Heart Health

This news channel includes content on cardiovascular disease prevention, cardiac risk stratification, diagnosis, screening programs, and management of major risk factors that include diabetes, hypertension, diet, life style, cholesterol, obesity, ethnicity and socio-economic disparities.
 

Body weight trumps other factors in maintaining low blood pressure

A 25-year study of young adults transitioning to middle age revealed maintaining a healthy weight was more important in blood pressure control than four other health behaviors.

September 15, 2017

New FOURIER Analysis Shows Repatha® (Evolocumab) Reduces Cardiovascular Events In Patients With Diabetes

Amgen (NASDAQ:AMGN) today announced that a new analysis of the cardiovascular outcomes study (FOURIER) demonstrated that lowering low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) levels with Repatha® (evolocumab) significantly and consistently reduced cardiovascular events in patients with and without diabetes at baseline.

September 15, 2017

Study confirms safety of once-weekly exenatide in broad range of patients with diabetes

September 14, 2017 — A global team of researchers reported in the New England Journal of Medicine that the study did not meet its primary efficacy endpoint, but yielded important results for all-cause mortality.

September 14, 2017

Men with heavier wives more prone to develop diabetes, research states

Research presented at this year’s European Association of the Study of Diabetes conference in Portugal suggests middle-aged men with overweight or obese wives are more likely to develop type 2 diabetes—but the opposite doesn’t appear to be true for women with heavier husbands.

September 14, 2017

'Sitting is the new smoking': Sedentary behavior linked to increased all-cause mortality

For years, medical professionals and media personalities alike have warned against sitting for prolonged periods, coining the phrase "sitting is the new smoking" to describe the health risks of a sedentary lifestyle. But how much is too much?

September 13, 2017

Scientists link obstructive sleep apnea, cardiometabolic dysfunction

A group of Johns Hopkins scientists have uncovered a link between sleep apnea and cardiometabolic dysfunction that could help explain heart disease in sleep patients, according to a recent study.

September 12, 2017

Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy increase future risk of heart disease

New information out of an Australian research facility is cautioning pregnant women that any kind of hypertensive disorder of pregnancy during their term could result in cardiovascular complications in the future.

September 12, 2017

Type 2 diabetes medicine cuts risk of CV death independent of background blood sugar control

Empagliflozin tablets reduced the risk of cardiovascular death by 38 percent in people with type 2 diabetes and established cardiovascular disease (CVD), according to a randomized, placebo-controlled trial of more than 7,000 patients. And new analyses demonstrate a similar benefit was seen in all patients, regardless of blood sugar levels at baseline or after the introduction of background treatment.

September 12, 2017

Around the web

Eleven medical societies have signed on to a consensus statement aimed at standardizing imaging for suspected cardiovascular infections.

Kate Hanneman, MD, explains why many vendors and hospitals want to lower radiology's impact on the environment. "Taking steps to reduce the carbon footprint in healthcare isn’t just an opportunity," she said. "It’s also a responsibility."

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