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...addition, the researchers found that women with type 2 diabetes who consumed bran—the fiber-filled part of the whole grain—displayed lower mortality rates due to cardiovascular disease...
Whole grain intake is associated with lower risk of cardiovascular disease and lower mortality rate in patients with type 2 diabetes, Harvard School of Public Health researchers...
Competitive dancers are certainly athletes, whether or not their competition of choice is seen as a sport. The stamina, flexibility, and energy dance demands necessitate frequent cardiovascular training and exercise. CDT usually practices four days a week for around two hours. Perez-Moreno runs regularly and Shelton does total body conditioning in addition to dance training. The brevity of routines—as opposed to football or basketball games, which can last hours—might seem to entail less need for endurance, but the dancers would strongly disagree. “When you get off a stage after...
...study cited smoking, high blood pressure, obesity, and high glucose levels as the principal agents contributing to discrepancies in life expectancy and mortality from cardiovascular diseases and cancers within these different groups, which were dubbed the “Eight Americas...
Other researchers say that evidence is muddy. The reduction in cardiovascular events sounds impressive until you take a closer look. Men taking Crestor had a lower risk of hard events, including fatal and nonfatal heart attack and stroke. But the only statistically significant benefits for women treated with Crestor involved less extreme end points, like hospitalization for unstable chest pain and arterial revascularization (a category of procedures that includes major surgery). To prevent one event, 36 women would need to take the statin for five years - a modest result, critics...