People who begin taking antihypertensive drugs or lipid-lowerers like statins are more likely than non-initiators to become obese and physically inactive, a JAHA study has found—but they’re also more likely to quit smoking and keep their alcohol intake in check.

Higher visit-to-visit systolic blood pressure variability early in life may predict CVD and all-cause mortality in middle age, according to research published in JAMA Cardiology on Jan. 22. 

Another study has surfaced suggesting that meat—both processed and unprocessed—can have deleterious effects on heart health.

Patients in Massachusetts may soon be receiving “farmacy” prescriptions in lieu of traditional pharmacy scripts.

A large-scale study published in the Journal of Hypertension Jan. 20 suggests the calcium channel blocker amlodipine can lower hypertensive patients’ BP while simultaneously minimizing their long-term risk of developing gout.

The Mediterranean diet has been eclipsed as the U.S. News & World Report’s best-ranked heart-healthy diet for the first time in a decade, nudged out of the top spot by the popular Ornish diet.

A two-year collaboration between the North Carolina chapter of the American College of Cardiology and North Carolina Association of Free and Charitable Clinics was successful in providing thousands of underserved heart patients with free lipid-lowering therapy and clopidogrel.

More than 15% of adults in all U.S. states and territories were physically inactive between 2015 and 2018, according to recent data from the CDC, with estimates ranging from 17.3% to 47.7% between regions.