Sentences with phrase «type of heart disease affecting»

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Today in Cell and associated journals, 24 research studies from the landmark BLUEPRINT project and IHEC consortia reveal how variation in blood cells» characteristics and numbers can affect a person's risk of developing complex diseases such as heart disease, and autoimmune diseases including rheumatoid arthritis, asthma, celiac disease and type 1 diabetes.

New findings from large - scale studies of more than 3.6 million people who underwent screening for cardiovascular disease reveals that a person's age and gender affects the prevalence of certain types of peripheral vascular diseases (PVD), and that diabetes is a major risk factor for developing these diseases, even in patients without heart disease.

Metabolic syndrome affects over 50 million Americans, and is generally considered one of the precursors of heart disease, stroke, and Type II diabetes.

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This can help identify different types of anemia, whether your high blood sugar is raising your risk of heart disease, or whether a hormone imbalance might be affecting your thyroid.

For cats, these include: * Heart disease affects all types of cats, including domestic shorthair and longhair cats.

The most common type of adult onset disease in the cat is cardiomyopathy, a disease affecting the heart muscle.

Mitral valve disease is the most common type of heart disease in dogs and tends to affect dogs in their senior years.

Other types of diseases can affect cats» hearts.

Cardiomyopathies are a group of diseases that affect the heart muscle, and DCM is one form of this type of problem.

The types of signs seen in heart failure will vary depending on how severe the disease is and which side of the heart is affected.

Affected cats may have underlying heart disease called hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, in which the heart muscle thickens and the lower heart chambers (ventricles) decrease in size (see handout «Cardiomyopathy in Cats» for further information on this type of heart disease).

Heart valve problems are another type of heart disease that affects cats and Heart valve problems are another type of heart disease that affects cats and heart disease that affects cats and dogs.

However, there are multiple types of heart disease that may affect the heart muscle, valves, electrical system, as well as your arteries and veins, and more.

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African Americans also have a 30 % greater chance of dying of cardiovascular disease relative to whites (Office of Minority Health, 2012), a twofold greater risk of type - II diabetes and increased likelihood of being affected by complications of type 2 diabetes, including heart disease, blindness, amputations, stroke and death (Konen et al., 1999).