HDL Revisited: Biological Functions and Clinical Relevance HDL Revisited: Biological Functions and Clinical Relevance
Early studies focused on the apparent inverse relationship between HDL-C levels and risk of coronary heart disease, but HDL ' s physiological mechanisms are far more complex than previously thought.European Heart Journal (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - May 29, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cardiology Journal Article Source Type: news
What to Know About High Triglycerides
Discussions about heart health often center around blood pressure and cholesterol, with factors like poor sleep, smoking, family history of heart disease, and chronic stress thrown in. However, there’s one variable that doesn’t get covered as often, even though it can be an important indicator of cardiovascular risk: triglycerides.
“We don’t really talk about triglycerides very much, especially compared to cholesterol, but they’re actually an essential part of understanding heart health,” says Dr. Adriana Quinones-Camacho, a cardiologist at NYU Langone Health in New York. “For some...
Source: TIME: Health - May 23, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Elizabeth Millard Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate heart health Source Type: news
Billions With Nutrition Deficiency!?
Almost no one gets enough selenium. Officially, at least a billion — with a B — people have a selenium deficiency.1
But I suspect the numbers are much higher than that.
You can’t get enough selenium from food alone anymore. That’s true even if you eat a healthy, varied diet. And you can thank Big Agra for that.
With their harsh pesticides, synthetic fertilizers, and single-crop strategy, these massive farms have stripped the nutrients out of the soil. No nutrients in the soil mean no nutrients in the food.
All of this makes it difficult — if not impossible — to get even some of the daily selenium you need to ...
Source: Al Sears, MD Natural Remedies - May 15, 2023 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Jacob Tags: Anti-Aging Nutrition Source Type: news
Scientists Have Built a Human ‘ Pangenome ’ to Better Reflect Diversity
For two decades, scientists have been comparing every person’s full set of DNA they study to a template that relies mostly on genetic material from one man affectionately known as “the guy from Buffalo.”
But they’ve long known that this template for comparison, or “reference genome,” has serious limits because it doesn’t reflect the spectrum of human diversity.
“We need a really good understanding of the variations, the differences between human beings,” said genomics expert Benedict Paten of the University of California, Santa Cruz. “We’re missing out.&rdqu...
Source: TIME: Science - May 10, 2023 Category: Science Authors: LAURA UNGAR/AP Tags: Uncategorized Genetics healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
Heart Disease Screening Showed No Kidney Transplant Benefit Heart Disease Screening Showed No Kidney Transplant Benefit
Screening for coronary heart disease in asymptomatic, low-risk people listed for a kidney transplant often happens in US practice, but evidence showing it helps is lacking.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - April 28, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Nephrology News Source Type: news
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
