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In the most comprehensive study ever on the impact of smoking on cardiovascular disease in older people, epidemiologist Dr. Ute Mons from the German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, DKFZ) analyzed 25 individual studies, compiling data from over half a million individuals age 60 and older.

The trial will cost # 27 million over 25 years, and should give results on cardiovascular disease in just over 10 years.

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A new, extensive five - year study on the effects of cocoa flavanols on cardiovascular disease is slated to begin in 2015 and will hopefully reveal more about the antioxidant's impact on memory.

Whilst we can't know the future of course, for financial planning purposes the probability is that life expectancy on average will increase in the future as medicine advances to cure or limit the big killers (cancer, cardiovascular disease etc).

In one study that followed people from the Netherlands for 10 years, orange and yellow hued veggies, carrots in particular, were shown to significantly reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease when eaten on a regular basiIn one study that followed people from the Netherlands for 10 years, orange and yellow hued veggies, carrots in particular, were shown to significantly reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease when eaten on a regular basiin particular, were shown to significantly reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease when eaten on a regular basis.

«Taken together with previously established benefits of egg intake on HDL profiles, these findings further support the notion that eggs serve as a functional food to reduce cardiovascular disease risk in individuals with metabolic syndrome,» says Catherine Andersen, lead study author and PhD candidate at the University of Connecticut.

A new study published in Avicenna Journal of Phytomedicine sheds further light on how coconut oil, virgin coconut oil in particular, enhances cardiovascular health, in direct contradiction to the U.S. government claims that coconut oil leads to heart disease.

Reducing hidden salt in processed foods, including bread, would likely have a bigger impact on blood pressure levels and on cardiovascular disease.»

Full of fibre and vitamin A, and loaded with overwhelming evidence on their health benefits, including a reduction in cardiovascular and cancer disease risks.

Bioactive lipids in metabolic syndrome: Scientific literature review on dietary fats and oils that help with decreasing metabolic disorders such as abdominal obesity, dyslipidemia, hypertension and insulin sensitivity that increase risk of cardiovascular disease.

Effects of Dietary Coconut Oil on the Biochemical and Anthropometric Profiles of Women Presenting Abdominal Obesity: Compared to soybean oil, coconut oil is more effective for reducing abdominal obesity and lowering risk of cardiovascular disease when deficiencies in mono - and polyunsaturated fats are absent.

Comparing different policy scenarios to reduce the consumption of ultra-processed foods in UK: impact on cardiovascular disease mortality using a modelling approach

The effects of a whole grain - enriched hypocaloric diet on cardiovascular disease risk factors in men and women with metabolic syndrome.

His research focuses on two major themes: (a) clinical research in cardiovascular disease and diabetes and (b) research related to food policy and the dietary determinants of ill health.

A dose - response study of consuming high - fructose corn syrup — sweetened beverages on lipid / lipoprotein risk factors for cardiovascular disease in young adults

He has published many papers on cardiovascular diseases and is extremely active in medical association projects.

Of note, our models may underestimate the true maternal costs of suboptimal breastfeeding; we modeled the effects of lactation on only five maternal health conditions despite data linking lactation with other maternal health outcomes.46 In addition, women in our model could not develop type 2 diabetes mellitus, hypertension, or MI before age 35 years, although these conditions are becoming increasingly prevalent among young adults.47 Although some studies have found an association between lactation and rates of postmenopausal diabetes22, 23 and cardiovascular disease, 10 we conservatively limited the duration of lactation's effect on both diabetes and MIn addition, women in our model could not develop type 2 diabetes mellitus, hypertension, or MI before age 35 years, although these conditions are becoming increasingly prevalent among young adults.47 Although some studies have found an association between lactation and rates of postmenopausal diabetes22, 23 and cardiovascular disease, 10 we conservatively limited the duration of lactation's effect on both diabetes and Min our model could not develop type 2 diabetes mellitus, hypertension, or MI before age 35 years, although these conditions are becoming increasingly prevalent among young adults.47 Although some studies have found an association between lactation and rates of postmenopausal diabetes22, 23 and cardiovascular disease, 10 we conservatively limited the duration of lactation's effect on both diabetes and MI.

This week on Mom Talk Radio, Dr. Jennifer Mieres and Dr. Stacey Ellyn Rosen, experts in cardiovascular disease, share Size S.T.E.P.S. in Six Weeks for Heart Healthy Living.

Overweight and obesity and weight change in middle aged men: impact on cardiovascular disease and diabetes

HDL with a small proinflammatory protein called apolipoprotein C - III (apoC - III) on its surface may nearly double the risk of heart disease in healthy men and women, according to Frank Sacks, professor of cardiovascular disease prevention at the Harvard School of Public Health and senior author on a paper in the April Journal of the American Heart Association.

«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.

As pharmacologists, our interest is primarily in the mechanisms and therapeutics of ischemic heart diseases, and we have been working on the cardiovascular effects of herbs according to modern scientific criteria.

Intrigued by the medical applications of basic research, she rotated through laboratories in cardiology and cardiovascular disease before settling on Church's group.

The genetic variants associated with asthma have also effects on autoimmune diseases and other diseases with an inflammatory component such as cardiovascular diseases, cancers, neuro - psychiatric diseases, which strengthens the importance of pleiotropy in multifactorial diseases.

Former studies have already proven that smoking during pregnancy can harm the unborn child: Newborns from smoking mothers have shown low birth weights and impaired lung functions; later on in life respiratory diseases, diabetes type II, asthma or cardiovascular diseases were also more common.

In this special issue, Promoting Cardiovascular Health Worldwide, some of the world's foremost authorities on cardiovascular disease elaborate on the Institute of Medicine's 12 recommendations.

Higher temperatures and an increased risk of drought on the U.S. west coast result in nitrogen by - products that cause cardiovascular and respiratory diseases, especially among the region's rural and urban poor

In a 2006 review of 842 scientific papers on omega - 3 fatty acids and cardiovascular disease, a research team based at the TuftsNew England Medical Center in Boston concluded that only EPA and DHA seemed beneficial — ALA, their plant - produced precursor, was noIn a 2006 review of 842 scientific papers on omega - 3 fatty acids and cardiovascular disease, a research team based at the TuftsNew England Medical Center in Boston concluded that only EPA and DHA seemed beneficial — ALA, their plant - produced precursor, was noin Boston concluded that only EPA and DHA seemed beneficial — ALA, their plant - produced precursor, was not.

Previous studies have found that cardiovascular disease accounts for 45 percent of deaths of on - duty firefighters nationwide, in contrast to 15 percent of deaths among those with conventional occupations, with heart attack being the number one cause of death.

In patients with chronic kidney disease who are not on dialysis, ACEIs and ARBs slow the progression of diabetic nephropathy and reduce cardiovascular risk.

«Poor dietary choices are generally made relatively early in life and, if remained unchanged, can lead to clinical cardiovascular disease later on.

DiNicolantonio recently co-wrote a review of studies, published in the journal, about the effects of salt and sugar on high blood pressure and cardiovascular disease.

There are two recent human studies, one showing an effect on cardiovascular disease and one Kaiser Permanente study on workers in China (in polycarbonate - manufacturing plants) showing effects on male sexual function.

The small study, based on a survey of 236 cardiologists and internal medicine physicians and trainees at a large tertiary academic medical center, found that although physicians rate nutrition to be as important as statins in terms of reducing the risk of cardiovascular disease, only 13.5 percent agreed or strongly agreed that they were adequately trained to discuss nutrition with patients.

They found that the age of smokers who die from cardiovascular disease is, on average, five and a half years younger than people who have never smoked in their lives.

The research, which provides an update for 2014 on the burden of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in Europe, shows that death rates from CVD (diseases of the heart and blood vessels) vary enormously.

On the other hand, levels of trimethylamine oxide (TMAO)-- a compound that has been linked to cardiovascular disease — were significantly lower in the urine samples of vegetarians and vegans than they were in those of the omnivores.

In the current study, McKeown and her colleagues analyzed longitudinal data on 1,685 middle - aged adults over a period of 14 years, obtained from the Framingham Heart Study's Offspring cohort — a National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute - funded program that has monitored multiple generations for lifestyle and clinical characteristics that contribute to cardiovascular disease.

Lloyd - Jones and colleagues examined long - term data on more than 5,200 men and women aged 28 to 62 who were free of cardiovascular disease at the time of their enrollment in the Framingham Heart Study, a decades - long cardiovascular study.

«Part of what is most fascinating about this study is that the association between fruit and vegetables and mortality is greater than one would expect only on the basis of the relationships we find with cardiovascular disease and cancer, so it is conceivable that fruit and vegetables are beneficial in preventing other diseases and causes of death as well,» Aune said.

A second Mayo Clinic task force provided a perspective on the new ACC / AHA guideline for assessing cardiovascular risk in patients who do not have heart disease, also released in 2013.

«We could probably eliminate 40 percent of cardiovascular disease in the United States if we could engineer the food supply to have at least two grams a day of EPA and DHA,» says biochemist Joseph Hibbeln of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism in Bethesda, Maryland.

Health is high on the agenda in many countries with efforts to get more people exercising in order to reduce the problems associated with obesity, such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease and cancer.

Lloyd - Jones's editorial is based on a large new study published in the journal that looked at adults, ages 50 to 80, with cardiovascular disease who took extended - release niacin (vitamin B3) and laropiprant (a drug that reduces face flushing caused by high doses of niacin) to see if it reduced heart attack and stroke compared to a placebo over four years.

On the other hand, many studies conclude that appropriate carotenoid levels in the diet can play a positive role in protecting against ocular and cardiovascular diseases and different types of cancer, among others.

«Maybe the factors that lead to cardiovascular disease start in early childhood,» said Dr. Jonathan Maguire, an author on the paper and a pediatrician and researcher at St. Michael's Hospital.

Similarly, only half of the patients with OSA were categorized as being at high risk for OSA on the Berlin Questionnaire, a sleep apnea screening tool, suggesting that these validated tools in the general population may not be useful for patients with cardiovascular diseases.

We investigated the effects of coffee and tea on CV mortality and non-CV mortality in a large French population at low risk of cardiovascular diseases.»

Gender differences in the impact of stress on the cardiovascular system detected in this study emphasize the importance of including enough women in all studies of heart disease so that their results can be analyzed separately.

Raydiance's technology has attracted the attention of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which in July 2007 signed the company to a two - year cooperative research and development agreement that has allowed the FDA's Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) to evaluate the use, safety and effectiveness of Raydiance's USP laser system in a number of areas, including the ablation of corneal tissues in refractive surgery and corneal repair; the administration of light therapy for treating cancer, cardiovascular disease and diabetes; and the removal of plaque on teeth without damaging the enamel.