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Here’s what you can do to reduce and prevent excess pericardial fat.

Rasi BhadramaniGetty Images Having high pericardial fat volume—fat around your heart—can increase your risk of heart failure regardless of your bodyweight, a new study suggests. More than 6 million people in the U.S. are impacted by heart failure, a condition in which the heart can’t pump enough blood for the body’s needs. To reduce the risk of excess pericardial fat, experts recommend working toward habits that contribute to better heart health overall. Pericardial fat—the fat that surrounds your heart—may be a strong risk factor for heart failure regardless of your bodyweight,...

Having excess pericardial fat—fat around the heart—increases the risk of developing heart failure, especially in women, according to new Mount Sinai...

IMAGEENS Raises 1.2Mn€ Seed Financing Round to Launch Its First Two Products LABEL, algorithmic solution for automatic classification and enhancement of medical imaging data IMAGEENS, a Paris-based medical Artificial Intelligence (AI) startup developing software solutions for the analysis of medical images, has secured 1.2Mn€ in seed financing. The round was led by Anaxago, with a participation from BADGE (Business Angels des Grandes Ecoles), COALESCENCE, and existing IMAGEENS investors. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/...

email article Immigrants to the U.S. who adopted conventional North American lifestyles tended to have worse cardiovascular health, according to data from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA). Greater acculturation was tied to a worse Cardiovascular Health Score based on the American Heart Association's criteria for seven modifiable risk factors (smoking, body mass index, physical activity, diet, cholesterol, blood pressure, blood glucose): U.S.-born participants were less likely to have optimal cardiovascular health compared with foreign-born people (adjusted OR 0.63, 95% C...