How to Use cardiovascular in a Sentence

cardiovascular

adjective
  • The program is low-carb, which has been linked to short-term weight loss and improved cardiovascular health.
    Laura Scholz, Peoplemag, 23 Mar. 2023
  • This change is good for the overall heart and cardiovascular health.
    Dallas News, 18 Jan. 2023
  • Researchers said the study was the first to highlight the impact of lifelong cardiovascular risk factors on the brain at midlife.
    Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 10 May 2021
  • The larger the city, the more unhealthy are lifestyle and food habits and higher the prevalence of cardiovascular diseases.
    Torie Bosch, STAT, 17 Feb. 2024
  • About ⅓ of the deaths were due to cancer, about a third to cardiovascular disease, and a third other causes.
    Marianne Krasny, Forbes.com, 23 May 2025
  • These changes can cause blood to thicken, which raises the risk of blood clots and forces the cardiovascular system to work harder.
    Time, 15 Nov. 2022
  • Lots of the items on his list jibe with the ideas at the time: cardiovascular health, cancer mortality, stroke.
    Washington Post, 24 Jan. 2022
  • When the study began, the women were all at least 62 years old and free of cardiovascular disease and cancer.
    Jamie Ducharme, TIME, 21 May 2024
  • Not only that, but the Body Cardio as the name suggests, even tracks your cardiovascular health.
    Maren Estrada, BGR, 27 Apr. 2022
  • The press release notes that this class of drugs increases the risk of cardiovascular events like heart attacks.
    Chris Smith, BGR, 3 June 2022
  • More than four out of five cardiovascular deaths are due to heart attacks and strokes, and a third of these deaths occur in people under 70 years of age.
    Washington Post, 20 July 2021
  • The researchers note that changes in the cardiovascular functions suggest that even 100 lux of light was enough to shift the nervous system to a more active and alert state.
    Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 4 Apr. 2022
  • Now, a study shows that people with a high intake of dairy fat have a lower risk of cardiovascular disease than those who eat less moo?
    Nick Canepa Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Sep. 2021
  • The risk of a major cardiovascular event like a heart attack at a five-year checkup was lower in the vitamin D group than in the placebo group.
    Byalexa Mikhail, Fortune Well, 28 June 2023
  • None of the participants had been diagnosed with cardiovascular disease at the start of the study.
    Alyssa Hui, Verywell Health, 12 Oct. 2023
  • That raises the risk of major cardiovascular health events, such as heart attacks or strokes.
    Benjamin Ryan, NBC News, 18 Apr. 2022
  • And that’s really the whole purpose of this, is to get a very sharp object inside the animal and cause the cardiovascular system to fail.
    WIRED, 10 Jan. 2023
  • Loneliness increases the risk of dementia by up to 50%, and the risk of strokes and cardiovascular disease by around 30%.
    Erin Prater, Fortune Well, 15 Nov. 2023
  • The researchers say about a cup of green leafy vegetables per day could be enough to reduce cardiovascular disease risk.
    Julie Stewart, Men's Health, 30 Aug. 2022
  • The hope is to help women track their numbers and keep them low, as well as to educate them about their cardiovascular health in general.
    Essence, 1 Feb. 2022
  • One theory is that the cardiovascular health of people who are active is better than those who aren’t.
    L'oreal Thompson Payton, Fortune Well, 2 May 2023
  • Not just on the brain but also the cardiovascular system, lungs, and immune system, among others.
    Gabriel A. Silva, Forbes, 6 June 2021
  • And another study found climbing more than five flights a day lowered the risk of cardiovascular disease by 20%.
    Allison Aubrey, NPR, 29 Apr. 2024
  • Eating as little as one serving of these nuts each week can lower your chances of cardiovascular disease by up to 19%!
    Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping, 14 June 2023
  • Studies have shown that matcha can reduce the risk of cardiovascular diseases.
    Michiko Tomioka, CNBC, 26 July 2025
  • Pregnancy also puts more strain on the cardiovascular system, which must pump a higher volume of blood around the body.
    Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2021
  • This suggests there may be a threshold above which an increase in the amount of lean body mass doesn’t correlate with cardiovascular factors.
    Jayne Williamson-Lee, STAT, 26 Oct. 2022
  • Frank died from cardiovascular issues, no signs of Covid.
    New York Times, 13 July 2021
  • Research shows that eating sweet potatoes may help prevent dyslipidemia, which may increase the risk of cardiovascular disease.
    Brittany Lubeck, Verywell Health, 18 Aug. 2025
  • However, this does not imply that excess screen time directly affects cardiovascular health.
    Dr. Jennifer Miao, ABC News, 6 Aug. 2025

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