Tag: cardiovascular risk
Popular obesity drugs deliver weight loss but fail to improve quality of life or heart health, meta-analysis reveals
A meta-analysis published in The BMJ found that popular obesity drugs such as semaglutide and tirzepatide produce substantial weight loss…
Why Coffee’s Heart Risk Depends on Your Genes, Not Headlines
Whether coffee raises your heart disease risk depends almost entirely on a single genetic variant in the CYP1A2 enzyme. About…
Grip strength emerges as stronger mortality predictor than blood pressure in global study
Handgrip strength outperforms blood pressure as a predictor of mortality in a large prospective study of 139,691 adults across 17…
E-cigarette cooling ingredients linked to heart rhythm disorders in lab study
Laboratory study finds synthetic cooling ingredients in e-cigarettes cause abnormal heart rhythms in mice and human heart cells. Research published…
Short Sleep Triggers Persistent Inflammation That Raises Heart Disease Risk by 34%
Laboratory research reveals that five nights of four-hour sleep increases inflammatory markers by 145%, with levels persisting even after recovery…
Diabetes and Hypertension Drive Severe Coronary Artery Disease in Western India Study
New research from Western Maharashtra shows diabetes mellitus affects 73.5% of patients with severe coronary artery disease. The study of…