by American Heart Association Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A study of more than 58,000 women over a 12-year period found that longer or shorter menstrual cycles were associated with a higher risk of developing cardiovascular disease, heart attack or atrial fibrillation, according to new research published in the Journal of the American Heart Association. Regular menstrual cycle length, defined as cycle...
by Elana Gotkine Statin use is low for primary prevention of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD), with the lowest use seen among Black and Hispanic adults, according to a study published online March 22 in JAMA Cardiology. Joshua A. Jacobs, Pharm.D., from the Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine at the University of Utah in Salt Lake...
TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY CREDIT: DEPARTMENT OF NEPHROLOGY, TMDU Researchers from Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) have uncovered a link between cardiovascular disease and chronic kidney disease, revealing novel disease biomarkers and therapeutic targets Tokyo, Japan – Chronic kidney disease is linked to the formation of mineral deposits on blood vessel walls, known as...
by European Society of Cardiology Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The first evidence that exceeding the World Health Organization (WHO) ozone limit is associated with substantial increases in hospital admissions for heart attack, heart failure and stroke is published today in European Heart Journal. Even ozone levels below the WHO maximum were linked with worsened health. “During...
by Brigham and Women’s Hospital Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Heart disease is the leading cause of death worldwide, killing someone in the United States every 34 seconds, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. A new study by investigators from Brigham and Women’s Hospital, a founding member of the Mass General Brigham health...
by Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares Carlos III (F.S.P.) The analysis of human samples and animal experiments demonstrate that the presence of p53 gene mutations in the blood increases the risk of developing atherosclerosis, the principle cause of cardiovascular disease. Credit: CNIC A team at the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares (CNIC), working in collaboration...
Research suggests that walking more than 6,000 steps per day can significantly cut the risk of cardiovascular disease for older adults. Kristin Duvall/Stocksy A recent study finds that walking between 6,000 and 9,000 steps daily is linked to a dramatically lower risk of cardiovascular disease for older adults. Each additional 1,000 steps taken daily, especially...
MICHIGAN MEDICINE – UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN For the longest time, clinicians have treated cardiovascular disease by focusing on diabetes and blood pressure control, reducing cholesterol using medications like aspirin and statins. Despite these measures, heart disease remains the number one cause of death in the United States, with many patients having heart attacks even after...
by Wiley Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Adolescent and young adult (AYA) cancer survivors are at risk of experiencing treatment-related effects later in life, including damage to the heart. New research has identified various sociodemographic and modifiable risk factors associated with these patients’ risk of developing cardiovascular disease (CVD). The findings are published by Wiley online...
by The Mount Sinai Hospital The abnormal subretinal drusenoid deposits (SDDs) are the multiple, gray, conical lesions (yellow arrows) sitting on top of the bright white band known as the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE). They are pushing and penetrating the thin white retinal layer above them. All the other retinal layers further above are normal....
