Lifestyle
Healthy lifestyle linked to reduced risk for breast cancer recurrence, mortality
Adherence to American Institute for Cancer Research and American Cancer Society’s lifestyle recommendations appeared associated with a decreased risk for breast cancer recurrence and mortality among women with high-risk disease.
Lifestyle interventions show positive effect on CKD progression, quality of life
Lifestyle interventions improved measures for creatinine, 24-hour albuminuria, blood pressure and body weight among patients with chronic kidney disease, according to data published in Kidney Medicine.
Research underscores value of healthy lifestyle choices among childhood cancer survivors
Long-term childhood cancer survivors who maintained a healthy lifestyle with fewer modifiable heart disease risk factors had a 20% lower risk for mortality compared with those who did not, results of a retrospective study showed.
Healthy lifestyle tied to lower long COVID risk
Having a healthy lifestyle, particularly a healthy BMI and adequate sleep, before becoming infected with SARS-CoV-2 helped stave off the development of long COVID, according to a prospective cohort study published in JAMA Internal Medicine.
Online calculator predicts user risk for developing CKD in up to 8 years
A new calculator was validated and is available online to predict a user’s risk for developing chronic kidney disease in up to 8 years, according to data published in the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology.
Healthy lifestyle, behavior slows memory decline
Adherence to a healthy lifestyle paired with positive individual behavior reduces the rate of memory decline, according to a study published in BMJ.
Healthy lifestyle can cut CVD risk in patients with FH
A healthy lifestyle was associated with reduced risk for CVD among adults with familial hypercholesterolemia regardless of their familial hypercholesterolemia mutation status, researchers reported.
Poor lifestyle trajectory scores, comorbidities increase ischemic heart disease risk
A decline in lifestyle trajectory over time is associated with increased risk for incident ischemic heart disease, according to a study published in European Journal of Preventive Cardiology.
Heavy coffee drinking may double risk for CV death in hypertension
Among adults with hypertension followed for nearly 2 decades, heavy coffee drinking was associated with doubled risk for CV death compared with no coffee drinking, according to data from a large observational study.
Simple lifestyle changes can cut CV, death risk for millions with elevated BP
Widespread adoption of simple lifestyle changes, including switching to a well-known eating plan, could reduce risk for CV events and death for millions of adults with stage 1 hypertension, researchers reported.