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Many older adults want to cut back on taking multiple medications, or polypharmacy, but they need to talk to a clinician or pharmacist first, authors of a new report say.

In a recent study, the rate of prevalence of clinically significant valvular heart disease was 2.4%.

Higher adherence was tied to lower inflammatory marker levels over time.

Researchers examined prospective associations with multiple health outcomes over 18 years for pedestrians and cyclists using data for 82,297 individuals aged 16 to 74 years.

Counties without a cardiologist have a higher cardiovascular risk index, higher cardiovascular mortality rates and shorter life expectancy.

Higher levels of gratitude were tied to a 9% reduction in all-cause mortality and a 15% reduction in cardiovascular death.

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine analysis noted that women are disproportionately affected by chronic illnesses, including Alzheimer’s disease, depression and osteoporosis.

At extreme temperature percentiles, the risk increased for dying from any cardiovascular cause, ischemic heart disease, stroke and heart failure.

An inverse association was seen for mortality from all cardiovascular disease, ischemic heart disease and stroke.

Daily life movement includes things such as performing housework or gardening.