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The Silent Heart Risk Hiding in Plain Sight—Decades Before Diagnosis

A hidden factor could silently increase your risk for decades

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Dr Paddy Barrett
Dec 07, 2024
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Type 2 diabetes is one of the biggest risk factors for heart disease.

What most people don’t know is that the increase in risk starts up to 30 years prior to a person being diagnosed with type 2 diabetes.

Most people have no idea that their risk is increasing to such an extent and, therefore, miss a critical window of opportunity to reduce that risk.

To…

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