PREDIMED, one of the largest interventional dietary trials, randomized more than 7,000 men and
women at high cardiovascular risk into different diet groups and followed them for years.
Not exact matches
«I was taught that SCAD was rare and the causes entirely unknown, but through our partnership with SCAD survivors and their families, clues are emerging that may change that,» says Sharonne Hayes, M.D., senior author and cardiologist
at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn. «We know from previous research that SCAD occurs most often in younger
women with no or minimal
cardiovascular risk factors, like
high blood pressure and
high cholesterol.
«Men and
women have very different
cardiovascular risk and diabetes
risk, and male mice are most often studied because their
risk for developing these diseases is
higher,» says lead author Kanakadurga Singer, M.D., assistant professor in pediatrics
at U-M's C.S. Mott Children's Hospital.
«We have studied
women over 65 as they are among the least active groups of the population,
at the same time as they run a
high risk of developing
cardiovascular disease,» says Fawzi Kadi, Professor
at Örebro University.
Women who consume
high - phytate foods, including seeds, appear to have better bone density and are
at lower
risk for
cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and cancer.
High levels of soy isoflavones — plant estrogens found in products like soy milk and soy nuts as well as many menopausal supplements — put
women at risk for
cardiovascular disease.
Men are
at higher risk for
cardiovascular disease than
women.
Women with PCOS are at a much higher risk of developing cardiovascular disease that women without
Women with PCOS are
at a much
higher risk of developing
cardiovascular disease that
women without
women without PCOS.
A new study by researchers
at Brigham and
Women's Hospital shows that men with Type 2 diabetes treated with insulin were
at a
higher risk for
cardiovascular events.
Long - term maternal
risks include a 30 % — 70 % GDM recurrence, a 7-fold
higher 5 — 10 year
risk of type 2 diabetes and an increased
risk of metabolic syndrome and
cardiovascular disease.5 — 8 Compared with
women without GDM,
women with GDM are twice to four times9 as likely to develop antenatal or postpartum depression and approximately one - third of
women with recent GDM develop postpartum depression.10 Postpartum depression leads to an increase in comfort eating and a decrease in physical activity, 11 thus putting the
women at higher risk of weight gain and future diabetes.10