Association between child abuse and risk of adult coronary heart disease a systematic review and meta-analysis - Chen Y, Shan Y, Lin K, Wei Y, Kim H, Koenen K, Gelaye B, Papatheodorou S.
INTRODUCTION: This meta-analysis aimed to examine the association of child abuse with adult coronary heart disease (CHD) risk and separately by abuse subtypes, including emotional abuse, sexual abuse, and physical abuse. METHODS: Data were extracte... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 13, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
AHA News: Doing These 8 Things May Greatly Lower Risk For Heart Disease and Stroke
THURSDAY, March 2, 2023 (American Heart Association News) -- People who strongly adhere to a set of eight lifestyle behaviors and heart-health metrics may have a lower risk for coronary heart disease and stroke than those who don ' t, new research... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - March 2, 2023 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
How Cardio Diagnostics is using AI to detect the No. 1 killer in the US
The AI-powered precision cardiovascular medicine company is launching PrecisionCHD, a new blood test for the early detection of coronary heart disease. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - February 28, 2023 Category: American Health Authors: Alex Zorn Source Type: news
Despite Progress, Black Americans See Heart Health Disparities
Increased rates of heart failure and stroke disproportionately affect Black Americans, even though overall rates of coronary heart disease are not significantly different than those found in non-Hispanic white peers. (Source: WebMD Health)
Source: WebMD Health - February 22, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Bad breath could be a risk factor for coronary artery disease - study
"Coronary heart disease is one of the most pressing health problems of our time," noted researchers. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - February 20, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
5 Foods to Boost Your Heart Health
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 15, 2023 -- Keeping your heart healthy has numerous benefits, including a reduced risk for coronary heart disease, stroke, heart attack and even dementia.
Eating healthy foods is one big step you can take to protect your heart, but... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - February 14, 2023 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
Food Industry Exposes Five Billion People to Toxic Chemicals that Kill
Industrially produced trans fat is responsible for up to 500,000 premature deaths from coronary heart disease each year, according to WHO. Credit: Shutterstock.By Baher KamalMADRID, Feb 10 2023 (IPS) The food industry continues to intensively use toxic chemicals in their products, some of them provoking heart diseases and death. Trans fat is just one of them, adding to contaminating fertilisers, pesticides, microplastics and a long etcetera.
“Trans fat is a toxic chemical that kills, and should have no place in food,” warns Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), informi...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - February 10, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Baher Kamal Tags: Food and Agriculture Global Headlines Health TerraViva United Nations Source Type: news
Sudden Chest Pain: What Is Angina Pectoris?
TUESDAY, Feb. 7, 2023 -- That feeling of crushing pain in your chest can be a medical emergency, but it can also be angina pectoris, or“stable angina”— a symptom of coronary heart disease that can be managed with... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - February 7, 2023 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
What Is Coronary Heart Disease?
MONDAY, Feb. 6, 2023 -- That seemingly sudden heart attack? It may have been triggered by underlying coronary heart disease.
Heart attack is a big event, but for some it might be the first sign of a problem that has been building for quite some... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - February 6, 2023 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
The 5 Best Ways to Control High Cholesterol, According to People With the Condition
There are a variety of factors that influence cardiovascular risk—but cholesterol is one of the first things that doctors pay attention to.
Having high levels of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol is “definitely a variable we try to manage, because it’s been shown to be problematic for heart health,” says Dr. Adriana Quinones-Camacho, a cardiologist at NYU Langone Health.
Though it’s often called the “bad” kind of cholesterol, LDL cholesterol makes up most of your body’s cholesterol stores. That means it’s not a villain on its own, but when levels start creeping ...
Source: TIME: Health - January 18, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Elizabeth Millard Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate heart health Source Type: news
How Even Super-Short Workouts Can Improve Your Health
Federal guidelines say U.S. adults should get at least 75 minutes of vigorous physical activity, or 150 minutes of less-intense activity, each week. But over the past few years, a slew of studies have promoted the benefits of getting much, much less exercise than that.
One 2022 study found that squeezing in just three one-minute bursts of vigorous activity each day could lead to a longer life. Another study, also published in 2022, linked 15 minutes of weekly physical activity to extended longevity. A 2019 paper went even further, arguing that just 10 minutes of weekly movement could help you live longer. These results are...
Source: TIME: Health - December 27, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jamie Ducharme Tags: Uncategorized Exercise & Fitness healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
'Aching, heavy' legs can signal poor blood circulation and potentially fatal heart disease
Poor blood circulation could also be a sign of peripheral artery disease, which can result in coronary heart disease. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - November 24, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Low HDL-C Linked to Coronary Heart Disease Risk in White Adults
TUESDAY, Nov. 22, 2022 -- Lower levels of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) are associated with increased coronary heart disease (CHD) risk in White but not Black adults, and higher levels of HDL-C are not protective for either group,... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - November 22, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Tipping Point
Report notes there were over 30,000 excess deaths involving coronary heart disease between March and August 2022, with over 7,000 people waiting more than a year for a heart procedure. The British Heart Foundation is calling for the Government to develop a new Heart Strategy. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - November 7, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
It's how you say it - the extended Theory of Planned Behaviour explains active transport use in cardiac patients depending on the type of self-report in a hypothesis-generating study - Batool T, Ross V, Brijs K, Neven A, Smeets CJP, Scherrenberg M, Dendale P, Vanrompay Y, Janssens D, Wets G.
Physical activity (PA) plays an essential part in the secondary prevention of persons with coronary heart disease (CHD). A substantial amount of PA can be gained through increasing the use of active transport modes (walking or cycling for at least 10 min/... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - October 29, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Ergonomics, Human Factors, Anthropometrics, Physiology Source Type: news
