years or more had a significantly
lower risk of
coronary heart
disease than those who never breastfed.
Compared with women who had never breastfed, those who breastfed between 0 - 6 months, 6 - 12 months, 12 - 18 months, 18 - 24 months, or over 24 months, respectively, had a 1 %, 7 %, 11 %, 13 %, and 18 %
lower risk of
coronary heart
disease, with each additional 6 months of breastfeeding per child associated with 4 %
lower risk (P < 0.001).
But beyond simply
lowering cholesterol, the 82 people with inactive copies also had about half the risk of
coronary heart
disease as people with two functional copies of the gene.
ORLANDO, Fla. — Adding a pharmaceutical form of the B vitamin niacin — but not the drug ezetimibe — to a cholesterol -
lowering statin drug appears to reduce artery plaque buildup in patients with
coronary artery
disease, according to much - anticipated results announced at a press conference November 15.
An analysis using genetics finds that increased
low - density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL - C), high - density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL - C), and possibly triglyceride (TG) levels are associated with a
lower risk of diabetes, and increased LDL - C and TG levels are associated with an increased risk of
coronary artery
disease, according to a study published online by JAMA Cardiology.
«Our study group has spent decades studying the health effects of diet quality and composition, and now this new data also suggests overall dietary habits can be important to
lower risk of
coronary heart
disease,» said Eric Rimm, Sc.D., senior author and Associate Professor of Epidemiology and Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health and Associate Professor of Medicine at the Harvard Medical School.
Earlier studies have demonstrated that cocoa flavanol intake improves the elasticity of blood vessels and
lowers blood pressure — but, for the most part, these investigations have focused on high - risk individuals like smokers and people that have already been diagnosed with conditions like hypertension and
coronary heart
disease.
People who regularly eat nuts, including peanuts, walnuts and tree nuts, have a
lower risk of developing cardiovascular
disease or
coronary heart
disease compared to people who never or almost never eat nuts, according to a study published today in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.
A new strategy — an injectable antibody — for
lowering blood lipids and thereby potentially preventing
coronary artery
disease and other conditions caused by the build - up of fats, cholesterol, and other substances on the artery walls, is supported by findings from two new studies from researchers in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.
Participants who ate peanuts or tree nuts two or more times per week had a 13 percent and 15 percent
lower risk of cardiovascular
disease, respectively, and a 15 percent and 23 percent,
lower risk of
coronary heart
disease, respectively, compared to those who never consumed nuts.
Among these was the discovery from another large population sample that carriers of ANGPTL3 - inactivating mutations had a 34 percent
lower rate of
coronary artery
disease compared to non-carriers.
Women, on average, experience
coronary artery
disease 10 years later than men and have
lower smoking rates than men, both of which may partially contribute to the sex disparity in statin therapy.
Among patients with existing
coronary heart
disease, yoga provided a statistically significant benefit in
lowering LDL cholesterol when added to medication (statins and lipid -
lowering drugs).
In 1982 results came in from the Multiple Risk Factors Intervention Trial, which was designed to reduce the risk of
coronary heart
disease by counseling an experimental group to stop smoking,
lower their blood pressure and cut back on saturated fat.
The study also showed that
coronary artery
disease was more prevalent in women with
low rates of sexual activity.
Vitamin D deficiency is an independent risk factor for heart
disease with
lower levels of vitamin D being associated with a higher presence and severity of
coronary artery
disease, according to research to be presented at the American College of Cardiology's 63rd Annual Scientific Session.
In both groups, participants consuming more than two servings a week of yogurt had an approximately 20 percent
lower risks of major
coronary heart
disease or stroke during the follow - up period.
They found that patients from this group who required admission to intensive or critical care units after surgery were more likely to have a history of chronic obstructive pulmonary
disease, congestive heart failure,
coronary artery
disease, chronic kidney
disease, or suffering blood loss of more than 1,000 milliliters during surgery or requiring vasopressors (medications that raise
low blood pressure) during surgery.
Coronary artery disease was more prevalent among women with low rates of sexual activity; and women who had suffered a heart attack, had a coronary artery bypass, or angina were also less sexually
Coronary artery
disease was more prevalent among women with
low rates of sexual activity; and women who had suffered a heart attack, had a
coronary artery bypass, or angina were also less sexually
coronary artery bypass, or angina were also less sexually active.
Additionally, women with
low sexual activity were more likely to have
coronary artery
disease.
Vitamin D deficiency was associated with higher prevalence of
coronary artery
disease, with a 32 percent higher occurrence in patients with the
lowest vitamin D levels and a near 20 percent higher frequency of severe
disease affecting multiple vessels.
«Rare errors in PCSK9 were first found to cause high LDL cholesterol and different errors were later associated with
low LDL cholesterol and protection from
coronary disease.
Niacin also produces a modest reduction in
low - density lipoprotein (LDL cholesterol) and a more substantial reduction in triglyceride levels, which might be expected to
lower the risk of
coronary heart
disease, Lloyd - Jones notes in the article.
Children with inherited high levels of cholesterol who receive cholesterol -
lowering statins in their early years have a
lower risk of
coronary heart
disease than their affected parents, according to research presented at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2013.
Professor Jeremy Pearson, Associate Medical Director at the BHF, which part - funded the study, said: «By using the power of very large scale genetic studies, this research is the first to show that the known association between increased height and a
lower risk of
coronary heart
disease is at least in part due to genetics, rather than purely down to nutrition or lifestyle factors.
Among the adults in the study, even those with
low coronary artery calcium scores of 1 - 99 were 50 % more likely to die of heart
disease than adults with a calcium score of zero.
Now an analysis by Ian Deary at the University of Edinburgh, UK, and his team has found that a higher test score in childhood was linked with a 28 per cent
lower risk of death from respiratory
disease and a 25 per cent reduction in
coronary heart
disease risk.
Objective To determine whether treatment with a calcium channel blocker or an angiotensin - converting enzyme inhibitor
lowers the incidence of
coronary heart
disease (CHD) or other cardiovascular
disease (CVD) events vs treatment with a diuretic.
He studies the processes that regulate blood vessel function and response to injury, with emphasis on the role of lipid -
lowering medications in preventing ischemic stroke,
coronary artery
disease, and heart failure.
The finding has far - reaching implications in understanding and treating
low - oxygen health conditions such as
coronary artery
disease and tumor growth.
The presence of a guanine nucleotide at rs9349379 was associated with higher levels of the endothelin - 1 precursor protein produced by EDN1, as well as higher rates of
coronary artery
disease and
lower rates of migraine headache, cervical artery dissection, fibromuscular dysplasia, and hypertension.
Among the 50 trials, 30 were primary prevention trials (general populations, smokers and workers exposed to asbestos, patients with oesophageal dysplasia, male physicians, patients with non-melanoma skin cancer, postmenopausal women, patients undergoing chronic haemodialysis, patients with end stage renal
disease, ambulatory elderly women with vitamin D insufficiency, patients with chronic renal failure, older people with femoral neck fractures, patients with diabetes mellitus, elderly women with a
low serum 25 - hydroxyvitamin D concentration, health professionals, people with a high fasting plasma total homocysteine concentration, or kidney transplant recipients), and 20 were secondary prevention trials (patients with cardiovascular
disease,
coronary heart
disease, acute myocardial infarction, unstable angina, transient ischaemic attack, stroke, angiographically proved
coronary atherosclerosis, vascular
disease, or aortic valve stenosis).
ABI indicates ankle - brachial index; ALT, alanine transaminase; ASCVD, atherosclerotic cardiovascular
disease; CAC,
coronary artery calcium; CK, creatine kinase; FH, familial hypercholesterolemia; LDL - C,
low - density lipoprotein cholesterol; MI, myocardial infarction; RCT, randomized controlled trial; and ULN, upper limit of normal.
ABI indicates ankle - brachial index; ASCVD, atherosclerotic cardiovascular
disease; CAC,
coronary artery calcium; hs - CRP, high - sensitivity C - reactive protein; LDL - C,
low - density lipoprotein cholesterol; MI, myocardial infarction; and RCT, randomized controlled trial.
Vitamin D deficiency is associated with development of subclinical
coronary artery
disease in HIV - infected African American cocaine users with
low Framingham - defined cardiovascular risk.
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
Lipoprotein (a)-
lowering interventions could be preferentially effective in reducing the risk of
coronary heart
disease in individuals with smaller apolipoprotein (a) isoforms.
By scouring the DNA of thousands of patients, researchers have discovered four rare gene mutations that not only
lower the levels of triglycerides but also significantly reduce a person & rsquo; s risk of
coronary heart
disease
The research, published in The British Medical Journal, found that a reduced intake of saturated fats can
lower one's risk of
coronary heart
disease, while swapping in unsaturated fats (from good - for - you sources like vegetable - based oils, nuts, seeds, avocados, and seafood) actually works to boost heart health.
Someone has a heart attack every 43 seconds, and one study published in the American Journal of Cardiology found that a
lower level of magnesium intake increased the risk of
coronary heart
disease by 50 to 80 percent.