Health Claims

People with type 2 diabetes or obesity who take GLP-1 drugs like semaglutide might be less likely to develop depression or anxiety.

In rural China, adults who have had the highest blood pressure levels over time are much more likely to get heart disease than those with the lowest levels — and the higher the pressure, the greater the risk.

Even in older adults, high blood pressure over time still raises the risk of heart problems — but the effect is strongest in younger people. This means keeping blood pressure in check matters at every age, especially in rural China.

For people living in rural China, having higher average diastolic blood pressure over time is linked to a higher chance of heart disease — even if you already account for their starting blood pressure and other health factors.

For rural Chinese adults, using a person's average blood pressure over time instead of just one early reading slightly improves heart disease risk predictions — but it’s not a game-changer.

For people in rural China, tracking blood pressure over time gives a better warning about future heart problems than just one early reading—and the more your average pressure adds up over the years, the higher your risk.

For Chinese Uyghur adults, how much blood pressure adds up over time is more closely linked to having a stroke than to heart disease, and the top number in blood pressure (systolic) shows the strongest link to strokes.

For Chinese Uyghur adults, the longer and higher their blood pressure stays over time, the greater their chance of having a heart attack or stroke—and there’s no safe lower limit where the risk stops going up.

For Chinese Uyghur adults, the more their blood pressure pulses go up over time, the higher their chance of heart problems — even more than regular blood pressure readings suggest.

For Chinese Uyghur adults, tracking how high their top blood pressure number is over time helps predict heart problems better than other blood pressure measures.

For Uyghur adults in China, the longer and higher their blood pressure adds up over time, the greater their chance of getting heart disease — every certain amount of buildup raises the risk by about a third.

As people get older and have heart problems, they're more likely to feel shortness of breath instead of chest pain — and the older they get, the more this shift happens.

Older people are more likely to have heart attacks without knowing it, and these 'silent' heart attacks tend to lead to worse health outcomes—probably because older adults feel less pain and have other health issues that hide the usual warning signs.

Older people having heart attacks often don’t feel the usual chest pain—instead, they might feel confused, weak, short of breath, or more tired than normal, which can make it harder for doctors to spot the problem quickly.

People with type 2 diabetes and foot ulcers who stick more closely to the DASH diet might have slightly better heart health, but the study wasn’t able to prove it for sure.

For adults with type 2 diabetes and foot ulcers, sticking more closely to the DASH diet doesn’t seem to make a real difference in their weight, since BMI was about the same no matter how closely they followed the diet.

For adults with type 2 diabetes and foot sores, sticking closely to the DASH diet doesn’t seem to help heal the sores, improve nerve sensation in the feet, or clearly reduce certain heart disease risk factors — though there are hints it might help a little with heart risks.

Taking GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic doesn’t seem to lower the chance of having a stroke for people who are overweight or obese but don’t have diabetes, at least compared to taking a dummy pill.

If you're an overweight or obese adult without diabetes, taking GLP-1 drugs like those used for weight loss might lower your chances of needing heart artery procedures by about 22%.

If you're an overweight or obese adult without diabetes, taking GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic might lower your chances of having a heart attack by about 27% compared to taking a fake pill.

Semaglutide might be better than other similar weight-loss drugs at protecting heart health in people who are overweight or obese but don’t have diabetes.

If you're overweight or obese but don't have diabetes, taking GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic can lower your chances of having heart problems by about 1 in 4 compared to not taking them.

In a rare blood fat disorder called type III hyperlipoproteinemia, heart disease risk comes from leftover fat particles in the blood — not from the usual risk marker. Even if your 'bad particle' count looks okay, these leftovers can still clog arteries, so doctors can't rely on that usual test here.

You don’t need to fast before getting your apoB cholesterol test because eating doesn’t really change the levels — most of the particles measured come from your liver, not your recent meal.