USPSTF updates guidance on statins for primary prevention of cardiovascular disease
Feb 22, 2022
The evidence currently is insufficient for assessing the balance of benefits and harms of statin initiation for primary prevention of CVD and mortality in adults aged 76 years or older.
USPSTF: Evidence still lacking for atrial fibrillation screening
Jan 27, 2022
Evidence currently is inadequate for assessing the balance of benefits and harms of screening for atrial fibrillation in asymptomatic adults.
Step count inversely linked to all-cause, cardiovascular mortality
Aug 10, 2023
Higher quartiles of steps were associated with a lower risk for all-cause mortality and cardiovascular mortality.
Risks for all-cause, cardiovascular, respiratory mortality increased after floods
Oct 10, 2023
Risks vary by local climate type and socioeconomic status.
Four in 10 adults report heart symptoms during the pandemic
Feb 09, 2022
And one in four COVID-19 survivors says the virus affected their heart health.
Vitamin K inversely linked to risk for atherosclerotic CVD
Aug 16, 2021
Participants with diets high in vitamin K1 and vitamin K2 had a reduced risk for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease in adjusted analyses.
AHA: Daily marijuana use linked to incident heart failure
Nov 13, 2023
And cannabis use disorder is linked to an increased odds of major adverse cardiac and cerebrovascular events.
Resistance exercise may be better for improving sleep
Mar 14, 2022
A self-reported increase in sleep duration was seen with resistance exercise but not aerobic exercise, combined exercise or no exercise (control).
AHA: Environmental exposures tied to CVD deaths in the US, UK
Nov 07, 2022
The risk-attributable cardiovascular death rate was associated with lead exposure higher in the US than the UK; the opposite pattern was seen between the countries for particulate matter exposure.
Sodium-containing acetaminophen may raise risk for cardiovascular disease
Feb 28, 2022
An increase in cardiovascular disease and one-year mortality risks were seen with initiation of sodium-containing acetaminophen for people with and without hypertension.