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American Journal of Preventive Cardiology @ajpcardio.bsky.social · 1d

🪑➡️🫀 New study finds:

More time lying/reclining = higher CVD risk score & multiple risk factors

Short sitting bouts & standing = opposite effect

Read more 👉 https://ow.ly/yyC350XbhG1

#HeartHealth #Cardiology #Prevention #CardioSky #MedSky

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Dr. Monali Desai @drmonalidesai.bsky.social · 20h

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Dr. Monali Desai @drmonalidesai.bsky.social · 20h

Half of U.S. retail spending comes from top 10% of earners or those making more than $150,000 per year. The spending imbalance is at the highest levels it has been since Moody’s Analytics started collecting this data.
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Nearly half of U.S. retail spending comes from top 10% of earners

The spending imbalance is at the highest levels it has been since Moody’s Analytics started collecting this data.

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Dr. Monali Desai @drmonalidesai.bsky.social · 20h

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Dr. Monali Desai @drmonalidesai.bsky.social · 1d

Reposted by Dr. Monali Desai

American Journal of Preventive Cardiology @ajpcardio.bsky.social · 3d

🔬 New study: Systemic inflammation modulates how Lipoprotein(a) drives coronary stenosis in chronic coronary disease — suggesting inflammation isn’t just bystander but a key amplifier.
🔗 https://ow.ly/Q8B650Xairl

#Lp(a) #Inflammation #CVDPrevention #CardioScience

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Dr. Monali Desai @drmonalidesai.bsky.social · 1d

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He told the officers that he was born in California. After objecting to being taken into custody and saying he hadn’t done anything wrong, an officer can be heard on the video saying, “We’re gonna put you in cuffs or you’re gonna get the dog.“

US citizen detained and held at ICE building in Portland for hours before release, lawyer says

A lawyer in Portland, Oregon, says he is representing a U.S. citizen who was detained and held at the city's U.S.

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Dr. Monali Desai @drmonalidesai.bsky.social · 1d

…attorney Michael Fuller said. In a video that Miranda took of his detention, he can be heard saying, “What do you mean, overstay? I don’t know what that is.” He told the officers that he was born in California. After objecting to being taken into custody and saying he hadn’t done …

US citizen detained and held at ICE building in Portland for hours before release, lawyer says

A lawyer in Portland, Oregon, says he is representing a U.S. citizen who was detained and held at the city's U.S.

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Dr. Monali Desai @drmonalidesai.bsky.social · 1d

…how to do it efficiently. Congress should step in and intervene as they are our elected officials 🇺🇸
US Citizen Frank Miranda was outside his place of work early on Oct. 2 when multiple agents wearing masks, who did not identify themselves, approached him and told him he was “on an overstay,” his…

US citizen detained and held at ICE building in Portland for hours before release, lawyer says

A lawyer in Portland, Oregon, says he is representing a U.S. citizen who was detained and held at the city's U.S.

apnews.com

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Dr. Monali Desai @drmonalidesai.bsky.social · 1d

The Trump Administration has put incompetent people in charge of ICE and they need to find new people to run ICE. The current people in charge don’t seem to know that they have to check for US citizens’ IDs. It’s not as if checking IDs is a difficult thing to do, pretty much any bouncer could tell…

US citizen detained and held at ICE building in Portland for hours before release, lawyer says

A lawyer in Portland, Oregon, says he is representing a U.S. citizen who was detained and held at the city's U.S.

apnews.com

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Dr. Monali Desai @drmonalidesai.bsky.social · 2d

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American College of Cardiology @accintouch.bsky.social · 5d

#AI-MRI body composition analysis has linked metrics such as visceral and muscle fat fraction to cardiometabolic risk, per a study of 33K adults. After further validation, it may become viable in identifying patients at high #cvMetabolic risk.

🔎 More: https://bit.ly/3WvCJIQ

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Dr. Monali Desai @drmonalidesai.bsky.social · 2d

… of lower prices and broad prosperity. One way to fight stagflation is for the Fed to raise interest rates, so Americans spend significantly less.

Dr. Monali Desai @drmonalidesai.bsky.social · 2d

“It’s the worst of both worlds where you have higher prices and lower growth,” 🇺🇸 Increasing inflation, tariffs, and unemployment have raised concerns that stagflation has returned. And that is a problem for the Trump Administration, who regained the White House in the 2024 election on a platform…

Stagflation poses economic and political threat to Trump administration

Multiple economists expressed concern about America's fiscal health and what could happen in the future.

www.washingtonexaminer.com

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Dr. Monali Desai @drmonalidesai.bsky.social · 4d

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Nature Reviews Cardiology @natrevcardiol.nature.com · 14d

New online! Multimodal, device-based therapeutic targeting of the cardiovascular autonomic nervous system #CardioSky

Multimodal, device-based therapeutic targeting of the cardiovascular autonomic nervous system

Nature Reviews Cardiology, Published online: 01 October 2025; doi:10.1038/s41569-025-01212-4In this Review, Paterson and colleagues describe how bioelectronic approaches involving site-specific targeting of the autonomic nervous circuit could be used to treat cardiovascular disease, and reflect on current bioelectronic modalities, their limitations and future ways to improve therapeutic efficiency.

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Dr. Monali Desai @drmonalidesai.bsky.social · 4d

City of Atlanta and Fulton County residents can vote on measures that provide homestead exemptions from school district property taxes.

The 3 measures on City of Atlanta, Fulton County ballots this election and what they mean

City of Atlanta and Fulton County residents can vote on measures on the Nov. 4 ballot that provide homestead exemptions from school district property taxes.

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Dr. Monali Desai @drmonalidesai.bsky.social · 4d

Early voting in Georgia will take place from Oct. 14th to Oct. 31st leading up to election day Nov 4th. Georgians will be able to vote for two Georgia Public Service Commission seats in a special statewide election, as well as several municipal seats and ballot measures. 🇺🇸

The 3 measures on City of Atlanta, Fulton County ballots this election and what they mean

City of Atlanta and Fulton County residents can vote on measures on the Nov. 4 ballot that provide homestead exemptions from school district property taxes.

www.wabe.org

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Dr. Monali Desai @drmonalidesai.bsky.social · 5d

Reposted by Dr. Monali Desai

The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology @thelancetendo.bsky.social · 6d

Although obesity & a sedentary lifestyle are considerable contributors, research over the last 25 years has shown that type 2 #diabetes develops on a predisposing #genetic background, with family & twin studies indicating considerable heritability (ie, 31–72%) www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
#T2D

Dissection of type 2 diabetes: a genetic perspective

Diabetes is a leading cause of global mortality and disability, and its economic burden is substantial. This Review focuses on type 2 diabetes, which makes up 90–95% of all diabetes cases. Type 2 diab...

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