Dr Paddy Barrett

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Why Heart Disease Starts Before You Think.

Heart disease is slow, invisible, and cumulative. The earlier you act, the longer you live.

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Dr Paddy Barrett
Nov 01, 2025
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The young, not the old, need to think most about cardiovascular risk.

The older you get, the greater your risk of having a heart attack.

No surprises there.

But let’s dig a little deeper.

Risk of Premature Cardiovascular Disease vs the Number of Premature Cardiovascular Events. JAMA Cardiol. 2016;1(4):492-494.

As you can see from the graph above, those aged …

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