Sentences with phrase «on coronary disease»
Diabetes was the lone risk factor that seemed to have a weakened impact on coronary disease over time.
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The company is selling a thing (the kit) by saying it can provide «health reports on 254 diseases and conditions,» including categories such as «carrier status,» «health risks,» and «drug response,» and specifically as a «first step in prevention» that enables users to «take steps toward mitigating serious diseases» such as diabetes, coronary heart disease, and breast cancer...» Most of the uses «listed on your website, a list that has grown over time,» the FDA writes, «are medical device uses [for the] Personal Genome Service.»
Prior to this role, Ryan was an Associate on the Cardio - Renal Team within the TechAtlas division of RA Capital, where he mapped competitive landscapes of drugs and medical devices for disease indications and capabilities, with a focus on coronary artery disease, stroke, and dyslipidemia.
The early Christians were learning what Christians today believe, that God was in the process of revealing his message to them; and, the message is: the end will come soon enough; we will be judged for everything we have done while in the body; that only God through Christ's death on the cross can atone for our sins; and, we should remain vigilant and be prepared for the end — whether that comes in the form of natural death, through cancer, car accidents, coronary heart disease or some other form.
(See: Study: Saturated Fat Not Associated with Risk of Coronary Artery Disease, Coconut Oil and Dairy Fat Healthy and Big Pharma Study: USDA Dietary Guidelines on Fats are Wrong.)
The people in Dr. Esselstyn's study were at the last fork on the road of Coronary Artery Disease.
At the same time, they observed that children spend a considerable amount of money on snacks while childhood incidence of chronic dietary - related disease (type - 2 diabetes, coronary artery disease, and obesity) is high and increasing around the world.
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.
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.
The study is one of a series of studies being conducted at the Intermountain Medical Center Heart Institute on the effects of coronary artery calcium on heart disease.
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.
By 2002 the results were positive enough for the American Heart Association panel on which Kris - Etherton sat to issue a statement recommending increased fish consumption for the general public and daily consumption or supplements of fish oil for coronary heart disease patients.
«We wanted to focus on arteries because that's where most of the damage is caused in coronary diseases,» said George Truskey, the R. Eugene and Susie E. Goodson Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Vinik Dean of the Pratt School of Engineering at Duke.
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.
Maintaining or achieving blood pressure control in patients with arthritis and concomitant hypertension (treated or untreated) could avoid more than 70,000 deaths from stroke and 60,000 deaths from coronary heart disease each year, 2 making it important to investigate the effects of various NSAIDs on blood pressure.
And they go on to say: «These findings suggest that in patients with stable [coronary heart disease], long term mortality risk is related to the cumulative burden of psychological distress.»
For this study, they focused on the 11,503 participants at visit one who had no history of coronary heart disease or stroke.
Jonathan D. Newman, MD, will present the poster «Diabetes Mellitus Is a Coronary Heart Disease Risk Equivalent for Peripheral Vascular Disease» on Saturday, April 2 at 9:30 AM CT / 10: 30AM ET / 2: 30 PM UTC in Poster Area, South Hall A1.
The superiority of CT angiography primarily depended on its ability to reveal nonobstructive coronary artery disease.
Reanalyzing its unpublished data — also stored on old nine - track computer tapes — he found that volunteers who replaced much of the saturated fat in their diet with polyunsaturated fats high in linoleic acid had a higher risk of death from coronary heart disease.
Durante said the next step will be a pre-clinical trial to test glutamine's effect on a mouse model of coronary artery disease.
Senecal will present the study, «Temporal and Geographic Correlation between Coronary Artery Disease Prevalence and Search Engine Queries,» on Saturday, March 10.
The study focused on search trends and hospitalization data related to coronary heart disease, the most common type of heart disease and the leading cause of death in the U.S. Caused by the buildup of plaque in the arteries that supply blood to the heart, coronary heart disease can lead to chronic chest pain, heart attacks and other heart problems.
They were on the lookout for correlations between gene mutations and coronary artery disease.
Dr Christopher Nelson, British Heart Foundation - funded lecturer who undertook the analysis said: «We had genetic data through the CARDIoGRAM + C4D consortium on almost 200,000 persons with or without coronary heart disease.
«Now, using a genetic approach, researchers at the University of Leicester undertaking the study on behalf of an international consortium of scientists (the CADIoGRAM + C4D consortium) have shown that the association between shorter height and higher risk of coronary heart disease is a primary relationship and is not due to confounding factors.»
«It is not clear whether this relationship is due to confounding factors such as poor socioeconomic environment, or nutrition, during childhood that on the one hand determine achieved height and on the other the risk of coronary heart disease, or whether it represents a primary relationship between shorter height and more coronary heart disease.
In aggregate, we found that for every change in height of 6.5 cm (approx. 2.5 inches) caused by these variants the risk of coronary heart disease changed on average by 13.5 %.
Dr Nelson added: «We also examined whether the association we found between shorter height and higher risk of coronary heart disease could be explained by an effect of height on known risk factors for coronary heart disease like cholesterol, high blood pressure, diabetes etc..
For example, compared to a 5ft 6inch tall person, a 5 foot tall person on average has a 32 % higher risk of coronary heart disease because of their relatively shorter stature.
To measure the impact of physical fitness on heart disease risk factors, the researchers selected 205 men and 44 women with heart disease, including coronary artery disease, stroke, congestive heart failure, and heart valve disease, and had them undergo a cycle ergometer (stationary bike) stress test to determine their fitness level.
For the health care system, the researchers estimated the change in risk of diabetes, colorectal cancer and coronary heart disease due to the healthier diets and the subsequent effect on both health care costs and greenhouse gas emissions.
Articles focus on topics including how healthy relationships early in life affect physical and mental health in childhood and beyond; the role of intimate relationships in coronary heart disease; the need to focus on partners when treating someone with chronic disease; and the increasingly complex biological pathways involved linking relationships to health.
«PROMISE establishes CTA as a viable alternative to stress testing for the evaluation of patients with suspected coronary disease,» said Udo Hoffmann, M.D., principal investigator of the PROMISE Imaging Core and Professor of Radiology at Harvard Medical School and Director of Cardiovascular Imaging at Massachusetts General Hospital «With the addition of high - risk plaque assessment and CT fractional flow reserve technology on the horizon, we may have yet to see the full potential of CTA.»
«We were looking at the optimum way to evaluate people with chest pain and focusing on those patients who are generally older, have many risk factors for coronary disease or may have had prior health problems, basically the intermediate to higher risk population,» Miller said.
«Coronary artery disease tends to cluster in families and has a strong genetic basis; however, we do not fully understand that genetic foundation,» said senior author Danish Saleheen, PhD, an assistant professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at Penn. «We conducted the largest genetic analyses on coronary artery disease to date, including information from people of European, African, South Asian, and East Asian heritagesCoronary artery disease tends to cluster in families and has a strong genetic basis; however, we do not fully understand that genetic foundation,» said senior author Danish Saleheen, PhD, an assistant professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at Penn. «We conducted the largest genetic analyses on coronary artery disease to date, including information from people of European, African, South Asian, and East Asian heritagescoronary artery disease to date, including information from people of European, African, South Asian, and East Asian heritages.»
Based on the accumulating evidence, incorporation of MS - HDL - P or HDL - P into the routine prediction of coronary heart disease risk should be considered,» said Prof Jeremy Kark.
Public health researchers seeking to determine an individual's risk of developing cardiovascular disease (CVD), coronary heart disease (CHD), or stroke have previously relied on national US data, such as that provided by the National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys (NHANES).
The review focused on fat and cholesterol as the dietary causes of coronary heart disease and downplayed sugar consumption as also a risk factor.
However, the impact of pre-transplant obesity, hypertension and coronary artery disease on post-transplant outcomes has received less attention and is the focus of our study.»
Using archival documents, a new report published online by JAMA Internal Medicine examines the sugar industry's role in coronary heart disease research and suggests the industry sponsored research to influence the scientific debate to cast doubt on the hazards of sugar and to promote dietary fat as the culprit in heart disease.
«Based on these findings, there may be an opportunity to improve outcomes in people with coronary heart disease by screening for and treating mood disorders, but this needs to be further studied,» Szpakowski said.
The researchers analyzed data on 1,823 diabetic patients who underwent CCTA to detect and determine the extent of coronary artery disease, in which a waxy substance called plaque builds up inside the arteries of the heart.
Although recent studies suggest an association between erectile dysfunction and atherosclerotic vascular disease, this is the first study to link ED with abnormal results on cardiac stress testing, including evidence for severe coronary artery blockages and markers of a poor cardiovascular prognosis.
The research team reviewed data on 9,509 men and women with coronary artery disease who participated in the Treating to New Targets trial, which originally concluded in 2005.
Secondary prevention trials showed significant adverse effects of n - 6 LA on coronary heart disease mortality (1.84 (1.11 to 3.04); P = 0.02; web appendix, part 8).
The Framingham score, she notes, determines how likely a person is to suffer fatal or nonfatal coronary heart disease within 10 years and calculates risk based on a summary score of such factors as age, sex, cholesterol levels, blood pressure, diabetes and smoking.
Based on a recent, special compilation of 12 reports published in the scientific journal Cereal Foods World during 2014 - 2017, eating whole grains is actually beneficial for brain health and associated with reduced risk of diverse types of cancer, coronary disease, diabetes, hypertension, obesity and overall mortality.EL BATAN, Mexico (CIMMYT)-- A new, exhaustive review of recent scientific studies on cereal grains and health has shown that gluten - or wheat - free diets are not inherently healthier for the general populace and may actually put individuals at risk of dietary deficiencies.
«Besides showing a link between the immune system and elevated lipids, this study also opens a new avenue for the study of the close and complex link between elevated blood lipid levels and chronic inflammation as manifest in coronary heart disease,» said Fu, senior author on the paper.
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.