Progress was reversed due to an increase in mortality from external causes and stagnation for cardiovascular diseases.
Insulin resistance linked to risk for more than 30 diseases
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Haymarket Media
Sep 09, 2024
Twenty-six positive and five negative correlations were seen, as well as a link between insulin resistance and all-cause mortality in women.
Inflammation, cholesterol, lipoprotein(a) predict 30-year cardiovascular outcomes in women
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Haymarket Media
Sep 03, 2024
The authors say that the findings call for primary prevention strategies to extend beyond traditional 10-year estimates.
Eating more fruits, vegetables tied to lower blood pressure
Aug 06, 2024
Additional benefits include improved kidney and heart health in patients with hypertension.
Women undergoing CABG more likely to get care at low-quality hospitals
Jul 29, 2024
More than fourfold higher mortality was seen for women Medicare beneficiaries receiving coronary artery bypass grafting at low-quality hospitals than male beneficiaries at high-quality hospitals.
Study: Professional medication review is a must when older adults want to scale back meds
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Kristen Fischer
Jul 29, 2024
Many older adults want to cut back on taking multiple medications, or polypharmacy, but they need to talk to a clinician or pharmacist first, authors of a new report say.
Digoxin, beta-blockers have equivalent effects on heart rate in a-fib
Jul 23, 2024
Wearable device data could predict New York Heart Association functional class similarly to clinical measures and a six-minute walk test.
New report calls for more research on women’s health issues
Jul 12, 2024
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine analysis noted that women are disproportionately affected by chronic illnesses, including Alzheimer’s disease, depression and osteoporosis.
Prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors, diseases set to increase
Jun 06, 2024
The annual inflation-adjusted health care costs of cardiovascular risk factors is projected to triple between 2020 and 2050.
Statins reduce CVD risk in adults aged 75 to 85 and 85 years and older
May 28, 2024
A risk reduction was seen for overall cardiovascular disease incidence for initiating statin therapy in both intention-to-treat and per-protocol analyses.