Search Tag: Stroke prevention
2024 02 Sep
According to research presented at the ESC Congress 2024 in London, screening for atrial fibrillation (AF) with a wearable heart monitor over a two-week period can identify older adults with this potentially dangerous heart rhythm disorder but does not reduce the risk of subsequent strokes. However, the trial was cut short due to the COVID-19...Read more
2024 30 May
Heart health is a major concern in the U.S. Or at least it should be. Cardiovascular disease has been the leading cause of death here for 100 years now, yet more than half of U.S. adults, 51%, don’t even know it. Perhaps not surprisingly, nearly identical numbers of U.S. adults have either cardiovascular disease or hypertension. And...Read more