Current guidelines justify treating most patients 75 and older with cholesterol-lowering drugs based on their estimated risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). However, a new cohort study published in The BMJ suggests statins are ineffective at primary prevention in this elderly population.
Patients with sepsis are at a greater risk for heart attack and stroke in the four weeks following hospital discharge, research out of Taiwan has found, with more than half of all adverse CVD events in the ensuing six months occurring within 35 days of leaving the hospital.
A free online heart age test that calculates a user’s cardiovascular age and predicts their life expectancy is being encouraged in the U.K. by Public Health England (PHE). But, as honorary vice president of the British Medical Association Kailash Chand wrote in the Guardian this week, not everyone is convinced the test is beneficial.
The benefits of a telemonitoring hypertension intervention waned after patients returned to a normal care strategy, according to a study published Sept. 7 in JAMA Network Open.
Individuals who seek to improve and maintain their mental well-being with a combination of physical and psychosocial factors like mindfulness, yoga and life purpose programs can expect better heart health down the line, according to a meta-analysis published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.
Black and Hispanic children with type 1 diabetes (T1D) are at a higher risk of increasing blood glucose levels than white children, researchers reported in JAMA Network Open.
A Fresno, California, cardiologist has been placed on five years probation following accusations that he sent inappropriate, “annoying” text messages to a teenage girl in 2017, the Fresno Bee has reported.
Millimeter wave body scanners—standard security measures at airports, train stations and public buildings since the 2000s—are completely safe for heart patients with implantable devices, German researchers reported at last month’s ESC Congress.
Using existing iPhone features and a novel application, researchers at Michigan State University are exploring whether individuals can measure their blood pressure (BP) simply by pressing a fingertip to the screen.
Swapping singular blood pressure measurements for long-term, cumulative ones could improve CVD risk prediction models, Northwestern University researchers report in the current online edition of JAMA Cardiology.
