Sarcopenic obesity, defined by the coexistence of sarcopenia and obesity [63], is prevalent in people with diabetes. The increased risk of mortality due to cardiovascular diseases and atherosclerosis is strongly related to insulin resistance and inflammation, both can be accelerated in sarcopenic obesity...
For instance, Nieboer and Cramm (2018) demonstrated that older individuals who reside in neighborhoods that lack age-friendly features experience reduced well-being. With natural age-related declines in health, mobility, self-efficacy, and social networks (Iecovich, 2014; Phillips et al., 2005)...
The impact of PAD can be assessed by its progression, the presence of symptoms, and the excess cardiovascular events associated with systemic atherosclerosis. Approximately 27% of patients with PAD demonstrate progression of symptoms over a 5-year period, with limb loss occurring in ~4%. While th...
long-term use of opioids has been linked to sleep-disordered breathing, immunosuppression, and chronic constipation [4], while stimulants have been associated with chronic cardiovascular conditions such as hypertension, structural heart disease, and atherosclerosis which are risk factors for stroke, myoca...
Having a low economic status often associates with limited access to healthcare services. Financial limitations can lead to unmet needs for outpatient care, including difficulties in affording medications, transportation to healthcare facilities, or even co-pays for doctor visits which is associated ...
This cohort study assesses racial and ethnic disparities in 5-year overall and cause-specific survival among adults with second primary cancer in the US.
There are several reasons that could explain why people with psychotic disorders use GP or hospital services more often than the general population. For example, there is consistent evidence indicating that people with psychotic disorders experience elevated levels of physical morbidity and premature morta...
We have also examined their meat consumption; we found that parents of children with DS most frequently prepare poultry for them. For the majority of our participants water is their drink of choice, while they least often reach for mineral water and fizzy drinks. Finally, we interviewed the ...
Interestingly, a separate work reported that TMA was associated with carotid atherosclerosis in PLWH [138]. However, TMA is more volatile than TMAO, making it difficult to measure. Furthermore, another study showed that one of the TMAO precursors choline, but not TMAO, was associated with progre...
Vallejo-Vaz is the coordinator for the European Atherosclerosis Society's Familial Hypercholesterolaemia Studies Collaboration, a global registry to investigate FH. He calls the condition a "public health challenge" and said doctors should consider it as a potential cause for cardiovascular disease, par...