Here's What Your Neck Size May Tell You About Your Heart Health

For men, a high neck circumference starts at 17 inches or 43.18cm. For women, it’s 15 inches, or 38.1cm, per the JAHA article ...

What your neck reveals about your health

According to new research, a thick neck can be an accurate predictor of cardiovascular risk, as well as indicate type 2 ...
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This simple neck measurement might reveal hidden heart risks

Neck size is proving to be a powerful indicator of hidden health risks. Larger neck circumferences are associated with ...
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GLP-1s and cardiac health: 5 study notes

Semaglutide can reduce cardiac event risk regardless of a patient’s starting body fat or weight loss during treatment, ...
Healio

Wegovy confers reductions in cardiovascular risk, regardless of weight loss

Once-weekly semaglutide 2.4 mg conferred a greater reduction in major adverse cardiovascular events than placebo, regardless ...
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Semaglutide’s CV Effects Only Partially Tied to Weight Loss: SELECT Analysis

More work needs to be done to tease out the mechanisms by which GLP-1 RAs lower the risk of MACE, researchers say.
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Even With Normal BMI, Abdominal Obesity Raises CV Risk

Two studies demonstrate that a large proportion of the population has visceral adiposity even at BMIs below the obesity ...

3 reasons why BMI is not an accurate measure of your health or body weight — and what to use instead

BMI is not an accurate way to measure body weight or health because it does not account for body fat percentage or body fat ...