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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Scientists pin down predictive equations for nocturnal hypertension, nondipping SBP

A group of scientists from the University of Alabama at Birmingham have derived predictive equations to identify adults at a high risk of having nocturnal hypertension or nondipping systolic blood pressure—both hard-to-catch conditions that can raise a person’s risk for CVD.

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Tech company develops BP-monitoring earbuds

Blood pressure-monitoring technology is hitting the wearables market hard this year, and tech companies are vying to create the optimal tool for tracking BP on the go. But one company thinks they already have it figured out, according to CNET—in the form of BP-monitoring earbuds.

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Benefits of intensive BP therapy outweigh risks in octogenarians

Taking steps to keep older patients’ systolic blood pressure under the 120 mmHg mark could lower those patients’ risk of MI, stroke, death and mild cognitive impairment, according to a new study—but it could also fast-track a decline in kidney health.

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Long work hours linked to higher BP

Working long hours was linked to as much as a 70% increased risk of masked hypertension and a 66% greater risk of sustained hypertension in a recent study of 3,500 white-collar employees in Quebec, Canada.

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Researchers ID novel apolipoprotein, antibody complex as CVD biomarker

Research led by a team at the University of Kentucky and funded by the American Heart Association and National Institutes of Health has uncovered a new biomarker for cardiovascular disease: an apolipoprotein/antibody combo.

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Cleaner diets could save the US $50B

Switching to a healthier diet could save Americans more than $300 annually and could cut U.S. healthcare costs by $50 billion, a new study suggests.

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AHA awards $14M in grants for diabetes research

The American Heart Association on Dec. 13 announced that it would be awarding more than $14 million in research grants to advance its new Strategically Focused Research Network on Cardiometabolic Health and Type 2 Diabetes.

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Antiarrhythmic drug could also treat PAH, COPD

An FDA-approved antiarrhythmic drug known as dofetilide could be repurposed to treat pulmonary arterial hypertension, researchers have found.