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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Cardiologists want better data on how legal marijuana will impact heart health in the US

Many states have legalized the recreational use of marijuana in recent years, creating one of the more radical cultural shifts the United States has seen in quite some time. What could this trend mean from a cardiologist's perspective? 

PAD patients face greater risk of death, complications after a heart attack

PAD and CLI patients who show signs of coronary heart disease may benefit from early treatment, according to a new study of nearly 4 million hospitalizations. 

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ChatGPT struggles to evaluate heart risk—but it could still help cardiologists

Relying on the AI-powered chatbot for heart assessments could be "dangerous," researchers warn, but the technology may still be helpful in certain situations. 

Sex, energy drinks and vaccines among the many topics planned for preventive cardiology conference

The three-day event will include sessions about sexual activity among heart patients, depression, energy drinks, stimulants, vaccines and more. The festivities begin Thursday, April 25, in Greece. 

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Keto diet ‘does not fulfill the criteria of a healthy diet,’ could be harmful for heart patients

The popular high-fat, low-carb diet is associated with multiple short-term benefits, but they appear to diminish over time. 

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Motivation helps heart patients stay active

Alexander Fanaroff, MD, said the late-breaking BE ACTIVE clinical trial presented at ACC.24 offers a blueprint for how to get patients to be more physically active.

Foluso Fakorede, MD, interventional cardiologist, Cardiovascular Solutions of Central Mississippi, explains how he moved to rural Mississippi, the epicenter of the PAD and CLI epidemic, to open a practice to take action and reverse the glaring health disparities and that are leading to more than 400 leg amputations per day in the U.S.

Cardiologist moves to Mississippi to fight back against PAD and limit amputations

Interventional cardiologist Foluso Fakorede, MD, opened a practice in rural Mississippi, the epicenter of the PAD and CLI epidemic, to try and reverse the glaring health disparities in that region.

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Weight loss drug semaglutide benefits obese patients presenting with HFpEF, type 2 diabetes

The new research, based on data from more than 600 patients, was presented at ACC.24 in Atlanta and published in the New England Journal of Medicine. Semaglutide is sold by Novo Nordisk under the brand name Wegovy.

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

 

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

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