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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Vegan diet associated with more weight loss, better cholesterol control than Mediterranean diet

The Mediterranean diet, meanwhile, was associated with a more significant drop in systolic and diastolic blood pressure.  

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FDA announces yet another new recall for extended-release metformin due to contamination

This is the second voluntary recall for extended-release metformin of 2021. 

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Diabetes, insulin resistance strongly associated with premature coronary heart disease among women

The study’s authors explored data from more than 28,000 women, focusing on the impact of dozens of biomarkers. 

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Empagliflozin provides additional benefits to patients with type 2 diabetes and CAD

The authors found a link between six months of empagliflozin and a reduction in extracellular volume, sharing their findings in JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging.

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A real update on artificial sweeteners: Saccharin does not lead to diabetes in healthy adults

Researchers explained that their findings were different from previous studies because they took a wide variety of factors, including underlying health conditions, into account. 

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Cardiologist urges patients not to follow keto diet, calling it ‘a mistake’

“The keto diet, I believe, is based on misinformation," he said. 

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Motion sensors confirm that staying active lowers your risk of CVD—and the more you move, the lower the risk

Researchers turned to accelerometers, lightweight motion sensors that can be attached to a user’s wrist, to investigate this topic. 

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Patients with advanced chronic kidney disease should keep taking RAS inhibitors

Researchers explored the controversial topic in the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology.

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Key takeaways from RSNA 2024 for AI, CT, MRI and the radiology staffing shortage

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Use of AI opportunistic screening in CT for cardiovascular disease

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