Share on PinterestEclipse Images/Getty Images The American Heart Association has released a new advisory regarding a new type of condition related to heart, kidney and metabolic disorders. Health experts are referring to this as cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic (CKM) syndrome. The advisory includes updated approaches to screening, stages and treatment. Heart disease has long been linked to other […]
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A new study published in The Journal of Nutrition provides intriguing insights regarding the association between the quantity and the variety of fruit and vegetable consumption and lower-risk mortality in an older Chinese population. Studies have shown beneficial effects of higher fruit and vegetable consumption and lower risk of coronary heart disease. While the American […]
Advisory Highlights: A new American Heart Association presidential advisory identifies the strong connections among cardiovascular disease (CVD), kidney disease, Type 2 diabetes and obesity, and suggests redefining CVD risk, prevention and management. The advisory defines cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic (CKM) syndrome for the first time. CKM syndrome ranges from Stage 0, or no risk factors and an entirely […]
As more Americans are being diagnosed with multiple chronic health problems at younger ages, for the first time, the American Heart Association is identifying a new medical condition that reflects the strong links among obesity, diabetes and heart and kidney disease. According to an advisory released Monday, the goal in recognizing the condition — cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic […]
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Health experts are redefining cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk, prevention and management, according to a new American Heart Association presidential advisory published today in the journal Circulation. Various aspects of cardiovascular disease that overlap with kidney disease, type 2 diabetes and obesity support the new approach. For the first time, the American […]
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With the newly dubbed “cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic (CKM) syndrome,” the American Heart Association (AHA) expands concepts of cardiovascular risk, prevention, and management in a framework that touches nearly every major organ system. In a presidential advisory, the AHA defined CKM syndrome for the first time as a health disorder attributable to overlaps among obesity, diabetes, chronic kidney […]
Abstract Climate-sensitive diseases developing from heat or cold stress threaten human health. Therefore, the future health risk induced by climate change and the aging of society need to be assessed. We developed a prediction model for mortality due to cardiovascular diseases such as myocardial infarction and cerebral infarction, which are weather or climate sensitive, using […]
