Long-term study of postmenopausal women does not support many preventive therapies
May 02, 2024
Hormone therapy was no aid for cardiovascular disease prevention, and calcium/vitamin D supplementation was no aid for universal fracture prevention.
Vigorous physical activity linked to lower mortality
Nov 04, 2022
And, increasing intensity for a given amount of physical activity is associated with reduction in cardiovascular disease.
Review shows high dietary sugar intake tied to harmful health outcomes
Apr 07, 2023
The evidence is stronger for the link to cardiometabolic outcomes based on 73 existing meta-analyses.
Postop, nonoperative a-fib carry similar risks for stroke or TIA
Jul 26, 2022
Patients with postoperative and nonoperative atrial fibrillation also have similar risks for cardiovascular-related death and all-cause death.
Heart attack, stroke care rebound during pandemic
Jun 11, 2021
The biggest, latest COVID-19 surge did not show declines in stroke, heart attack presentation as seen early in the pandemic.
More intensive LDL-C lowering may cut recurrent stroke risk
Feb 22, 2022
More intensive LDL-C-lowering with statin-based therapies was linked to a reduced risk for recurrent stroke for patients with evidence of atherosclerosis.
Salt substitute cuts strokes, cardiovascular events, deaths in older adults
Sep 17, 2021
Rates of stroke, major cardiovascular events and death were lower with a salt substitute versus regular salt in older adults with hypertension and a history of stroke.
K4 Connect integrates Garmin wearable devices into its platform
By
Alyssa Salela
Jul 19, 2017
Technology company K4 Connect and Garmin International have partnered to encourage activity among senior living residents.
Head injury linked to increase in incident ischemic stroke
Sep 15, 2023
A dose-response association was seen for the risk for stroke with the number of head injuries, but no association was seen for severity.
Most fish oil supplement labels make health benefit claims
Aug 25, 2023
Additionally, wide variability was seen across supplements for total daily dose.