A study published in Radiology August 20 suggests the harm of vaping tobacco products isn’t limited to nicotine itself, with users showing evidence of blood…

“Silent” strokes are more common than overt strokes in older patients undergoing elective non-cardiac surgery, investigators with the NeuroVISION study have found.

Co-principal investigator and professor Marko…

Health officials in the Midwest have confirmed at least 22 cases of vaping-related lung injury this month, according to recent reports, and are in the process of investigating as many as 18 more.

Minnesota, Wisconsin…

Long-term exposure to ambient air pollutants—especially ozone—increase a person’s chance of developing emphysema, according to research published August 13 in the …

Transport to the hospital via mobile stroke unit—as opposed to standard transit in an ambulance—saved stroke victims 10 minutes and up to 270 million neurons in a study out of the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.…

Patients with critical limb ischemia might be better off if they opt for endovascular-first treatment over an open surgical bypass, a Circulation:…

The FDA issued an advisory August 7 updating healthcare…

TARA Biosystems’ “heart-on-a-chip” system successfully replicates human drug responses to CV medications without having to risk cardiotoxicity in human testing, researchers from TARA and GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) announced August 6.

People with osteoarthritis (OA) are 23% more likely to develop CVD than their non-arthritic counterparts if they regularly use non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), according to research published in…

An editorial published in The Lancet August 2 scrutinized JUUL Labs’ participation in and sponsorship…

Individuals infected with hepatitis C are at a significantly increased risk of developing heart disease, according to a Lancet…

An antioxidant compound found in soybeans might protect the heart from cannabis-related CV damage, according to work presented at the American Heart Association’s Basic Cardiovascular Sciences 2019 Scientific Sessions.

Researchers at the University of Michigan have developed technology that flags stroke victims at the greatest risk for atrial fibrillation after an event, trumping standard methods of risk stratification to achieve greater accuracy. …

A federal judge has set a 10-month deadline, ending in May 2020, for e-cigarette and cigar makers to apply for FDA authorization to keep their products on the market.

The July 12 ruling was issued by U.S. District…

A large-scale study of people living with HIV has linked the immune deficiency to an increased risk of CVD, in particular heart failure and stroke.

The research, published this month in the…

Cigarette smokers are three times more likely than non-smokers to die from heart disease, an Australian study has found.

The research, spearheaded by Emily Banks, a professor at Australian National University, also…

A study on the effect of different sedentary behaviors on CV health has pinned binge-watching television as a more harmful activity than sitting at a desk job, though the negative effects of both can potentially be reversed with…

Infections—most notably urinary tract infections (UTIs)—were linked to a significantly increased risk of acute ischemic stroke in a recent study out of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.

In launching their…

San Francisco will be the first city in the U.S. to ban the sale and distribution of e-cigarettes, NPR reported Tuesday—a significant move considering the nation’s biggest producer of e-cigs, Juul Labs, is based in the city.

Researchers at Kazan Federal University in Russia are in the process of testing biodegradable plant-based implants that might one day replace artificial prostheses, eliminating the need for repeat surgeries as a patient’s vasculature…

Two days of debate over the safety of paclitaxel-coated and -eluting devices have culminated in a nonbinding recommendation by the FDA to continue sales of such devices for peripheral artery disease (PAD) patients, though the agency is…