Trauma early in life could have a detrimental effect on a child’s biological makeup, possibly paving the way for heart disease and other chronic illnesses, NPR reported this week.

Regardless of a patient’s age or level of coronary artery calcification (CAC), each incremental improvement in cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) contributes to a lower risk of adverse cardiovascular events, researchers reported in Circulation.

Excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS)—a commonality among heart patients and those with sleep-disordered breathing (SDB)—could be an independent predictor of adverse cardiovascular events and repeat myocardial infarction (MI), researchers reported this month in the Journal of the American Heart Association.

NEW YORK, Jan. 22, 2018 — Noted cardiologists, Jennifer H. Mieres, MD, and Stacey E. Rosen, MD, launch Heart Smart For Women; Six S.T.E.P.S. in Six Weeks To Heart- Healthy Living; a new book that demystifies the science, biology and statistics surrounding heart disease while providing a user-friendly program for successful heart-healthy living.

Women who present at a hospital with non-ST segment elevated MI (non-STEMI) are more likely to die than men, but they are also six years older on average and have a higher burden of comorbidities, researchers reported in Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions.

A 51-year-old man suffered a “massive” heart attack in East Oahu moments after Hawaiian officials issued a false missile alert last weekend, the Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported.

Nearly a quarter of patients with chronic ischemic cardiovascular disease are either dead or rehospitalized within six months of their diagnosis, according to a Jan. 17 report published in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology.

International Laboratories is voluntarily recalling a single lot of clopidogrel tablets that was distributed nationwide after finding some of the medication was mislabeled. The bottles of 30 tablets may contain simvastatin instead, according to a safety alert issued by the FDA.