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Low Income Decreases Odds of Cardiologist Involvement in Heart Failure Hospital Care
TUESDAY, Nov. 21, 2023 – Adults with low household income are less likely to have a cardiologist involved in their care during a hospitalization for heart failure than adults with higher incomes,...
Pill-sized Device Tracks Breathing, Heart Rate From Inside the Body
MONDAY, Nov. 20, 2023 – A new 'technopill' can safely monitor a person’s vital signs from inside their bodies, researchers report. The vitals-monitoring (VM) Pill works by tracking the small v...
Heart Trouble & Traveling Over the Holidays? Experts Offer Tips
MONDAY, Nov. 20, 2023 – It’s not simple traveling if you have heart disease, but a chronic condition needn’t keep someone from seeing friends and family during the holidays, the American Heart Ass...
Pill-sized Device Tracks Breathing, Heart Rate From Inside the Body
MONDAY, Nov. 20, 2023 – A new 'technopill' can safely monitor a person’s vital signs from inside their bodies, researchers report. The vitals-monitoring (VM) Pill works by tracking the small v...
Food Sensitization Linked to Increased Risk for Cardiovascular Mortality
FRIDAY, Nov. 17, 2023 – Food sensitization is associated with an increased risk for cardiovascular (CV) mortality, with a stronger association for milk sensitization, according to a study published...
Changes in Work Environment Can Cut Cardiometabolic Risk
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 15, 2023 – Increasing workplace flexibility is associated with a lower risk for cardiovascular disease, according to a study published online Nov. 8 in the American Journal of Public ...
AHA: Semaglutide Cuts Risk for CVD Events in Patients Without Diabetes
MONDAY, Nov. 13, 2023 – Weekly subcutaneous semaglutide significantly cuts the incidence of cardiovascular death and nonfatal heart attacks and strokes in adults with preexisting cardiovascular...
AHA: PREVENT Risk Calculator Estimates Risk for Cardiovascular Disease
MONDAY, Nov. 13, 2023 – The Predicting Risk of Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) Events (PREVENT) risk calculator estimates the risk for CVD, including heart failure, according to a methods paper and...
Wegovy Cuts Heart Risks by 20% in Large Trial
MONDAY, Nov. 13, 2023 (Healthday News) – In a finding that could change the landscape of heart disease care, the wildly popular weight-loss drug Wegovy has proved its mettle in protecting the heart...
People's Heart Health Improves in More 'Flexible' Workplaces
THURSDAY, Nov. 9, 2023 – A kinder, more thoughtful workplace can lead to better heart health among older employees, a new study finds. Older workers’ heart health risk factors decreased s...
AHA: Depression, Anxiety Linked to CVD Risk Factors, MACE
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 8, 2023 – Depression and anxiety are associated with an increased risk for cardiovascular disease risk factors (CVDRFs) and major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE), and a higher...
AHA: High Cardiovascular Health Linked to Lower Phenotypic Age
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 8, 2023 – There is an inverse association for cardiovascular health (CVH) with phenotypic age (PhenoAge) and phenotypic age acceleration (PhenoAgeAccel), according to a study to be...
New A-Fib Ablation Therapy Benefits Women as Much as Men
THURSDAY, Nov. 2, 2023 – A procedure to treat the irregular heart rhythm condition known as atrial fibrillation (a-fib) works just as well for women as it does for men, new research shows. The...
Easy-to-Wear ECG Patch Tracks Heart Health
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 1, 2023 – A new, more comfortable wearable electrocardiogram (ECG) device could be on its way. Researchers from Australia and India have created a compact, lightweight, gel-free...
Second Person to Receive Pig Heart Dies Six Weeks After Transplant
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 1, 2023 – The second person to ever receive a transplanted pig heart has died. Lawrence Faucette, 58, got the transplant just six weeks earlier at the University of Maryland Medical C...
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