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Commonly prescribed medications for high blood pressure have unexpected side effects
Cardiovascular diseases are the world's leading cause of death, and high blood pressure, or hypertension, affects more than 1 billion people globally, with most living in low- and middle-income countries.
Apr 17, 2025
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Personalized predictive model improves risk assessment for coronary artery disease
Coronary artery disease (CAD) is the leading cause of death in the United States. Although effective preventive treatments exist, these measures are often underutilized, in part because people don't know they're at risk of ...
Apr 17, 2025
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Cardiovascular disease: We know the impact of sex, but what role does gender play?
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death worldwide. According to the Global Burden of Disease study, which compiles and analyzes population health data from 204 countries, the number of CVD cases almost ...
Apr 17, 2025
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Nontraditional risk factors shed light on unexplained strokes in adults younger than 50
Adults younger than 50 years of age had more than double the risk of having a stroke from migraine or other nontraditional stroke risk factors rather than traditional risks such as high blood pressure, according to research ...
Apr 17, 2025
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Addressing risk factors during teen years can prevent heart-related issues in adulthood, report suggests
Too often, young people in the U.S. just on the threshold of adulthood face cardiovascular challenges.
Apr 17, 2025
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Researchers report association between urinary incontinence, cardiovascular disease
A University of Iowa-led research team has found that urinary incontinence may be associated with a greater risk of cardiovascular disease in women. The work is published in the journal Preventive Medicine.
Apr 16, 2025
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Longer exposure to antidepressants increases risk for sudden cardiac death
Exposure time to antidepressants in adults is associated with a higher risk for sudden cardiac death (SCD), according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the European Heart Rhythm Association, held from March 30 ...
Apr 16, 2025
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Symptoms of ice cold feet and heaviness in legs strongly linked to varicose veins
Hypersensitivity to the cold, especially ice cold feet, as well as a feeling of heaviness in the legs, are linked to the presence of varicose veins, finds a large study published in the open access journal Open Heart.
Apr 16, 2025
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This music festival season, stay on the fun side of the medical tent with this advice
As a veteran of more than 20 music festivals, Los Angeles law student Christian Langston has seen a little bit of everything.
Apr 16, 2025
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Heart valve abnormality is associated with malignant arrhythmias, study reveals
People with a certain heart valve abnormality are at increased risk of severe heart rhythm disorders, even after successful valve surgery. This is according to a new study, "Mitral annular disjunction and mitral valve prolapse: ...
Apr 15, 2025
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New analysis underscores health risks of e-cigarettes
A Johns Hopkins Medicine-led analysis of medical information gathered on a diverse group of almost 250,000 people over four years has significantly clarified the link between the "exclusive" use of e-cigarettes and chronic ...
Apr 15, 2025
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Omega-3 can help prevent diabetes and cardiovascular disease
In 2021, roughly 6% of the world's population, or 529 million people, were living with diabetes, mostly type 2 diabetes (T2D). In the same year, 1.6 million deaths were attributed to this disease.
Apr 15, 2025
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Brisk walking pace and time spent at this speed may lower risk of heart rhythm abnormalities, research suggests
A brisk walking pace, and the amount of time spent at this speed, may lower the risk of heart rhythm abnormalities, such as atrial fibrillation, tachycardia (rapid heartbeat), and bradycardia (very slow heartbeat), finds ...
Apr 15, 2025
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Past patient outcomes could help single-ventricle surgery decisions
When considering whether a child who has a single-ventricle heart defect would benefit more from biventricular repair or the Fontan procedure, heart specialists have lacked a key tool to guide them: data that shows possible ...
Apr 15, 2025
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Preventing onset and development of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction
An international team of researchers at the University of Manchester, Baylor College of Medicine and collaborating institutions has discovered a natural mechanism that protects the heart from heart failure with preserved ...
Apr 15, 2025
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Health apps missing the mark: Few target India's heart disease challenge
Smartphones are changing the way people manage their health—but when it comes to heart disease in India, app stores are lagging far behind. Despite heart disease being the country's leading cause of death, accounting for ...
Apr 15, 2025
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AI recreates the motion of a beating heart using surface electrical recordings
Researchers from Rutgers Health and RWJBarnabas Health have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) technology that transforms basic electrocardiogram (ECG) readings of electrical activity into sophisticated heart motion ...
Apr 14, 2025
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Simple medication can save the lives of cardiac patients, study finds
Cardiovascular disease is by far the most common cause of death worldwide, and myocardial infarction is the most common acute event. For those who survive a myocardial infarction, the risk of a new heart attack is greatest ...
Apr 14, 2025
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Mathematical model demonstrates ratio of potassium to sodium intake key to regulating blood pressure
New research from the University of Waterloo suggests increasing the ratio of dietary potassium to sodium intake may be more effective for lowering blood pressure than simply reducing sodium intake.
Apr 14, 2025
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Amazon turned drivers into first responders in Europe experiment
Amazon.com Inc. equipped some delivery vans in Europe with defibrillators to see if drivers crisscrossing residential areas could speed up aid to heart-attack victims.
Apr 14, 2025
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Pregnancy complications contribute to cardiovascular risk for overweight women, study finds
Complications during pregnancy (or adverse pregnancy outcomes), like gestational diabetes and newly developed high blood pressure, act as nature's stress test and may uncover an individual's risk for heart disease later in ...
Apr 14, 2025
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Sleep matters: Duration, timing, quality and more may affect cardiovascular disease risk
Healthy sleep includes multiple components, such as number of hours of sleep per night, how long it takes to fall asleep, daytime functioning and self-reported sleep satisfaction, and addressing these different dimensions ...
Apr 14, 2025
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How trustworthy is your fitness tracker score?
Millions of people now start their day with a number—a "readiness" score, a "body battery"" level or a measure of "strain""—delivered by the wearable device on their wrist or finger. But how much trust should we place ...
Apr 12, 2025
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Sex differences in carotid artery plaques and stroke symptoms revealed in new study
A new study published in Nature Cardiovascular Research found that while carotid artery narrowing can lead to stroke in both men and women, the symptoms and plaque characteristics often differ between the sexes. Even though ...
Apr 11, 2025
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AI-generated 'synthetic scarred hearts' aid atrial fibrillation treatment
Researchers from Queen Mary University of London have developed an AI tool that creates synthetic yet medically accurate models of fibrotic heart tissue (heart scarring), aiding treatment planning for atrial fibrillation ...
Apr 11, 2025
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