New research analyzing 🔎 350 million street view images 📷 finds urban tree canopies 🌳 may reduce cardiovascular disease 🫀 (-4%), while grassy areas 🌿 may increase it (+6%)

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🧪 A new oral drug, TLC-2716, showed significant promise in a recent 14-day trial with 100 healthy adults, lowering blood triglycerides by up to 38.5% and remnant cholesterol by up to 61%.

🔬 Researchers identified a metabolic switch in the liver and gut, Liver X Receptor ⍺ (LXR⍺), and developed TLC-2716 to target it, slowing fat synthesis and absorption in these areas without affecting LXR⍺ elsewhere.

✅ The drug was found to be safe and well-tolerated, with potential advantages in patient convenience, cost, and combination with other therapies.

📈 Further trials are planned for individuals with hypertriglyceridemia and MASLD to assess its benefits for cardiometabolic diseases.

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American College of Cardiology clinical guidance supports front-of-package food labeling as a tool to improve diet quality and reduce cardiovascular disease risk

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Excessive (4,2mg/day) consumption of dietary sodium (salt) is a significant, independent risk factor for new-onset heart failure (+15% increase)

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Impact of physical activity patterns on major adverse cardiovascular events in adults with hypertension

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Researchers took 50 adults with genetically high cholesterol and fed them a whole-food, plant-based (WFPB) diet and a standard American diet (SAD) for 4 weeks each in a random order, under controlled, constant-calorie feeding conditions. The WFPB diet reduced LDL cholesterol versus the SAD by 17.9%.

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Men with low or high testosterone may have higher risk of irregular heartbeat. Relationship between testosterone and atrial fibrillation (AF) appears to follow U-shaped pattern: men with low and with high testosterone both show higher risk of AF, while risk appears lowest in middle of normal range.

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🍎 A new study involving 371,000 participants found that higher whole fruit intake is linked to better cardiovascular health, while 100% fruit juice showed no clear, reliable pattern for the same conditions.

📉 Researchers from the University of North Dakota observed that high blood pressure, high cholesterol, coronary heart disease, and heart attacks were associated with consuming less whole fruit, after adjusting for factors like age and income.

💡 While fruit juice may not offer the same heart-protective benefits as whole fruit, researchers noted the absence of direct measurement of dietary fiber or polyphenols, suggesting further longitudinal research is needed.

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