Health
Study shows daylight saving time has minimal effect on heart health
A recent Mayo Clinic study examining the effects of daylight saving time (DST) on heart health suggests that the impact is likely minimal.
Feb 27, 2024
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News tagged with adverse cardiovascular events
Health
Waking up to your phone alarm could be putting you at risk
Your morning alarm clock might not just be annoying. It could be raising your blood pressure, putting you at greater risk for adverse cardiovascular events, such as stroke and heart attack, according to new research from ...
Dec 19, 2023
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Cardiology
Reducing systolic blood pressure to less than 120 mm Hg found to reduce cardiovascular event risk
An intensive three-year intervention to lower the top blood pressure number to less than 120 mm Hg was more effective at preventing death, heart attack, stroke and other cardiovascular events in adults at high risk for cardiovascular ...
Nov 13, 2023
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Medications
Recent study finds that semaglutide medication may benefit 93 million U.S. adults
Researchers from the University of California, Irvine have just published a study that projects 93 million U.S. adults that are overweight and obese may be suitable for the 2.4 mg dosage of semaglutide, a weight loss medication ...
Aug 15, 2023
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Cardiology
Childhood trauma linked to reduced vascular function and diminished sleep quality
Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) contribute to reduced vascular function and diminished sleep quality in young adults, according to a study at the University of Iowa. In addition, researchers found that poor sleep efficiency ...
Apr 21, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Sex differences seen in vascular response to mental stress
For women, peripheral microvascular dysfunction in response to mental stress is associated with adverse cardiovascular events, according to a study published online March 1 in Atherosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology ...
Mar 3, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Blinding eye disease strongly associated with serious forms of cardiovascular disease
Patients with a specific form of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a leading cause of blindness in the United States, are also highly likely to have either underlying heart damage from heart failure and heart attacks, ...
Nov 17, 2022
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Cardiology
Increased aortic diameter raises risk of heart attack, stroke
The diameter of the thoracic aorta is a biomarker for heart attacks and other adverse cardiovascular events in women and men, according to a new study published in the journal Radiology.
Apr 12, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Efpeglenatide lowers risk for adverse CV events in T2DM
(HealthDay)—For patients with type 2 diabetes and a history of cardiovascular disease or current kidney disease, the risk for adverse cardiovascular events is lower with efpeglenatide, an exendin-based glucagon-like peptide ...
Jun 29, 2021
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Cardiology
Analysis predicts purified fish oil could prevent thousands of cardiovascular events
Researchers from the University of California, Irvine have conducted a statistical analysis that predicts more than 70,000 heart attacks, strokes and other adverse cardiovascular events could be prevented each year in the ...
Mar 25, 2020
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