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.
 

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What decades-old dietary recommendations for high cholesterol get wrong

Patients diagnosed with familiar hypercholesterolemia should work to lower carbohydrates, not saturated fats, according to a new study published in BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine.

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Common blood pressure medications may reduce colorectal cancer risk

The use of angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors and angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) is associated with a lower risk of colorectal cancer.

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Healthy older patients see benefits from statin use

Statin use may help healthy older patients avoid physical disability and cardiovascular disease, according to new data published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

FDA approves new fast-acting insulin for type 1 and type 2 diabetes

The approval was based on data from two phase III randomized, treat-to-target studies. 

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Treating type 2 diabetes with ertugliflozin does not increase risk of major cardiovascular events

The VERTIS CV Study tracked the performance of ertugliflozin and a placebo in more than 8,000 adult T2D patients.

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Update: FDA names 5 companies recalling extended-release metformin

The FDA has provided new information about the metformin recall first announced in May. 

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AI algorithm predicts glucose levels one hour into the future

Bio Conscious has announced that its AI-powered Diabits app can predict blood glucose levels a full hour into the future—and it has the data to prove it.

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Machine learning predicts drug cardiotoxicity

Machine learning is playing a key role in predicting all major forms of drug cardiotoxicity, potentially helping reduce late-stage clinical trial failures.