Lifestyle

Patients with obesity experienced improved CV and mental health after attending a nonjudgmental and personalized lifestyle modification program, according to a study presented at EuroHeartCare.

In an update to the 2017 hypertension guideline, the American Heart Association recommended lifestyle changes for patients with slightly elevated BP, adding medication if necessary after 6 months.

Patients with low socioeconomic status and unhealthy lifestyles had elevated risk for mortality and incident CVD, researchers reported.

Higher self-reported leisure-time physical activity was associated with reduced major adverse CV event and all-cause mortality risk, but higher occupational physical activity was linked to increased risks, researchers reported.

A cohort study of 27,271 participants with and without reduced kidney function identified a link between healthy lifestyle behaviors and reduced risk of mortality, heart disease, coronary events and strokes.

Men with a high genetic risk for prostate cancer had a lower likelihood of developing lethal disease if they adhered to a healthy lifestyle, according to data presented at the virtual American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting.

Adults who ate two or more meals prepared outside of the home daily had an increased risk for all-cause mortality vs. those who had fewer than one meal prepared outside of the home per week, according to a cross-sectional study.

The AGA Institute Clinical Practice Updates Committee and the Governing Board published evidence-based intervention advice for lifestyle modifications for treating nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in Gastroenterology.

Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis is the second leading indication for liver transplantation in the United States but there are currently no FDA-approved treatments available.

There is a significant medical need to find effective pharmacotherapies to manage NASH, the liver disease that is really a pandemic.