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Feelings of anger adversely affect blood vessel health, according to a study published Wednesday in the Journal of the American Heart Association. How 40 minutes could turn into a longer problemResearchers in this study observed three major ways that anger impacted blood vessel health, Shimbo said. First, it made it harder for blood vessels to dilate in response to ischemia, or a restriction, he said. After the eight-minute task meant to induce anger, the impacts on blood vessels were seen for up to 40 minutes, he said. Maybe there are ways — such as exercise or medication — to treat the adverse effects of anger on blood vessels, he speculated.
Persons: , Daichi Shimbo, Shimbo, Joe Ebinger, ” Ebinger, Anger, Ebinger, Brett Ford, Deborah Ashway, Ashway Organizations: CNN, American Heart Association, Columbia University, Smidt Heart, University of Toronto Scarborough Locations: New York City, Cedars, Sinai, Los Angeles, New Bern , North Carolina
While Fewer Americans Have High Cholesterol, Too Many Still Do
  + stars: | 2023-11-01 | by ( Nov. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com   time to read: +5 min
By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter(HealthDay)WEDNESDAY, Nov. 1, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Despite progress in recent decades, too many Americans still have dangerously high LDL cholesterol levels, and about a quarter don't even know it, new research finds. Of course, you can only start treatment for high cholesterol if you know your cholesterol numbers are high. “That's why it's absolutely imperative that everybody should get their cholesterol checked and they should know their numbers,” Virani said. Being unaware and untreated for high cholesterol disproportionately affected Black, Hispanic and poorer people. “Clinicians have a lot of options to treat these patients and make sure that both their quality and quantity of life is not compromised just because of these high LDL cholesterol levels,” Virani said.
Persons: Cara Murez HealthDay, , Dr, Salim Virani, ” Virani, there's, It’s, Virani, Janet Wei, Wei, it’s, ” Wei Organizations: Research, Aga Khan University, . National Health, Heart, U.S . Centers for Disease Control, Graduate Studies, Smidt Heart Institute, JAMA Locations: Karachi, Pakistan, U.S, Cedars, Sinai, Los Angeles
High blood pressure damages arteries and makes them less elastic, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Each participant said they did not have high blood pressure at the start of the study, and most said they were not smokers and consumed little or no alcohol. According to the analysis, 319 of the participants reported developing high blood pressure by the end of the eight years. People who experienced intermediate levels of workplace discrimination at the beginning of the study were 22% more likely than those who reported low levels of workplace discrimination to report high blood pressure after eight years. Compared with participants who experienced low workplace discrimination at the beginning of the study, people with high levels of workplace discrimination were 54% more likely to report high blood pressure after eight years.
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