Individuals whose diets are rich in plant-based monounsaturated fatty acids are associated with a lower risk of dying from heart disease or other causes in comparison to animal-based diets rich in monounsaturated fats, according to preliminary findings presented at the American Heart Association’s Epidemiology and Prevention | Lifestyle and Cardiometabolic Health Scientific Sessions 2018 on March 21 in New Orleans.

BOCA RATON, Fla., March 27, 2018 — New research from MDVIP and Cleveland HeartLab finds that patients with diabetes, pre-diabetes or no evidence of diabetes whose physicians ordered myeloperoxidase (MPO) inflammation testing achieved sharp reductions in MPO levels over five years.

Though a significant amount of literature currently exists regarding high cholesterol as a risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD), less than 40 percent of people with high cholesterol levels are prescribed the correct drug treatments, according to new research published in the American Heart Association’s journal Circulation.

A resting systolic blood pressure above 120 to 125 millimeters of mercury was associated with a more rapid increase toward full-on hypertension, according to an analysis of the Framingham Heart Study published in JAMA Cardiology.

In a perspective piece published by The New York Times, Indiana University pediatrics professor and healthcare blogger Aaron E. Carroll, MD, offered his take on a recent JAMA study showing near-equal weight loss with a low-fat versus a low-carbohydrate diet.

New research suggests severely obese teenagers who receive bariatric surgery for weight loss can cut their risk of having a heart disease-related event in half.

Adults over the age of 45 who consumed 24 ounces or more of sugary beverages had twice the risk of death from coronary artery disease (CAD) than people who drank less than one ounce, according to new research.

New research out of Japan shows eating slowly may positively affect changes in obesity, BMI and waist circumference.