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Immigrants’ heart health suffers after extended living in the U.S.Immigrants who’ve lived just a few years in the U.S. have better heart health factors than native-born peopleHowever, their risk factors start creeping up after 15 years in the U.S.

FRIDAY, Oct. 3, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Immigrants come to the United States hale and healthy, but that doesn’t last long, a new study says.

Immigrants’ heart disease risk increases the longer they live in the U.S., according to research scheduled for presentation today at an American College of Cardiology meeting in Dubai.

Living in America takes its toll on immigrants’ blood pressure , cholesterol, blood sugar and other risk factors for heart disease, researchers found.

“We see that as immigrants are exposed to U.S. dietary

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