How to Use cardiovascular in a Sentence

cardiovascular

adjective
  • The program is low-carb, which has been linked to short-term weight loss and improved cardiovascular health.
    Laura Scholz, Peoplemag, 23 Mar. 2023
  • This change is good for the overall heart and cardiovascular health.
    Dallas News, 18 Jan. 2023
  • The larger the city, the more unhealthy are lifestyle and food habits and higher the prevalence of cardiovascular diseases.
    Torie Bosch, STAT, 17 Feb. 2024
  • These changes can cause blood to thicken, which raises the risk of blood clots and forces the cardiovascular system to work harder.
    Time, 15 Nov. 2022
  • When the study began, the women were all at least 62 years old and free of cardiovascular disease and cancer.
    Jamie Ducharme, TIME, 21 May 2024
  • The risk of a major cardiovascular event like a heart attack at a five-year checkup was lower in the vitamin D group than in the placebo group.
    Byalexa Mikhail, Fortune Well, 28 June 2023
  • None of the participants had been diagnosed with cardiovascular disease at the start of the study.
    Alyssa Hui, Verywell Health, 12 Oct. 2023
  • And that’s really the whole purpose of this, is to get a very sharp object inside the animal and cause the cardiovascular system to fail.
    WIRED, 10 Jan. 2023
  • Loneliness increases the risk of dementia by up to 50%, and the risk of strokes and cardiovascular disease by around 30%.
    Erin Prater, Fortune Well, 15 Nov. 2023
  • The researchers say about a cup of green leafy vegetables per day could be enough to reduce cardiovascular disease risk.
    Julie Stewart, Men's Health, 30 Aug. 2022
  • One theory is that the cardiovascular health of people who are active is better than those who aren’t.
    L'oreal Thompson Payton, Fortune Well, 2 May 2023
  • And another study found climbing more than five flights a day lowered the risk of cardiovascular disease by 20%.
    Allison Aubrey, NPR, 29 Apr. 2024
  • Eating as little as one serving of these nuts each week can lower your chances of cardiovascular disease by up to 19%!
    Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping, 14 June 2023
  • This suggests there may be a threshold above which an increase in the amount of lean body mass doesn’t correlate with cardiovascular factors.
    Jayne Williamson-Lee, STAT, 26 Oct. 2022
  • On the other hand, a study published last month found that restricting food consumption to less than eight hours per day may increase the risk of cardiovascular death long-term.
    Aria Bendix, NBC News, 19 Apr. 2024
  • Most great apes in zoos die from cardiovascular disease.
    Michael Loria, USA TODAY, 16 July 2024
  • Pectin does this by binding with cholesterol in the digestive tract, which keeps it from being absorbed in the body and thereby supports cardiovascular health.
    Valerie Agyeman, Good Housekeeping, 21 Mar. 2023
  • What This Means for You Statins are a safe and effective way to lower cholesterol and reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease, but many people stop taking them.
    Korin Miller, Verywell Health, 5 Sep. 2024
  • But the cardiovascular benefits take longer to emerge and reach a critical level.
    Joshua Cohen, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023
  • That number drops to 2,337 daily steps to begin lowering the risk of death from cardiovascular disease.
    Julia Landwehr, Health, 9 Aug. 2023
  • Oats have been linked to preventing cardiovascular diseases, bulgur is high in fiber and quinoa is a safe grain for people with Celiac Disease.
    Hannah Yasharoff, USA TODAY, 4 Mar. 2024
  • Jones died on July 14 at the age of 40 due to hypertensive cardiovascular disease, a heart disease caused by long-term high blood pressure.
    NBC News, 30 Sep. 2024
  • The next most common cause of death was cardiovascular disease, followed by cancer.
    Justine Calma, The Verge, 2 Oct. 2024
  • Providers couldn’t get an IV in because the infant’s cardiovascular system had collapsed.
    Ambar Castillo, STAT, 21 Sep. 2022
  • This is good news for people who struggle to fit in large chunks of movement every single day, but still want to improve their cardiovascular health and promote longevity.
    Sherri Gordon, Health, 6 Apr. 2023
  • Also, higher levels of HDL cholesterol were not found to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease for either group.
    Deidre McPhillips, CNN, 21 Nov. 2022
  • This is why premenopausal women generally have a lower risk of cardiovascular disease than men of the same age.
    Priya Oberoi, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2024
  • Depression has also been linked with higher rates of death from any cause, such as cardiovascular disease.
    John Williamson, Fortune Well, 2 Mar. 2023
  • And research suggests that for those with severe hypertension, heavy consumption can raise the risk of dying from cardiovascular disease.
    Ann Pietrangelo, Verywell Health, 16 Oct. 2024
  • Rose died from hypertensive and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease Sept. 30 at his Las Vegas home.
    Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 16 Oct. 2024

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