According to research, more than 80% of cardiovascular events, includingheart attack,abnormal heart rhythms, andcoronary artery disease, are preventable withhealthy lifestylesand management of known risks. The point of the checklist is to help everyone keep their hearts healthy. Aggarwal spoke with us...
An analysis of more than 6,500 adults found that having high cardiovascular health — as measured by the American Heart Association’s Life’s Essential 8 checklist — may slow the pace of biological aging, which may reduce the risk of developing cardiovascular and other age-related diseas...
"Life's Simple 7 has served as a proven, powerful tool for understanding how to achieve healthy aging and ways to improve cardiovascular health while decreasing the risks of developingheart diseaseand stroke, as well as cancer, dementia and many other chronic diseases," he said. "Given the ev...
In fact, sleep is so essential to heart health that in June 2022, the AHA granted sleep its well-deserved place on its flagship heart-health checklist, Life’s Essential 8. RELATED: Why Sleep Matters The Connection Between Sleep and Heart Health “Though poor sleep may not actually cause ...
to improve diagnostic efficiency and to elucidate heart and health related mechanisms in the field of modern occupational medicine facing an ever-changing working environment and a demographic change in general. For a practical use a checklist is attached in the appendix to support scientists and ...
Healthy Immune System We have a national & worldwide crisis on our hands. I believe we can all agree on that. How to handle the crisis has divided everyone and I think we can agree on that as well. My heart is burdened for so many reasons… for the lives lost, for the crippling fe...
The development process is summarized in the GUIDED checklist, presented in Supplement 2. To date, HeaRT is available exclusively in Hebrew; a culturally adapted Arabic version is currently in mid-stage of development. 2.2. Feature description 2.2.1. Input section The users are prompted to answer...
And for those looking for yet another reason to get a good night’s rest: It can also keep your heart healthy, according to the American Heart Association (AHA). The U.S. nonprofit added sleep duration to its list of components for cardiovascular health. The checklist, called "Life’s...
The benefits of a good night’s rest have been well established. Last year, theAmerican Heart Association (AHA)added good sleep to its cardiovascular health checklist. The organization suggests that adults need to get seven to nine hours of sleep every night for optimal cardiovascular health. Bet...
A helpful tool, Alexander said, is the AHA'sLife's Essential 8, a checklist of key measures for improving and maintaining cardiovascular health that includes getting enough sleep and managing weight and blood sugar. "The bottom line is, lifestyle matters a lot," she said....