‘Nanopaint’ breakthrough could give seniors a picture-perfect recovery from heart surgery, dialysis
By
Aaron Dorman
Mar 12, 2024
In the future, surgeons could use “nanopaint” particles to coat veins to prevent clogging after vein transplant procedures, research shows.
Heart failure training increases home care worker job satisfaction: Cornell study
By
Joe Jancsurak
Nov 12, 2020
Home care workers who have been trained in heart failure are more satisfied with their jobs and feel more prepared and confident working with heart failure patients, according to new cross-campus research...
Home health clients feeling physical, mental health effects of pandemic
By
Joe Jancsurak
Dec 08, 2020
The long-term physical and mental health effects experienced during the pandemic by older adults who, along with their family caregivers, typically would be served by home healthcare agencies, are a growing...
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.
Use of wearable devices low for those with cardiovascular disease risk
Jun 09, 2023
Older age, lower educational attainment and lower household income were independently associated with lower use of wearable devices in US adults at risk for CVD when adjusting for other sociodemographic...
Shift work tied to later frailty
Apr 03, 2023
THe association was strongest for women working shift work versus those only working daytime.
Air pollution tied to cardiovascular disease deaths globally
Feb 09, 2024
Household air pollution in low-income countries doubles stroke-related deaths versus outdoor air pollution.
Daily low-dose aspirin has no effect on healthy life span in older adults: study
By
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 17, 2018
Daily low-dose aspirin did not prolong healthy, independent living — that is, life free of dementia or persistent physical disability — in a large clinical study undertaken to determine the risks and...
Lifetime excess weight linked to subclinical myocardial injury
Oct 27, 2021
People with body mass index trajectories of stable overweight or obesity have elevated levels of cardiac troponin I, a marker of subclinical myocardial injury.
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.