tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12707009.post4164037872149515506..comments2023-11-02T09:34:05.941-04:00Comments on The Seated View: Closing the Mortality Gap: RA and Heart DiseaseLene Andersenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11223128667829847717noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12707009.post-18311368436703007672012-08-23T09:04:54.578-04:002012-08-23T09:04:54.578-04:00Lack of exercise and an improper diet and can cont...<br /><br />Lack of exercise and an improper diet and can contribute to heart disease and result in obesity. According to the American Heart Association, obesity is a major risk for heart disease due to its ability to raise blood pressure (resulting in arteriosclerosis) as well as contributing to diabetes. Diabetes is a common cause of heart disease. In fact, according to the American Diabetes Association, two out of three people with diabetes die from either heart disease or stroke. Thanks.<br /><a href="http://www.hcg1234.com/" rel="nofollow">hcg1234</a><br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07343292606889935553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12707009.post-41997306453786314352012-06-29T16:40:50.275-04:002012-06-29T16:40:50.275-04:00Lene, Thanks for raising an issue for which many o...Lene, Thanks for raising an issue for which many of us would rather stick our heads in the sand. My close neighbor years ago died of heart problems at age 63 and he had raging RA for many years. This all before biologicals were around. The European report is good news indeed.<br />AndrewAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12707009.post-26885125586124606272012-06-29T13:04:28.193-04:002012-06-29T13:04:28.193-04:00Interesting... They took me off the then-experimen...Interesting... They took me off the then-experimental Remicade after that first big flare was over because they were afraid it would damage my heart, given the early data. Huh. (And then they restarted it eight months later to stop another flare, and with the time gap, I reacted to it with congestive heart failure, ending when I went off it again.)AlisonHhttp://spindyeknit.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12707009.post-49273898181645958982012-06-29T05:47:49.531-04:002012-06-29T05:47:49.531-04:00Great article. So rarely gets talked about but rea...Great article. So rarely gets talked about but really important to remember its not just our joints that get inflamed.Kate@CookingwithArthurhttp://www.cookingwitharthur.comnoreply@blogger.com