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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.
 

Engineers have developed and tested a new wearable device capable of monitoring a person’s blood sugar, alcohol and lactate levels all at the same time, detailing their work in Nature Biomedical Engineering

Small wearable device monitors blood sugar, alcohol and lactate levels at the same time

Engineers detailed their prototype, which is roughly the size of a small stack of quarters, in Nature Biomedical Engineering.

Flu shots lower CVD risk, new meta-analysis confirms

The study's authors tracked data from six different randomized controlled trials, including a large study from 2021 that focused on myocardial infarction patients.

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Combining certain BP medications with NSAIDs linked to kidney damage—acetaminophen seen as a safer option

A team of researchers used computer science and mathematics to study the "triple whammy" of diuretics, RAS inhibitors and NSAIDs.

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Unpaid student loan debt is bad for the heart

An American Journal of Preventive Medicine study highlights higher rates of cardiovascular disease for adults who fail to pay down student debt.

Statin reduces risk for non-obstructive CAD patients but no significant risk reduction for aspirin

The results of a study published in Radiology: Cardiothoracic Imagincall into question the value of initiating aspirin therapy in certain instances.

American College of Cardiology (ACC) President Edward T. A. Fry, MD, FACC, an interventional and general cardiologist at Ascension St. Vincent Hospital in Indianapolis, and chair of the Ascension National Cardiovascular Service Line, discusses healthcare disparities that became very pronounced during the COVID-19 pandemic. He said this is an issue that was really brought to the forefront during the pandemic and it was clear outcomes with minorities were impacted by their ability to pay, access to care.

VIDEO: ACC President Edward Fry outlines disparities in care seen during the pandemic

In a recent interview with Cardiovascular Business, ACC President Edward T. A. Fry, MD, discussed some of the healthcare disparities that were highlighted during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

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USPSTF updates its stance on aspirin use to prevent CVD, sees no benefit for patients 60 or older

These recommendations, the group emphasized, do not include patients with a history of CVD or those who are already taking aspirin for another reason.

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FDA announces another recall of common hypertension medication due to potential cancer risk

The new recall includes five lots of medications distributed from December 2019 to April 2022. Similar products were also recalled back in March for the same reason.