Older adults' driving habits reveal clues about their brain health and may provide early warning signs of cognitive decline or dementia, according to a preliminary study presented at the American Stroke Association's International ...
Jan 29, 2026
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Continuing angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors and angiotensin II receptor blockers before non-cardiac surgery is linked to a reduced risk of postoperative mortality and functional decline, according to researchers from ...
Oct 2, 2025
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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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In the United States and worldwide, cardiovascular disease is the leading avoidable cause of premature death and disability. Primarily heart attacks and stroke, cardiovascular disease accounts for more than 900,000 annual ...
Aug 1, 2024
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Patients who took an angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor while undergoing cancer treatment with high-dose anthracycline chemotherapy did not show any difference in troponin T levels, a biomarker associated with ...
Apr 8, 2024
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For patients with hypertension and at least one other coronary heart disease risk factor, cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality is similar for those receiving a thiazide-type diuretic, calcium channel blocker (CCB), or angiotensin-converting ...
Dec 4, 2023
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From early on in the pandemic it was apparent that older adults and those with underlying health problems were more likely to get very sick from a COVID infection compared with younger, healthier people.
Nov 11, 2022
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The growing list of COVID complications is long and surprising—from brain changes and heart disease to skin rashes and COVID toes.
Oct 13, 2022
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