DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I am 42 and recently was diagnosed with diabetes. My doctor said I could manage the condition with diet and exercise for now but suggested I follow up with a cardiologist. As far as I know, my heart is fine. ...
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Artificial intelligence-enabled eye scans could be used to rapidly and accurately predict whether a person is at high risk of heart disease, a new study involving researchers from London's Kingston University has established.
Nov 29, 2022
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Around 15% of people aged 40–75 may have a form of undiagnosed high blood pressure (hypertension) that occurs only at night-time. Because they do not know about this, and therefore are not being treated for it, they are ...
Sep 22, 2022
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Researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Duke University showed that a genetic variant, present in 3-4% of self-identified Black individuals in the U.S., increases the risk for both heart failure and death and contributes ...
May 12, 2024
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New research has debunked the idea that there is an "obesity paradox," whereby patients with heart failure who are overweight or obese are thought to be less likely to end up in hospital or die than people of normal weight.
Mar 21, 2023
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The first blood test to diagnose inflammation of the heart muscle (myocarditis) could be in use in as little as a year, following the discovery of a molecular signal in the blood by Queen Mary University of London researchers. ...
Nov 24, 2022
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A new study published in Science Advances shows female and male hearts respond differently to the stress hormone noradrenaline. The study in mice may have implications for human heart disorders like arrhythmias and heart ...
Jan 20, 2023
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Transthyretin-related cardiac amyloidosis is a progressive disease characterized by the deposition of amyloid protein fibrils in the heart. Amyloid fibril deposition thickens and stiffens the heart walls, and the disease ...
May 20, 2023
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Overweight patients with atrial fibrillation are more likely to experience a return of the heart rhythm disorder after a corrective procedure than those of normal weight, according to research presented at EHRA 2022, a scientific ...
Apr 4, 2022
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A review and meta-analysis of 38 randomized controlled trials found that counseling patients about contraceptive use and providing contraceptives for patients wanting them in various clinical practice settings increases contraceptive ...
May 23, 2022
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