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.
 

FDA approves expansion of clinical support system to include patients with type 2 diabetes

The platform is now approved as a treatment option for patients with both type 1 and type 2 diabetes.

Cardiologists can make a difference by promoting flu shots, debunking vaccine misinformation

An international team of specialists from the Netherlands and New York made their case in a new editorial. 

FDA announces recall of 2 hypertension medications

The affected batches were distributed from October 2018 to December 2020. 

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FDA clears Rethymic for rare pediatric immune disorder

The application was granted a rare pediatric disease voucher by the FDA.

Many PAD patients are missing out on vital risk assessments

The findings, based on Medicare data, were presented at VIVA21 in Las Vegas.

How health systems could do more to help hypertension patients

Text-based reminders, simplified prescriptions and real-time counseling are just some of the suggestions mentioned in a new scientific statement from the American Heart Association. 

Early onset hypertension associated with brain structure changes, dementia

An active screening program designed to identify people with early hypertension and provide aggressive high blood pressure treatment may help reduce the risk of developing dementia in the future.

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American Heart Association, FDA comment on continued popularity of e-cigarettes

According to a new analysis, 27.6% of high school students say they use e-cigarettes daily.