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.
Subclinical CVD linked to increased risk for mortality in diabetes
Jun 05, 2023
Adults with diabetes with elevated hs-cTnT and NT-proBNP have an increased risk for all-cause and cardiovascular disease mortality.
Medicare to cover Wegovy when patients also have heart disease
Mar 22, 2024
Medicare will now cover the popular weight-loss drug Wegovy if patients using it also have heart disease, US officials announced Thursday.
Few adults know their heart health numbers
Feb 13, 2024
Less than 20% of US adults know their cholesterol or blood sugar levels.
USPSTF recommends statins for primary prevention of CVD in adults
Aug 24, 2022
Statin use is recommended for adults aged 40 to 75 years with at least one CVD risk factor and estimated 10-year CVD event risk of ≥10%.