Heart disease may not know
These common things can tax your ticker.
Eat from right, get regular exercises, avoid smoking, limit yourself now, you probably know the keys to preventheart sickness. But recent studies have highlighted other less known behaviors and situations and situations that can be so harmful for your heart than to subsist on large macs and blow up on a package per day. Chances are, you have not heard of them - so far. Read more - and to ensure your health and health of others, do not miss theseSure sign that you have "Long" Covid and may even know.
Trouble
A new study published in theClinical Medicine JournalSuggests that people who consider their marriages are unsuccessful have a higher risk of cardiovascular disease and premature death. Researchers at the University of Tel Aviv followed nearly 9,000 men for 32 years and found that compared to men with happy marriages, those who have unsuccessful unions had a higher risk of dying of any cause, a risk more High of dying of a stroke, and a higher risk of dying of cardiovascular disease, diabetes or high blood pressure. It is also harmful because smoking or a sedentary lifestyle! Chronic stress, which has long been considered a risk factor for heart disease, may be to blame.
Excessive fat in this area of the body
Have too much fat around your heart (known as pericardial fat) greatly increases the risks of heart failure, according to ato studyPosted last month in theJournal of the American Cardiology College. The researchers examined the chest analyzes of nearly 7,000 Americans aged 45 to 84 and determined that excess pericardial fat raised the risk of heart failure - even after being adjusted for other factors Risk such as age, tobacco use, alcohol consumption, sedentary lifestyle, high blood pressure, high blood glucose, high cholesterol and previous heart attacks. The effect was not the same for both sexes: high quantities of pericardial fat doubled the risk of heart failure among women and raised it among 50% men.
Low testosterone
According to a new study presented at the European Urology Congress Association, testosterone supplementation can reduce the risk of heart attacks and caresses in men with abnormally low testosterone levels. For men at high risk of cardiovascular problems, the standardization of testosterone levels could help them follow recommendations to improve cardiac health, such as regular exercise.
Marijuana smoker
We have traveled a long path of anti-pot hysteria fromMadnessBut the growing acceptance of marijuana as a recreational drug does not mean that it is free from health risks. (After all, the same goes for alcohol and tobacco.) The Mayo clinic says the smoking of marijuana can increase blood pressure, which can be dangerous. "Marijuana raises a heart rate of up to three hours after smoking," explains the National Institute of Addiction. "This effect can increase the chances of heart attack. The elderly and heart problems can be higher."
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Scalculating on politics
A study published in May in theJournal of the American Heart Associationfound that political competitions can seriously affect your heart. Researchers have examined 2,500 people with implanted heart devices (such as heart stimulators) in North Carolina, a swing state in the 2016 presidential election.
During the periods of six weeks immediately before and after the election, the scientists found a77% greater risk of cardiac arrhythmias, an increase of 82% of Auricades arrhythmias (such as Auricades fibrillations, which can increase your risk of blood clots, stroke and other complications related to the heart) and 60% ventricular arrhythmias, abnormal heart rhythms this can lead to cardiac arrest. They found no difference based on the political candidate a sustained patient.
The researchers had already discovered that serious cardiovascular events increase after natural disasters and terrorist attacks, but this study was the first to connect cardiac problems to political campaigns. Now, to cross this pandemic with your healthiest, do not miss these 35 places you are most likely to catch Covid.