by Jennifer Rainey Marquez, Georgia State University Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States among men and women, and the number one risk factor is age. In large part, this is because of the damage that occurs in our blood vessels as we grow older. But what if you could turn...
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Statins provide no benefit for 50 percent of patients, say researchers
By Sally Robertson, B.Sc.Reviewed by Kate Anderton, B.Sc. Millions of patients do not benefit from taking statins and fail to achieve a cholesterol level low enough to reduce their risk of heart or stroke, report researchers. According to a study recently published in the journal Heart, around half of people who are prescribed the drugs...
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Healthy hearts need two proteins working together
by National Institutes of Health Two proteins that bind to stress hormones work together to maintain a healthy heart in mice, according to scientists at the National Institutes of Health and their collaborators. These proteins, stress hormone receptors known as the glucocorticoid receptor (GR) and mineralocorticoid receptor (MR), act in concert to help support heart...
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Newer heart valves may let more people avoid surgery
By MARILYNN MARCHIONE Surgery for certain bad heart valves may soon become a thing of the past. New studies suggest it’s OK and often better to have a new valve placed through a tube into an artery instead. The results are expected to quickly transform treatment of a problem that affects millions of people — a stiff or narrowed aortic valve that...
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Researchers say education a major barrier to following heart healthy diet
People with a college education are nearly seven times more likely to adhere to a Mediterranean Diet than people with only a high school education, according to research in The Journal of the American Osteopathic Association. The study also found women are three times more likely than men to follow the Mediterranean diet and people...
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Yo-yo dieting may increase women’s heart disease risk
Yo-yo dieting may make it harder for women to control a variety of heart disease risk factors, according to preliminary research presented at the American Heart Association’s Epidemiology and Prevention | Lifestyle and Cardiometabolic Health Scientific Sessions 2019, a premier global exchange of the latest advances in population-based cardiovascular science for researchers and clinicians. “Achieving a healthy weight is generally recommended as heart healthy but maintaining weight loss is difficult...
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Researchers invent medical device for early intervention of congestive heart failure
A research team from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) and Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH) has invented a smart handheld medical device that could enable early intervention for patients with congestive heart failure. The portable innovation, which resembles a stethoscope, is made up of an acoustic sensor connected to a smartphone. It enables early...
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Your Apple Watch can now record your ECG – but what does that mean and can you trust it?
Apple’s new, fourth-generation watch has an electrical heart rate sensor. This can record your electrocardiogram or ECG, which Apple says: “… can classify if the heart is beating in a normal pattern or whether there are signs of atrial fibrillation (AFib), a heart condition that could lead to major health complications.” So, what actually is...
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Researchers discover first treatment to improve survival in rare heart condition
EUROPEAN SOCIETY OF CARDIOLOGY Munich, Germany – 27 Aug 2018: Tafamidis is the first treatment to improve survival and reduce hospitalisations in a rare heart condition called transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy, according to late breaking research presented today in a Hot Line Session at ESC Congress 20181 and published in the New England Journal of Medicine. Professor Claudio Rapezzi, principal...
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More evidence supports link between orthostatic hypotension and CVD
July 2, 2018 by Lindsey Diaz-Macinnis, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Orthostatic hypotension (OH)—a rapid drop in blood pressure upon standing up from a sitting or lying down position—is a frequently encountered clinical sign among patients. Clinicians most often consider OH as indicative of dehydration. However, new research led by scientists at BIDMC bolsters the notion that adults with OH...