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Climbing more than five flights of stairs daily may lower heart disease risk by 20%

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By Regina Schaffer

Adults who reported climbing more than five flights of stairs daily were 20% less likely to develop atherosclerotic CVD over 12 years compared with those who reported never climbing stairs, according to data from a UK Biobank analysis.

“Short bursts of high-intensity stair climbing are a time-efficient way to improve cardiorespiratory fitness and lipid profile, especially among those unable to achieve the current physical activity recommendations,” Lu Qi, MD, PhD, FAHA, HCA Regents Distinguished Chair and professor in the department of epidemiology at Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, and colleagues wrote in the study background. Read more in Healio.

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Obesity-related heart disease deaths triple since 1999, with highest impact on Black women

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By Regina Shaffer

CV deaths related to obesity increased by 200% across all race groups from 1999 to 2020, a statistic researchers said reflects the health consequences of the rising burden of obesity in the United States.

In an analysis of more than 280,000 CV deaths in the U.S. with obesity recorded as a contributing cause, researchers also found that Black women had the highest rates of obesity-related CVD deaths than all others, a trend researchers called unexpected. Read the entire article in Healio.

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Total CVD deaths during early period of pandemic highest since 2003

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Heart disease remained among the leading causes of death, even amid the COVID-19 pandemic, which may have exacerbated preexisting CVD morbidity-related racial/ethnic disparities, researchers reported.

In 2020, more than 3.3 million deaths were registered in the U.S., which exceeded the 2019 figure by more than 500,000 deaths, according to the American Heart Association’s annual Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics update. Read more in Healio.

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Can an Apple a Day Keep the Heart Disease Away?

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— Greater physician education on nutrition and counseling can help prevent cardiovascular disease

The U.S. has had the same leading cause of death since 1921. Today, one person in America dies every 34 seconds from this disease. This disease doesn’t care about your demographics — men, women, and most racial and ethnic groups are all affected. The disease in question is none other than heart disease.

We’re surrounded by daily advertisements for methods of combating heart disease. Additionally, the U.S. spends around $229 billion annually in heart-disease related healthcare services, medicine, and lost productivity due to death. The good news? This disease is largely preventable. Read the full story in MedPage Today.

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