Heart Health

This news channel includes content on cardiovascular disease prevention, cardiac risk stratification, diagnosis, screening programs, and management of major risk factors that include diabetes, hypertension, diet, life style, cholesterol, obesity, ethnicity and socio-economic disparities.

New data highlight how Heartflow's AI software drives major shifts in heart care
One of the study's most significant findings was that patients managed using the advanced AI software saw LDL cholesterol drops of 18.7 mg/dL, with a 15% reduction in their risk of a cardiac event. Even patients with no calcified plaque saw significant changes in care management.
AHA data challenge explores links between inflammation and heart disease
Are care teams doing enough to take on inflammation? The American Heart Association hopes this new research initiative can help answer that question, and many others.
The power of prevention: Cardiologist says proactive patient care can make a big difference later in life
Former ACC president Kim Allan Williams Sr., MD, thinks cardiologists should be much more proactive. Encouraging healthy eating habits now, for example, can keep patients out of the hospital later in life and reduce healthcare spending.
Yes, researchers argue, vitamin D supplements help protect the heart
The ongoing debate continues. The team behind this latest analysis pointed to more than 40 years of research to make its point.
‘The start of a paradigm shift’: FDA clears first over-the-counter cuffless blood pressure monitor
The cuffless technology, which has already gained CE mark approval, should make its U.S. debut in 2026.

Racial gap in cardiovascular health shrinking because whites are less healthy

The racial gap for cardiovascular health in America is narrowing, but the news isn’t as encouraging as it initially sounds. The disparity is shrinking because decreasing overall health in whites, not because of gains made by minority groups.

War injuries, PTSD can double risk of hypertension

War injuries and subsequent post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) have been found to double the risk for high blood pressure, according to a new study published in Hypertension on March 19.

Early onset puberty ups risks of obesity later in life

Girls who enter puberty earlier have an increased risk of obesity as they get older, according to research published online Feb. 6 in the International Journal of Obesity.

Heart Health

New data highlight how Heartflow's AI software drives major shifts in heart care

AHA data challenge explores links between inflammation and heart disease

The power of prevention: Cardiologist says proactive patient care can make a big difference later in life

Yes, researchers argue, vitamin D supplements help protect the heart

‘The start of a paradigm shift’: FDA clears first over-the-counter cuffless blood pressure monitor