Cardiovascular
Home BP monitoring signifcantly improves hypertension control, cuts costs
September 19th, 2018 Home blood pressure monitoring improved hypertension control and saved substantially on medical costs, according to results of a pilot initiative presented at the American Heart Association's Joint Hypertension 2018 Scientific Sessions. American...Dangerously high BP spikes more prevalent in black adults
Black US adults experience a hypertensive crisis, at a rate that is five times the national average, according to a study presented at the American Heart Association’s Joint Hypertension 2018 Scientific Sessions, an annual conference focused on...
Statins don't reduce CVD risk in healthy older people
September 12th, 2018 Statins are not associated with a reduction in cardiovascular disease (CVD) or death in healthy people aged over 75, finds a study. However, in those with type 2 diabetes, statins were related to a reduction in cardiovascular disease and death from...Mortality outcomes of original ASCOT trial reported
In patients with hypertension, the long-term cardiovascular and all-cause mortality effects of different blood pressure-lowering regimens and lipid-lowering treatment are not well documented, particularly in clinical trial settings. Professor...Cancer the most likely to be cause of internal bleeding in CVD patients
Patients with cardiovascular disease who develop major internal bleeding are much more likely to be diagnosed with cancer, a large international clinical trial has found. Patients with gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding are 18 times more likely to be...
Healthy heart diet differs from what was previously thought
September 5th, 2018 The foods that make up a heart healthy diet for people worldwide may differ from what was previously thought, according to late breaking results from the observational Prospective Urban Rural Epidemiological (PURE) study presented at ESC Congress...
Studies look at the benefits of aspirin for patients with CVD
September 5th, 2018 A meta-analysis from 11 trials found that aspirin reduced the risk of non-fatal myocardial infarction by 22% and death by 6%, at the cost of a 59% increase in gastrointestinal bleeding and a 33% increase in haemorrhagic stroke. The authors...Too little or too much sleep bad for heart health
A team from the Onassis Cardiac Surgery Centre in Athens, Greece, evaluated the impact of sleep duration on cardiovascular health by performing a meta-analysis of 11 prospective studies published within the last 5 years that included 1,000,541...
'Holy grail' of weight-loss meds does not increase major cardiovascular events
August 29th, 2018 Lorcaserin effectively aids weight loss in obese patients at a high risk for cardiovascular events (MACE) without increasing the rate of MACE. With a median follow-up of 3.3 years, lorcaserin did not increase the incidence of major cardiovascular...Many take other drugs that lower effectiveness of BP medications
People who take pills to lower their blood pressure often take other drugs that reduce the pills’ effectiveness, a large study suggests. Reuters Health reports that researchers studied data on 521,028 adults prescribed blood pressure pills for the...
Contentious study shows reduced salt consumption not necessary for cardiac health
August 15th, 2018 Research, led by the Population Health Research Institute (PHRI) in Canada with research colleagues in 21 countries, shows that for the vast majority of individuals, sodium consumption does not increase health risks except for those who eat more...
Women under-treated for heart attack die at double the rate of men
August 1st, 2018 A study of 2,898 patients (2,183 men, 715 women) reveals that six months after hospital discharge, death rates and serious adverse cardiovascular events in women presenting with ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI) in the past decade were more...
Marriage may make the heart beat stronger and longer
June 27th, 2018 Marital status appears to influence cardiovascular disease (CVD) and prognosis, according to the largest yet meta-analysis. Not being married was associated with heightened risk of developing CVD and coronary artery disease, and with a heightened...Flavour additives in e-cigarettes may impair blood vessel function
Flavour additives used in electronic cigarettes and related tobacco products could impair blood vessel function and may be an early indicator of heart damage, according to laboratory research. The health effects of "combustible" tobacco products...
An egg a day could significantly reduce CVD risk
May 30th, 2018 People who consume an egg a day could significantly reduce their risk of cardiovascular diseases (CVD) compared with eating no eggs, suggests a study carried out in China. Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death and disability...