by American Heart Association Credit: CC0 Public Domain Adults diagnosed with coronary heart disease, especially before the age of 45, may be at increased risk of developing dementia, Alzheimer’s disease and vascular dementia later in life, according to new research published today in the Journal of the American Heart Association. “Coronary heart disease has previously been...
by Taylor & Francis Space-filling model of the Cholesterol molecule. Credit: RedAndr/Wikipedia Increased levels of lipoprotein(a), a variant of “bad cholesterol” in the bloodstream, are a risk factor for recurrent coronary heart disease (CHD) in people aged 60 or over, according to the results of a new study which tracked the issue over the course of...
by University of Helsinki Cumulative incidence plots for first event of myocardial infarction in FinnGenR6. Red line represents carriers (homo- or heterozygous) for either rs534125149 or rs201988637 (n = 17,838), and blue line represent non-carriers (n = 242,567). Hazard ratio and p-value are from cox-proportional hazards model. Dashed lines represent 95% confidence intervals. Credit: Communications Biology (2022). DOI: 10.1038/s42003-022-03552-0 A variant...
by RCSI University of Medicine Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A study by RCSI indicates that exercise is probably the most effective short-term treatment for depression in people with coronary heart disease when compared to antidepressants and psychotherapy or more complex care. The study, led by researchers at RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences, is...
by Bob Yirka , Medical Xpress A team of researchers affiliated with institutions in the U.K., Greece and Germany has found a new way to treat insulin damaged blood vessels associated with heart disease. In their paper published in the journal Science Translational Medicine, the group describes how they studied blood vessels in multiple heart...
Increased physical activity, not weight loss, gives individuals with coronary heart disease a longer lease on life, according to a new study conducted at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). Increased physical activity, not weight loss, gives individuals with coronary heart disease a longer lease on life, according to a new study conducted...
