Heavy metals are well-known environmental pollutants owing to their toxicity, longevity in
the atmosphere, and ability to accumulate in the human body via bioaccumulation. The …

Decades of research have demonstrated that diabetes affects racial and ethnic minority and
low-income adult populations in the US disproportionately, with relatively intractable …

Objective To conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis of epidemiological studies
investigating the association of arsenic, lead, cadmium, mercury, and copper with …

Heavy metals are naturally existing elements that have relatively high atomic weight and a
minimum density five times the density of water. Heavy metals have extensive applications …

Environmental exposure is an important but underappreciated risk factor contributing to the
development and severity of cardiovascular disease (CVD). The heart and vascular system …

These guidelines are intended to apply to adult patients with stable known or suspected
ischemic heart disease (IHD), including those with new-onset chest pain (ie, low-risk …

Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in women, yet differences exist among
certain racial and ethnic groups. Aside from traditional risk factors, behavioral and …

Multiple studies have shown an association between environmental exposure to hazardous
chemicals including toxic metals and obesity, diabetes, and metabolic syndrome. At the …

Cadmium (Cd), poisoning has been reported from all around the World, causing many
deaths annually. Cd is a toxic heavy metal, and is widely present in environment. It has been …

Cadmium has been proposed to be the one of the factors of atherosclerosis development,
although the existing data are still controversial. The primary objective of the present study is …