Controlling Cardiovascular Risk Factors with Traditional Chinese Exercises Chronic diseases account for about 71% of all deaths globally in each year, whereas cardiovascular disease (CVD) is one of the main chronic diseases in middle-aged and elderl...
The Role of Senescence in Age-related Cardiovascular Diseases and Its Potential Solution According to World Health Organization, cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are one of the major causes of death globally, responsible for 17.9 million deaths every ...
Psoriasis is a chronic immune-mediated disease of the skin, with wide dermatological manifestations, most commonly involving erythematous, scaly plaques on the extensor surfaces of the joints, whereas psoriatic arthritis is also a common coexisting ...
Atherosclerosis and osteoporosis are major age-related diseases, predominantly contributing to significant morbidity and mortality in women. Osteoporosis is generally characterised by low bone mineral density and bone structure deterioration. A rece...
Despite substantial improvements in the prevention and treatment of atherosclerotic cardiovascular diseases (ASCVD), the use of recreational substances such as alcohol, tobacco and illicit drugs remains one of the key modifiable risk factors. A rece...
The consumption of refined grains and added sugars have increased globally over the past few decades. A recent prospective cohort study revealed that an increased intake of refined grains was associated with the higher risk of mortality and major ca...
Emerging evidences from numerous studies have implicated various sleep problems in the development of heart failure. Recently, a cohort study prospectively investigated the relationship between healthy sleep pattern and the risk of heart failure. In...
Evaluating Clinical Data in Renal Impaired Subgroup Former meta-analysis demonstrated that the use of NOACs, i.e. rivaroxaban, edoxaban, dabigatran and apixaban, was associated with reduced risk of stroke and systemic embolism (SE) and reduced risk ...
Pathological Bases for Coexistence of CKD and AF Dr. Wang explained that CKD and AF may frequently co-exist in a patient. The 2 disorders share many common risk factors including hypertension, diabetes mellitus (DM), ischaemic heart disease, heart f...
The Complication of T2DM with AF Prolonged elevation in blood glucose level would result in various health complications including cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) and kidney diseases 4 . In particular, T2DM was found to be a strong and independent ri...
A Brief History of Device Therapy in Cardiology The history of device therapy applying electrical energy to the body can be traced back to the 18 th century. In 1775, a Danish physicist, Nickolev Abildgaard, conducted the first studies investigating...
Underutilisation of Oral Anticoagulant in the Management of Non-valvular Atrial Fibrillation Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common type of arrhythmia and substantially increases the risks of stroke, systemic embolism (SE) and death. The condit...
