Cardiovascular Disease

Perceptions of cardiovascular health in an underserved community of deaf adults using American Sign Language.

May 14, 2011
BY: McKee M, Schlehofer D, Cuculick J, Starr M, Smith S, Chin NP. National Center for Deaf Health Research, Department of Community and Preventive Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY 14620, USA. michael_mckee@urmc.rochester.edu Disabil Health J. 2011 Jul;4(3):192-7. Epub 2011 May 14.

BACKGROUND:  Cardiovascular disease leads in overall mortality and morbidity in the United States. Cardiovascular disparities remain high among minority and underserved groups. Deaf American Sign Language (ASL) users are an underserved and understudied group that receives little attention from researchers due to language and communication barriers. A recent ASL survey in Rochester, NY, indicated greater cardiovascular risk… Read More »»

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Reporting diet-related health issues through newspapers: portrayal of cardiovascular disease and Type 2 diabetes.

October 21, 2010
BY: Hellyer NE, Haddock-Fraser J. Department of Health, Wellbeing.and the Family, Canterbury Christ Church University, Canterbury CT1 1QU, UK. Health Educ Res. 2011 Feb;26(1):13-25. Epub 2010 Oct 21.

This study identifies (i) the extent to which newsprint media communicate to their readers the lifestyle factors associated with the development of cardiovascular disease and Type 2 diabetes and (ii) newspaper portrayal of social determinants affecting onset of disease. A content analysis of five leading UK national newspapers and their Sunday equivalents was conducted over… Read More »»

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Cardiologist’s role in improving glucose control and global cardiovascular risk in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.

December 20, 2006
BY: Gotto AM Jr. Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, New York 10021, USA. jem2015@med.cornell.edu Am J Cardiol. 2007 Feb 19;99(4A):3B-5B. Epub 2006 Dec 20.

Type 2 diabetes mellitus confers an increased risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD), in part owing to the effects of the metabolic syndrome, a clustering of risk factors that often accompanies the diabetic state. It is likely that the combination of hypertension, diabetic dyslipidemia, hyperglycemia, and insulin resistance produces an enhanced, atherogenic environment within the circulation.… Read More »»

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Diabetes, cardiovascular disease, selected cardiovascular disease risk factors, and the 5-year incidence of age-related cataract and progression of lens opacities: the Beaver Dam Eye Study.

December 27, 1998
BY: Klein BE, Klein R, Lee KE.
Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison, USA.
Am J Ophthalmol 1998 Dec;126(6):782-90

Purpose: To describe the relationships of diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular disease, and selected cardiovascular disease risk factors to cumulative incidence of age-related cataract and to progression of lens opacities over a 5-year interval. p. Methods: A follow-up examination of the Beaver Dam Eye Study cohort was performed 5 years after the baseline evaluation. Ages at the census… Read More »»

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