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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FDA advisors divided on T1D drug sotagliflozin

An advisory panel to the FDA voted 8-8 Jan. 17 on a motion to approve the type 1 diabetes drug sotagliflozin, Reuters reported.

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Alert dogs for T1D show promise in detecting owners’ blood sugar changes

Trained “glycemia alert dogs” are more reliable in signaling out-of-range (OOR) blood sugar levels to their owners with type 1 diabetes than previously reported, according to a new study published in PLOS One.

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At-home program helped 91% of patients control their BP in 7 weeks

A Harvard-led study of 130 hypertensive individuals found a unique home-based blood pressure (BP) control program run by non-physicians can help patients reach healthy BP goals within seven weeks.

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T2D with earlier onset linked to mental illness, more hospital stays

Hong Kong researchers have identified “a previously unknown burden” of mental illness among those with young-onset type 2 diabetes (YOD), with a study suggesting more than one-third of days those patients spend in the hospital before age 40 can be attributed to mental health.

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Trendy ‘bone broth’ diets could have some cardiovascular merit

In the past year bone broth—the result of simmering animal bones with herbs and vegetables for anywhere between 20 minutes and 20 hours—has been lauded as a superfood, promoted as a Hollywood diet and linked to benefits like better gut health and stronger joints. Now, research out of Spain is proving at least some of those claims are true.

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Intensive statin doses offer no extra benefit for nursing home residents

Older adults living in long-term care facilities experienced a similar risk of mortality and cardiovascular hospitalizations regardless of whether they were taking intensive or more moderate doses of statins, a retrospective study found.

Guideline-recommended statin treatment ‘hampered’ by clinician beliefs

Clinicians’ personal beliefs about the safety and efficacy of statins play a larger role in their likelihood of prescribing the medications than their knowledge of cholesterol guidelines, according to a study published Jan. 4 in the American Journal of Cardiology.

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Smoking hookah raises risk of diabetes, obesity

Smoking hookah could raise users’ risk of developing diabetes or becoming obese, the Telegraph has reported of a study out of Brighton and Sussex Medical School.