• The major fields she works in are valvular heart disease, adult congenital heart disease, and echocardiography. (wikipedia.org)
  • Congenital heart disease is the most common heart disease affecting pregnancies in the U.S. But cardiomyopathy causes the most serious complications. (clevelandclinic.org)
  • Congenital heart disease is the most common form of cardiovascular disease during pregnancy in the U.S. (clevelandclinic.org)
  • So, if you have congenital heart disease, talk with your provider before becoming pregnant. (clevelandclinic.org)
  • Your provider may refer you to an adult congenital heart disease specialist or a cardio-obstetrics specialist. (clevelandclinic.org)
  • My laboratory's overall goal is to (i) understand the mechanisms of right heart failure in children and adults with congenital heart disease and (ii) to develop biomarkers as a plasma signature of myocardial events to better understand the mechanisms of heart failure, improve monitoring of disease progression, early detection of heart failure and risk-stratification. (stanford.edu)
  • In pediatrics, you see patients at such an early time in their lives, any changes you make in their care have such an influence over a lifetime," says Dr. Williams, a specialist in congenital heart disease (CHD) who joined Children's Hospital Los Angeles in 2000. (chla.org)
  • Congenital heart disease, the most frequent form of major birth defect in newborns, became her calling. (chla.org)
  • Objective: To provide an overview of the development of the Preparing Heart and Mindâ„¢ (PHMâ„¢) care program designed for parents with a prenatal diagnosis of critical congenital heart disease (CCHD) and describe issues of parental concern, caregiving competencies, and type and timing of PHMâ„¢ topics. (bvsalud.org)
  • Background Infants with single ventricle congenital heart disease undergo 3 staged surgeries/interventions, with risk for morbidity and mortality. (bvsalud.org)
  • this technology has also enabled the field of congenital heart disease to gain greater understanding of the unique fetal hemodynamics and the mechanisms involved in the evolution of cardiac disease in utero. (medscape.com)
  • In addition to chronic diseases, higher phthalate levels were associated with increased levels of a range of inflammatory biomarkers in the body," he says. (sciencedaily.com)
  • The key importance of this finding is that it suggests that white matter tract measures may prove to be promising candidate biomarkers for predicting incipient cognitive decline among cognitively normal individuals in a clinical setting, possibly more so than gray matter measures," he said. (eurekalert.org)
  • However, the broader applicability of retinal photograph-based deep learning for predicting other systemic biomarkers and the generalisability of this approach to various populations remains unexplored. (mediwhale.com)
  • New research also found that blood-based biomarkers can distinguish between bipolar disorder and depression, and can also predict a person's future risk for those disorders and help tailor medication. (medscape.com)
  • The move toward precision psychiatry is bolstered by the study's results , which validated 26 candidate biomarkers for tracking mood states in independent cohorts of people with clinically severe depression or mania, and for predicting clinical course, including future hospitalizations for depression or mania. (medscape.com)
  • An international team of researchers has identified 13 biomarkers that significantly improve the ability to accurately predict cardiovascular disease risk in people with type 2 diabetes. (lu.se)
  • The syndrome has been implicated in an increased risk of stroke, coronary artery disease and Type 2 diabetes. (livescience.com)
  • However, lots of things have changed in the past 10 years, including new treatments are now available for CKM conditions such as obesity, Type 2 diabetes and kidney disease," Khan said. (northwestern.edu)
  • The CKM Health construct and PREVENT risk calculator are suggested as a path forward for more holistic patient care to incorporate total CVD risk that includes heart failure as well as guidance on the use of new medications that have been shown to have benefits for reducing risks related to obesity, diabetes and kidney disease, Khan said. (northwestern.edu)
  • Doctors of optometry have long been able to detect markers for systemic diseases, such as diabetes and heart disease, in patients' eyes. (aoa.org)
  • Critical care and trauma, heart disease, neurosurgery, diabetes, cancer care, care of the homeless and global health are among the Hospital's recognized areas of expertise. (ices.on.ca)
  • Chemicals found in everyday plastics materials are linked to cardiovascular disease, type-2 diabetes and high blood pressure in men, according to researchers. (sciencedaily.com)
  • We found that the prevalence of cardiovascular disease, type-2 diabetes and high blood pressure increased among those men with higher total phthalate levels," says senior author Associate Professor Zumin Shi, from the University of Adelaide's Adelaide Medical School and the Freemasons Foundation Centre for Men's Health, and a member of SAHMRI's Nutrition & Metabolism theme. (sciencedaily.com)
  • May 16, 2022 Analysis of more than 11,000 people investigated whether high blood pressure or arterial stiffness may be a better predictor of future Type 2 diabetes risk. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Yet, analysis of his genome revealed: genes that predisposed to coronary artery disease, Type II Diabetes, and some forms of cancer. (drjohnm.org)
  • diseases like diabetes, cancer, and heart disease. (aacc.org)
  • So for example, in the past two decades when we were looking at the role of inflammation in cardiovascular disease, diabetes and hypertension, the so-called modern diseases, we were not only interested in examining established markers like CRP, IL-6, TNF-ά, but also we wanted to look at novel ones that reflect different aspects of the disease, like CD40 ligand and matrix metalloproteinases and others. (aacc.org)
  • These fat cells act like an invading army, increasing inflammation and putting you at risk for diabetes, Alzheimer's, arthritis, heart disease, and cancer. (barnesandnoble.com)
  • People with a diet rich in fruits and vegetables, fish, whole grains, nuts, poultry, and vegetable oils reduce the risk of heart disease by 30%, as well as a 33% lower risk of diabetes, and a 20% lower risk of stroke. (futurelearn.com)
  • Menopausal women with low levels of oestrogen have an increased risk of diseases such as heart disease, osteoporosis, type 2 diabetes, depression and dementia. (ovarian.org.uk)
  • The sites then conduct and validate genomic risk-assessment and management methods for several common diseases, such as coronary heart disease, stroke, and diabetes. (uab.edu)
  • The 2002 adaption deleted the variables of diabetes and family history of premature coronary heart disease (CHD), added the impact of treatment for hypertension, and used only hard coronary heart disease endpoints in its calculations. (medscape.com)
  • Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a strong cardiovascular risk factor and is often accompanied by hypertension and diabetes. (news-medical.net)
  • Unfortunately, we're now losing them to the different things like kidney issues, heart disease, and diabetes. (medscape.com)
  • Obesity is associated with hypertension and diabetes, which are risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD) (1). (cdc.gov)
  • Although people with type 2 diabetes are two times more likely to develop cardiovascular disease than those without diabetes, it remains a challenge for clinicians to predict who among this population is most at risk. (lu.se)
  • With numbers that high, it's important to identify readily available ways to accurately classify patients so that those at higher risk of cardiovascular disease can receive the preventative care they need", says Maria F. Gomez, co-senior author of the study and professor of physiology at Lund University Diabetes Centre. (lu.se)
  • The researchers reviewed more than 9000 studies published between 1990 and 2021 to identify the most promising biomarker candidates for prediction of cardiovascular disease among people with diabetes. (lu.se)
  • The team found that, across several studies, higher levels of NT-proBNP in the body correlated with a higher risk of cardiovascular disease in patients with type 2 diabetes. (lu.se)
  • If future studies confirm their value in predicting cardiovascular risk in patients with type 2 diabetes, we may be able to change standards of care", says co-senior author of the analysis Ronald Ma, professor of diabetes at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. (lu.se)
  • Long-term Follow-up of ACCORD and Advance Interventions Can preventing the progression of hyperglycemia among patients with diabetes prevent future cardiovascular complications? (medscape.com)
  • In the United Kingdom, the Government's Department of Health has discovered that 80% of all consultations are taken up with chronic complaints, which range from heart disease, stroke and diabetes to depression and addiction. (who.int)
  • The new model can predict risk of heart disease beginning 10 years younger than before (now at age 30), and estimates someone's risk of total heart disease, which newly includes heart failure, in addition to heart attack and stroke. (northwestern.edu)
  • [6] Coronary artery disease, stroke, and peripheral artery disease involve atherosclerosis . (wikipedia.org)
  • [14] [15] Coronary artery disease and stroke account for 80% of CVD deaths in males and 75% of CVD deaths in females. (wikipedia.org)
  • Regardless of some differences in the scoring systems applied, the researchers found that eating patterns which include whole grains, vegetables, fruits, legumes, and nuts, as well as lower intakes of red and processed meats and sugar-sweetened beverages, were consistently associated with lower risk of cardiovascular events (such as coronary heart disease and stroke). (futurelearn.com)
  • Those specific proteins were determined to best help indicate a patient's risk level of heart attack, heart failure, stroke, or even cardiovascular death in those with CKD. (news-medical.net)
  • These models could predict disease risk, trigger advance notification of life-threatening conditions like stroke and heart attack, and warn of potential adverse drug reactions. (time.com)
  • Data from the decades-long Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities study showed that small, yet elevated levels of a specific protein-troponin-I, released by the heart muscle-were associated with future cases of heart failure, stroke, coronary disease and death. (neozene.com)
  • Compared to adults with lower levels of troponin-I, the study found those with higher amounts were more than twice as likely to have a serious event such as a heart attack, and were nearly three times more likely to suffer an ischemic stroke. (neozene.com)
  • and may prevent long-term health problems, such as coronary heart disease, cancer, and stroke. (cdc.gov)
  • It also includes a measure of kidney health, which has been recognized more recently as an important risk factor for heart disease that can be managed and treated to improve health outcomes. (northwestern.edu)
  • We considered exposure to straight MWF in relation to three outcomes: all-causes of death combined, all cancer mortality, and heart disease mortality. (cdc.gov)
  • Utilization of machine learning methods for predicting surgical outcomes after total knee arthroplasty. (cdc.gov)
  • Can we predict poorer outcomes, such as cardiac events, over time based on symptom clusters? (medscape.com)
  • Researchers from the University of Adelaide and the South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI) investigated the independent association between chronic diseases among men and concentrations of potentially harmful chemicals known as phthalates. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Importantly, while 82% of the men we tested were overweight or obese -- conditions known to be associated with chronic diseases -- when we adjusted for this in our study, the significant association between high levels of phthalates and disease was not substantially altered," Associate Professor Shi says. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Since data on the association of CRP levels with ALS are often derived from observational studies, which could be subject to potential confounding bias and reverse causes, such as chronic diseases, cardiovascular risk factors and so on, it is unclear whether CRP levels are a risk factor for ALS. (frontiersin.org)
  • This information may inform care of clinical populations or infants who are critically ill, hospitalized, or who have chronic diseases and may benefit most from receiving HM. (bvsalud.org)
  • According to the World Health Organization, of 58 million annual deaths worldwide, a staggering 35 million are the result of chronic diseases. (who.int)
  • In Scotland, although mortality rates have declined steadily for decades (eg, coronary heart disease (CHD) mortality rates for men were 72% lower in 2009 than in 1950), in 2009, Scottish CHD mortality rates for men and women were 39% and 64% higher, respectively, than the average for Western Europe. (bmj.com)
  • Although significant reductions have occurred in the incidence of cardiovascular disease (CVD) since the mid-1970s, this is still the primary cause of morbidity and mortality in many countries [1,2]. (who.int)
  • The bias arises because leaving work is associated with mortality, determines future exposure and is predicted by past exposure and employment history. (cdc.gov)
  • But the researchers say there is no evidence in Sweden that there were bed shortages, higher mortality from heart disease or changes in quality of care in hospitals - factors which might have suggested people were becoming ill but had decided not to seek emergency help. (leeds.ac.uk)
  • Cardiovascular diseases are a leading cause of mortality and disability worldwide, we provide four lifestyle steps to reduce the risk of CVD. (futurelearn.com)
  • Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are a leading cause of mortality and disability worldwide. (futurelearn.com)
  • Conclusions Our findings suggest BA measures may be complementary in predicting risk for mortality and age-related disease. (deepdyve.com)
  • DNA methylation age predicts mortality independent of chronologic age and other risk factors (11,12) and is associated with some age-related conditions such as brain aging (13), but not with coronary heart disease (14). (deepdyve.com)
  • We hypothesized that different types of BA measures (clinical, inflammatory, and genomic) make unique contributions to age-related disease risk and all-cause mortality. (deepdyve.com)
  • Tehran Lipid and Glucose Study was initi- disease (CVD) since the mid-1970s, this ated in 1998 to determine the risk factors of is still the primary cause of morbidity and arteriosclerosis among the urban population mortality in many countries [ 1,2 ]. (who.int)
  • There is currently no specific data that links the types of the diseases and mortality to use of tobacco. (who.int)
  • Conclusions: Tobacco smoking and high blood pressure are the two major risk factors for adult mortality from non- communicable diseases and injuries in Japan. (who.int)
  • The results suggest waist size "would be a good measurement to use in clinical settings if we want to identify those children who are most at risk for future health complications," he said. (livescience.com)
  • Cardiovascular disease is a leading cause of pregnancy complications. (clevelandclinic.org)
  • But cardiovascular disease during pregnancy sometimes leads to serious complications. (clevelandclinic.org)
  • If you have preexisting heart disease, you may face a higher risk of heart-related complications during pregnancy. (clevelandclinic.org)
  • Some heart conditions can raise your risk of pregnancy complications. (clevelandclinic.org)
  • The Global Burden of Disease Study 1 estimated that in 2010 cardiovascular disease (CVD), including rheumatic heart diseases, hypertensive diseases, ischaemic heart diseases, pulmonary heart disease, other forms of heart disease, cerebrovascular diseases (CBVDs), diseases of arteries and diseases of veins, was the cause of death in approximately 30% of all global deaths. (bmj.com)
  • Markers of cardiovascular disease, such as hypertensive retinopathy and cholesterol emboli, can often manifest in the eye," researchers say. (aoa.org)
  • On those days when the location data revealed people were staying close to home, the proportion of patients going to hospital for emergency heart treatment dropped from an average of 63 patients a day pre-COVID to an average of 55 patients a day during the first wave of the pandemic from 1 March to 7 May 2020. (leeds.ac.uk)
  • Heart rate variability (HRV) is a common index for ANS, and HRV has been used to explore the association between ANS and clinical illnesses. (qigonginstitute.org)
  • Emotional and HRV screening should be applied to COPD patients in clinical practice, and emotional management or HRV biofeedback training can be used to improve anxiety and HRV for future studies. (qigonginstitute.org)
  • By looking at millions of his AT-CG pairs the researchers were able to identify strikingly pertinent clinical issues, like predispositions to disease and markers of drug metabolism. (drjohnm.org)
  • Genetic analysis with this kind of clinical specificity will likely change how we diagnosis present conditions, predict future events, and in many cases, may even allow for a-priori adjustment of important pharmacologic therapy. (drjohnm.org)
  • SACRAMENTO, Calif.) - The degeneration of a small, wishbone-shaped structure deep inside the brain may provide the earliest clues to future cognitive decline, long before healthy older people exhibit clinical symptoms of memory loss or dementia, a study by researchers with the UC Davis Alzheimer's Disease Center has found. (eurekalert.org)
  • But developing the use of the fornix as a predictor in a clinical setting will take some time, in the same way that it took time for evaluation of cholesterol levels to be used to predict future heart disease," he said. (eurekalert.org)
  • The funding builds upon the existing eMERGE Network to support both a coordinating center and clinical sites specifically focused on better understanding disease risk and susceptibility by combining genomic and environmental factors and investigating how future findings can be used to help clinicians and patients manage disease risk. (uab.edu)
  • By incorporating known clinical and family history related risk we aim to deploy genome informed risk assessments into the electronic medical record for each patient and tailor disease prevention interventions for patients of all race groups," Limdi says. (uab.edu)
  • A key component of this effort will be to determine how to integrate clinical data, genomic risk estimates, and family history to deliver disease management recommendations into the EMR for clinicians to be able to receive and respond to the information," says James Cimino, M.D., professor of Medicine, director of the UAB Informatics Institute, and co-PI for eMERGE. (uab.edu)
  • Then, over their lifetimes, cost-effective, minimally invasive clinical-grade devices could accurately monitor a range of biometrics such as heart rate, blood pressure, temperature and glucose levels, in addition to environmental factors such as exposure to pathogens and toxins, and behavioral factors like sleep and activity patterns. (time.com)
  • Informative Power Evaluation of Clinical Parameters to Predict Initial Therapeutic Response in Patients with Advanced Pleural Mesothelioma: A Machine Learning Approach. (cdc.gov)
  • 9 10 11 12 Lifetime risks which measure the cumulative risk of developing a disease during the remainder of an individual's life 13 would reflect this relatively high risk and, given that lifetime risk estimates provide assessment over the full life course, they may provide a more appropriate assessment of future risks than estimates limited to 10 years, particularly at younger ages. (bmj.com)
  • Paul Barney, O.D., chair of the AOA's New Technologies Committee, read with interest the story of how Google researchers were able to use their database and algorithms to predict cardiovascular risks. (aoa.org)
  • Dr. Barney, who practices in Alaska, called the study "impressive" for its potential to predict cardiovascular risks by detecting "trends" and otherwise subtle changes in the eye that might be missed by the human eye. (aoa.org)
  • A new study suggests that COVID-19 guidance in Sweden may have reduced people's risks of having a heart attack. (leeds.ac.uk)
  • So a simple test on teeth that are naturally shed by children as they grow could provide useful information about future health risks. (trustedhealthproducts.com)
  • Our investigation demonstrates that a statistical relational analysis of longitudinal data can easily uncover complex interactions of risks factors and actually predict future coronary artery calcification (CAC) levels - an indicator of the risk of CHD present subclinically in an individual - significantly better than traditional non-relational approaches. (aaai.org)
  • Research by the World Obesity Federation predicts that by 2025, 241,000 schoolchildren in Ireland will be overweight or obese by 2025. (irishheart.ie)
  • In the United Kingdom, the number of obese children is predicted to double over the next 10 years. (who.int)
  • We aimed to determine whether non-HDL cholesterol predicts CHD events among diabetic women independently of currently established risk factors and the status of glycaemic control. (bgu.ac.il)
  • The researchers concluded that 47% of the coronary events (heart attacks and the like) occurred to those people whose exercise EKGs did not indicate any heart problems. (anh-usa.org)
  • While the presence of high levels of troponin in the bloodstream has been used to help detect acute heart attacks in the emergency room, Abbott says that new study data employing its high-sensitivity test could predict a person's chances of having a cardiac event years into the future, even in patients showing no symptoms. (neozene.com)
  • Furthermore, because blood vessels can be non-invasively visualized from retinal fundus images, various features in the retina, such as vessel caliber, bifurcation or tortuosity, microvascular changes and vascular fractal dimensions, may reflect the systemic health of the cardiovascular system as well as future risk. (aoa.org)
  • Cardiovascular disease ( CVD ) is any disease involving the heart or blood vessels . (wikipedia.org)
  • There are many cardiovascular diseases involving the blood vessels. (wikipedia.org)
  • But first, it's helpful to take a step back and learn how pregnancy affects your heart and blood vessels . (clevelandclinic.org)
  • Cardiac angiography is used to treat blockages to the heart s blood vessels that cause a heart attack. (leeds.ac.uk)
  • A joint research team led by Severance Hospital professors has developed an algorithm that predicts the risk of new cardiovascular diseases by observing changes in blood vessels in the retina images, the hospital said in a news release Thursday. (mediwhale.com)
  • A joint research team led by Severance Hospital has developed an algorithm that predicts the risk of new cardiovascular diseases by observing changes in blood vessels in the retina images. (mediwhale.com)
  • A 10 percent increase in activity relating to retail and recreation was associated with a 15 per cent increase in heart attack and angina cases collectively known as acute coronary syndrome (ACS) - seen at the cardiac angiography clinics. (leeds.ac.uk)
  • The artificial intelligence (AI)-based algorithm uses coronary artery calcification index to predict heart diseases, including cardiac infarction or angina, more effectively without exposing patients to radiation. (mediwhale.com)
  • Professor Rim also said, "Application of deep learning to identify the relationship between the retina and systemic diseases is still in early stages, so we need to approach carefully considering several variables that could affect the study. (mediwhale.com)
  • The data used was from the Framingham Heart Study, an ongoing study begun in 1948 of healthy adults, in a largely white population in Framingham, MA. (medscape.com)
  • Methods Study Sample The Framingham Heart Study (FHS) is a community-based longitudinal cohort study initiated in 1948 to study determinants of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and its risk factors. (deepdyve.com)
  • The update, called PREVENT TM ( Predicting Risk of cardiovascular disease EVENTs ), predicts someone's risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD) better and younger than before, and its race-free approach reflects the need to prioritize health equity when approaching prediction and prevention of CVD, said corresponding study author Dr. Sadiya Khan. (northwestern.edu)
  • The face prediction is just predicting the average face for your race. (technologyreview.com)
  • A child's waistline is the best predictor, in terms of body measurements, of his or her risk for heart disease later in life, according to a new study. (livescience.com)
  • The study is one of the first to compare different body measurements and how well they predicted future disease risk. (livescience.com)
  • We prospectively followed 921 diabetic women in the Nurses' Health Study, who were free of cardiovascular disease at the time that blood was drawn in 1989/90. (bgu.ac.il)
  • A child's level of physical activity may predict future heart health, with young people who don't exercise enough showing early signs of cardiovascular health problems, according to a study presented at the American College of Sports Medicine's 57th Annual Meeting in Baltimore. (momsteam.com)
  • Our research found that young hearts mimic older hearts in the way they react to low levels of physical activity,' said Randal Claytor, Ph.D., lead author of the study. (momsteam.com)
  • For the first time in 10 years, the American Heart Association (AHA) has updated the model to predict someone's risk of developing heart disease, reports a new Northwestern Medicine study published in the American Heart Association's flagship journal Circulation . (northwestern.edu)
  • In this study, we introduce a cardiovascular disease (CVD) policy model which can be used to model remaining life expectancy including a measure of socioeconomic deprivation as an independent risk factor for CVD. (bmj.com)
  • In a study published Feb. 19 in Nature Biomedical Engineering , researchers reported that they used retinal fundus images from 284,335 people to extract signs of cardiovascular disease and link that to its known risk factors. (aoa.org)
  • The study has 2 major components: phase 1, a cross sectional prevalence study of cardiovascular disease and associated risk factors, and phase 2, a prospective 20-year follow-up study [9]. (who.int)
  • This study suggests that genetically predicted CRP levels may not be a causal risk factor for ALS. (frontiersin.org)
  • Dr Moman Mohammad, from Lund University , Sweden, who led the study, said: The results give a first insight into how data from mobile devices may provide a rapid measure of how the behaviour of a population might change and how that can influence the spread of disease and possibly, enable us to predict the level of future hospitalisations. (leeds.ac.uk)
  • The study was conducted over five years in a group of 102 diverse, cognitively normal people with an average age of 73 who were recruited through community outreach at the Alzheimer's Disease Center. (eurekalert.org)
  • The study measured two relevant fornix characteristics predicting future cognitive impairment - low fornix white matter volume and reduced axonal integrity. (eurekalert.org)
  • A simple oral rinse to check levels of white blood cells might be able to predict the risk of heart disease, according to a study published August 18 in the journal Frontiers of Oral Health. (abilitytoday.com)
  • The 17-page American Heart Association study appears to givea mixed review to the imaging technique, which measures arterialcalcium to predict the probability of future heart disease. (diagnosticimaging.com)
  • A Sept.5 article in the newspaper noted that the AHA study found thatultrafast CT can measure coronary disease risk, but warned doctorsagainst using the test indiscriminately. (diagnosticimaging.com)
  • One of the important conclusions of this study relies on the observation that low-fat diets are not necessarily beneficial to individuals with heart conditions. (futurelearn.com)
  • According to a new study , Nordic walking was found to boost functional capacity, or the ability to do everyday tasks, in individuals with coronary heart disease more than normal high-intensity interval training and moderate-to-vigorous intensity continuous training. (helsinkitimes.fi)
  • No previous study has directly compared the long-term effects of high-intensity interval training, moderate-to-vigorous intensity continuous training and Nordic walking," commented Tasuku Terada , PhD, Exercise Physiology and Cardiovascular Health Lab, Division of Cardiac Prevention and Rehabilitation, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada. (helsinkitimes.fi)
  • A new proteomic risk model for cardiovascular disease was found to be more accurate than current methods of measuring cardiac risk, according to a new study led by researchers in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. (news-medical.net)
  • The study published today in the European Heart Journal . (news-medical.net)
  • All participants had CKD and no history of cardiovascular disease at study baseline. (news-medical.net)
  • Not only did the study indicate this model was more accurate compared to current approaches, the researchers were able to identify several proteins, like cartilage intermediate layer protein 2 (CILP2), that can be used in future research to identify cardiac risk or be the target for novel therapies. (news-medical.net)
  • Children with obstructive sleep apnea are nearly three times more likely to develop high blood pressure when they become teenagers than children who never experience sleep apnea, according to a new study funded by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), part of the National Institutes of Health. (eurekalert.org)
  • While past studies have linked sleep apnea to high blood pressure and an increased risk of heart disease in adults, few have examined the long-term health impact of the disorder in children as they transition to adolescence, said lead study author Julio Fernandez-Mendoza, Ph.D., an associate professor at the Sleep Research and Treatment Center at Penn State College of Medicine in Hershey, Pennsylvania. (eurekalert.org)
  • Our study showed that pediatric sleep apnea can act as a gateway to future hypertension," Fernandez-Mendoza said. (eurekalert.org)
  • The large-scale ARIC epidemiological study included a group of 8,121 adults between 54 and 73 years old, who were followed for about 15 years after having their blood drawn in 1998 when they had no known heart disease. (neozene.com)
  • Recently, a separate study found that reduced heart rate variability (HRV) is associated with bipolar disease severity and may be viable as a biomarker. (medscape.com)
  • In a study that included 53 adult patients with bipolar I or II disease, investigators used the Illness Burden Index, a novel measure developed by the research team, to assess patients. (medscape.com)
  • Although several past studies have quantified the impact of individual risk factors in Japan, to our knowledge no study has assessed and compared the effects of multiple modifiable risk factors for non-communicable diseases and injuries using a standard framework. (who.int)
  • What is cardiac disease in pregnancy? (clevelandclinic.org)
  • Families offered that chance are ones whose children have a heart defect or cardiac disease that requires surgery but is not immediately life-threatening. (yle.fi)
  • This could be a very early and useful marker for future incipient decline," said Evan Fletcher, the study's lead author and a project scientist with the UC Davis Alzheimer's Disease Center. (eurekalert.org)
  • Hippocampal atrophy occurs in the later stages of cognitive decline and is one of the most studied changes associated with the Alzheimer's disease process. (eurekalert.org)
  • Over time about 20 percent began to show symptoms that led to diagnoses with either mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and, in a minority of cases, Alzheimer's disease. (eurekalert.org)
  • There is currently a strong research focus on understanding brain processes that lead eventually to Alzheimer's disease. (eurekalert.org)
  • The Medical Research Council National Survey of Health and Development (NSHD), also known as the British 1946 birth cohort, continues to this day and the information enables us to glean new understandings about health - including the workings of the brain and the development of Alzheimer's disease. (yahoo.com)
  • Adults who have low levels of physical activity often have 'arterial stiffness' - a precursor of cardiovascular disease development. (momsteam.com)
  • One in three U.S. adults has three or more risk factors that contribute to CVD, kidney disease and/or metabolic disorders, according to the AHA . (northwestern.edu)
  • [3] Most cardiovascular disease affects older adults. (wikipedia.org)
  • The Age-adjusted weighted means, prevalences, and 95% con- eligible sample included nonpregnant adults aged 30-74 years, fidence intervals were calculated for actual age, predicted who had no self-reported history of CVD, including coro- heart age, and excess heart age. (cdc.gov)
  • Then, she says, "I realized pediatric cardiology was more novel, more complex, more interesting and fun than the acquired heart disease most adults got. (chla.org)
  • The prevalence of dyslipidemia is quite high, that two out of five Korean adults suffer from the disease. (mediwhale.com)
  • The medtech giant said the research suggests adding the test to routine physicals of healthy middle-aged and older adults to help ward off the onset of heart disease. (neozene.com)
  • Since these seminal events, both of these patients have embraced the heart-healthy program. (drjohnm.org)
  • But no matter how vigorous the search for answers, certainty in predicting cardiac events is like the asymptote-it gets close, but never intersects. (drjohnm.org)
  • Although Sweden was not locked down, people aged 70 or over were urged to stay at home and that could have reduced exposure to some of the events that are known to trigger a heart attack such as stress, intense physical activity, air pollution and exposure to some viruses. (leeds.ac.uk)
  • This diet pattern is similar to what is usually considered to be a Mediterranean diet, which was proven in a randomized controlled trial to lower the risk of major cardiovascular events amongst patients with cardiovascular disease. (futurelearn.com)
  • Growing evidence suggests that non-conventional exercise interventions, such as high-intensity interval training and Nordic walking are more effective than traditional exercise approaches in improving functional capacity measured by a six-minute walk test - an important predictor of cardiovascular events in patients with coronary artery disease. (helsinkitimes.fi)
  • This is a key finding because lower functional capacity predicts a higher risk of future cardiovascular events in people with coronary artery disease," noted Dr Reed. (helsinkitimes.fi)
  • Additionally, there was a stronger correlation to future events in women compared to men. (neozene.com)
  • Thus, little scientific basis exists for predicting whether the current enzootic/epizootic avian H5N1 virus will become pandemic: none of the known pandemic influenza events of the past 87 years seem to have much in common with the current H5N1 situation. (cdc.gov)
  • There have been more than 4,000 genome-wide association studies conducted that have enabled the development of polygenic risk scores, which can help predict the future risk of many common diseases," says Nita A. Limdi, Pharm.D., Ph.D. MSPH, professor of Neurology and Epidemiology, director for the program in Translational Pharmacogenomics, associate director at the UAB Hugh Kaul Precision Medicine Institute, and principal investigator for eMERGE at UAB. (uab.edu)
  • Design A state transition model was developed using the Scottish Heart Health Extended Cohort (SHHEC) linked to Scottish morbidity and death records. (bmj.com)
  • This new model was found to be more accurate in identifying those at risk of future cardiovascular disease, as compared to both the 2013 ACC/AHA Pooled Cohort Equation (PCE)-;which provides a set of guidelines for best practices in measuring cardiovascular risk-;and a modified PCE that included estimated glomerular filtrate rate (eGFR). (news-medical.net)
  • In addition, these teens were also more likely to have a specific form of high blood pressure called orthostatic hypertension, which occurs when standing up rapidly from a prone position and is considered a strong risk factor for heart disease in adulthood. (eurekalert.org)
  • Metabolic syndrome is a collection of symptoms associated with cardiovascular disease , including high blood sugar, high blood pressure and low levels of "good" cholesterol. (livescience.com)
  • 95% CI: 1.13-1.35), and both non-HDL cholesterol and HbA 1 c additively predicted CHD risk (RR for the combination of high non-HDL cholesterol and high HbA 1 c[tertiles]: 4.59). (bgu.ac.il)
  • Although the scientific/physical benefits of Orthodox Christian fasting is not the greatest benefit or reason for doing so, its still a proven fact that being Orthodox lowers your cholesterol, risk for heart disease & cancer, boosts immunity, resets the bodies internal and external functions to default, energizes the organs and lowers chance of depression, stress and mental health. (johnsanidopoulos.com)
  • For decades, researchers investigating the crosslink between diet and heart diseases dedicated most of their efforts on individual nutrients, mainly cholesterol and distinct types of fats. (futurelearn.com)
  • when cholesterol elevations occur in combination with other risk factors, a much higher risk for CVD is predicted. (medscape.com)
  • This issue of Emerging Infectious Diseases includes a group of invited articles addressing pandemic influenza. (cdc.gov)
  • However, new algorithms developed by Google researchers may someday help doctors identify risk factors associated with heart disease, and counsel patients on the best steps to take for their health. (aoa.org)
  • The researchers say the decline in people attending hospital with a heart attack was seen in other countries including the UK, where 2,000-plus excess deaths in England and Wales have been linked to people experiencing a heart attack and not seeking emergency medical treatment out of fear of contracting COVID-19 or because they did not want to overwhelm hard-pressed NHS services. (leeds.ac.uk)
  • The researchers say that messaging about hand hygiene and social distancing has reduced the spread of other respiratory conditions such as flu which could also trigger heart problems. (leeds.ac.uk)
  • If similar patterns can be seen in current day mothers and children, the researchers hope this could lead to a simple test on baby teeth to predict potential health problems in adulthood. (trustedhealthproducts.com)
  • Severance researchers explained that they had studied a non-invasive cardiovascular risk assessment model that allows doctors to predict without exposing patients to radiation. (mediwhale.com)
  • As physicians cannot accurately predict who will outgrow sleep apnea, early treatment may be beneficial to the long-term cardiovascular health of children, the researchers suggest. (eurekalert.org)
  • At a presentation during the virtual European Psychiatric Association (EPA) 2021 Congress, researchers discussed the role that calcium homeostasis may play in bipolar disease severity (see Infographic below). (medscape.com)
  • In an era of personalized medicine, these findings indicate a new route for future research into therapeutic targets. (news-medical.net)
  • Sleep apnea and its risk factors should be screened for, monitored, and targeted early in life to prevent future cardiovascular disease. (eurekalert.org)
  • The Apgar score that evaluates a baby's condition at birth may also be a useful tool for predicting whether a mother is critically ill, new research suggests. (ices.on.ca)
  • A small proportion of women have a planned admission to ICU, not because they are critically ill, but for special monitoring of things such as a pre-existing heart condition. (ices.on.ca)
  • The 2009 30-year FRS-HCVD estimates risk from age 45 based on a larger number of major risk factors and uses only hard disease endpoints. (medscape.com)
  • There were three variants associated with the risk of sudden death, a Lp(a) variant associated with lipid abnormalities and familial coronary artery disease. (drjohnm.org)
  • In addition to these disease-predicting gene variants, this patient also had highly relevant genetic information on how he would interact with future pharmacologic treatments. (drjohnm.org)
  • Due to the random assignment of genes at conception, genetic variants predate disease development and are not influenced by environmental risk factors. (frontiersin.org)
  • Those in the highest measure of predicted risk had an observed incident cardiovascular event rate of 60 percent over 10 years. (news-medical.net)
  • Subjects Patients aged 30-84 years who were free of cardiovascular disease and not taking statins between 1 January 1994 and 30 April 2010: 2 343 759 in the derivation dataset, and 1 267 159 in the validation dataset. (bmj.com)
  • He said that routine MRI examination of the fornix could conceivably be used clinically in the future as a predictor of abnormal cognitive decline. (eurekalert.org)
  • Coronary artery calcification index is the best predictor of cardiovascular disease risk, but it is not easy to receive a cardiac CT scan. (mediwhale.com)
  • The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) cannot attest to the accuracy of a non-federal website. (cdc.gov)
  • An international team of climate scientists suggests that research centers around the world using numerical models to predict future climate change should include simulations of past climates in their evaluation and statement of their model performance. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Each of these was stronger than any other brain factor in models predicting cognitive loss, Fletcher said. (eurekalert.org)
  • Autonomic nervous system (ANS) dysregulation is an important pathophysiological mechanism in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). (qigonginstitute.org)
  • This again shows how crucial physical activity is to current and future health. (momsteam.com)
  • The hospital also provides outstanding medical education to future health care professionals in 27 academic disciplines. (ices.on.ca)
  • Conclusion: The g-estimation method is unique in that it takes into account the fact that health status is both a confounder and an intermediate variable between exposure and disease. (cdc.gov)
  • And what he knows is this: There is no greater threat to you and your family-to your health, your happiness, even your financial future. (barnesandnoble.com)
  • Baby teeth from children who died during the 1845-52 Irish famine could help us predict the future health of children born today, according to new research. (trustedhealthproducts.com)
  • Home / Healthcare & Medicine / Agriculture / Nutrition for Health and Sustainability / What Factors Contribute to Heart Disease? (futurelearn.com)
  • Conversely, incorporating healthy fats (e.g., extra-virgin olive oil and nuts) can support heart health and facilitate weight loss. (futurelearn.com)
  • These tips can also improve heart health, which may further reduce your ED symptoms. (healthline.com)
  • Commenting Ms Kathryn Reilly, Policy Manager with the Irish Heart Foundation said, "This research places the crisis in children's health in the context of childhood overweight and obesity which is increasingly prevalent, showing a trend where overweight and obesity is following children as they get older. (irishheart.ie)
  • The consequences for the future health of these children will be dire. (irishheart.ie)
  • Health care of the future could morph as well. (time.com)
  • Having a clearer picture of a patient's heart health can serve as a wake-up call-empowering people to work with their doctors to take control of their heart health and possibly prevent a future cardiac event," Agim Beshiri, Abbott Diagnostics' senior medical director for global medical and scientific affairs, said in a statement. (neozene.com)
  • Understanding the biologic processes of aging and how these processes confer susceptibility to chronic disease may lead to successful interventions that delay aging and improve health span (3). (deepdyve.com)
  • Because dietary factors 'contribute substantially to the burden of preventable illness and premature death in the United States,' the national health promotion and disease prevention objectives encourage schools to provide nutrition education from preschool through 12th grade (1). (cdc.gov)
  • World Health Organization (WHO) and Center for Disease Control (CDC) developed the Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS) to track tobacco use among youth across countries using a common methodology and core questionnaire. (who.int)
  • Controlling risk factors for non-communicable diseases and association from large-scale prospective studies and meta-analyses external causes is essential for the improvement of adult health. (who.int)
  • This acceleration in long-term disease, it seems to me, can be seen as the result of fragmented approaches to health which, in turn, fail to produce that apparently most elusive quality, which is harmony. (who.int)
  • Dr Nichols reviews new research on disease course and challenges associated with transition to adult care. (medscape.com)
  • The application of deep learning to retinal photographs has yielded promising results in predicting age, sex, blood pressure, and hematological parameters. (mediwhale.com)
  • Patients determined to have high risk in the retinal examination and those with an increased risk in the coronary artery calcification index test had the same occurrence of cardiovascular disease and death caused by the disease. (mediwhale.com)
  • To verify the risk assessment algorithm developed afterward, the research team used the customized prevention data for the high-risk group of cardiovascular disease collected by Professor Park Sung-ha. (mediwhale.com)
  • 1 National policies now support targeting of interventions to reduce risk of cardiovascular disease among high risk patients. (bmj.com)
  • Data were drawn from the BRFSS 2013, 2015, and 2017 and management of heart disease in cancer survivors has given survey cycles because CVD-specific modules are conducted in rise to the discipline of cardio-oncology, which focuses on the odd-numbered years. (cdc.gov)
  • Does Your Genome Predict Your Face? (technologyreview.com)
  • Venter's team used genome data to predict face shape, eye and hair color, and even what your voice sounds like and melded them into images they said were accurate enough to re-identify whose genome it was. (technologyreview.com)
  • While we still don't understand the exact reasons why phthalates are independently linked to disease, we do know the chemicals impact on the human endocrine system, which controls hormone release that regulate the body's growth, metabolism, and sexual development and function. (sciencedaily.com)