Reducing the damage sustained by the heart during a myocardial infarction remains one of the major challenges in cardiology, even when the blocked coronary artery is reopened in a timely manner. Part of the myocardial injury ...
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Patients hospitalized with a common form of heart failure could avoid later hospital stays—and dramatically lower health care costs—if they receive the full combination of four medications currently recommended in national ...
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For people with physical frailty, having high blood pressure may be associated with a lower risk of dementia, according to a study published in Neurology. The study did not find a lower risk of dementia in people with high ...
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A new Dalhousie study suggests improved fitness may not be enough to protect blood vessels from the effects of prolonged sitting. The study, published in the European Journal of Applied Physiology, examined whether 12 weeks ...
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A new study from Penn State College of Medicine, to be presented at the SLEEP 2026 annual meeting, found that excessive daytime sleepiness is associated with higher odds of both prevalent and incident hypertension, and taking ...
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Canadian women have to advocate for themselves when it comes to seeking treatment for high blood pressure, according to a new study from a team of researchers at the University of Alberta and the University of Ottawa. The ...
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Researchers at Mass General Brigham have demonstrated that older U.S. veterans who initiated statin therapy were significantly less likely to develop frailty over time, suggesting that the cholesterol-lowering medications ...
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Changes to the heart linked to marathon running vary by age, sex and training level, finds a synthesis of the available data, published in BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine. But it is not clear whether these changes represent ...
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When heart cells burn fat without normal metabolic controls, they can deplete a lipid needed to keep mitochondria functioning properly, according to a study by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers. The findings, published ...
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The American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology, along with two other leading medical organizations, have developed the first-ever guideline aimed at preventing and managing cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic ...
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