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.
 

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‘Empowering’: Patients prefer to monitor their blood pressure from home

Meanwhile, patients are not exactly eager to monitor their blood pressure for 24 hours using a medical device. 

Osteoporosis medication significantly lowers risk of type 2 diabetes

Researchers shared their findings at the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) 2021 Annual Meeting.

FDA approves ready-to-use norepinephrine injections for severe hypotension

The premixed injections are available in two different strengths. 

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Intermittent fasting may lower risk of heart disease, diabetes

People who are trying to lose weight and live a healthier lifestyle should pay more attention to when they eat as well as what they eat,” researchers wrote.

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Receiving a diabetes diagnosis at a young age more likely among Mexican American, Black patients

The analysis, published in JAMA Internal Medicine, included self-reported data from more than 3,000 patients. 

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Under the influence? Drinking alcohol may raise your risk of systemic hypertension

Researchers analyzed data from more than 17,000 participants, reviewing their findings in the American Journal of Cardiology.

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Additional lots of losartan recalled due to potential cancer risk

Two different companies announced that they are recalling all lots of the medication. 

How exposure to violent crime impacts a person's health

A new analysis in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine examined the association between nearby violent crimes and a person's blood pressure.

Around the web

Several key trends were evident at the Radiological Society of North America 2024 meeting, including new CT and MR technology and evolving adoption of artificial intelligence.

Ron Blankstein, MD, professor of radiology, Harvard Medical School, explains the use of artificial intelligence to detect heart disease in non-cardiac CT exams.