Search Tag: cardiovascular disease
2025 17 Mar
Heart failure is a major health concern, particularly for ageing populations. It increases mortality rates and severely impacts quality of life. While exercise therapy has proven beneficial for patients after a heart failure diagnosis, little is known about the role of physical activity before hospitalisation. A recent study, published in the...Read more
2025 08 Jan
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) and cancer remain leading causes of death. New research from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center reveals that patients with late-stage or metastatic breast cancer are significantly more likely to have had pre-existing CVD compared to those diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer. Published in...Read more
2025 08 Jan
A groundbreaking study from the Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University, published in Nature Medicine , estimates that the global consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages contributes to 2.2 million new cases of type 2 diabetes and 1.2 million new cases of cardiovascular disease each year. ...Read more
2024 29 Oct
Cardiovascular disease remains a leading cause of illness and death globally. Researchers and healthcare providers are especially focused on it because it’s more modifiable and preventable than many other life-threatening conditions. However, preventing and managing cardiovascular disease depends on early detection and management of risk factors...Read more
2024 30 Aug
The ESC Clinical Consensus Statement on Obesity and Cardiovascular Disease, unveiled at this year's ESC Congress in London (30 August to 2 September), provides a comprehensive overview of the current evidence on obesity's epidemiology and causes, its interaction with cardiovascular risk factors and diseases, the clinical management of patients...Read more
2024 14 May
According to research presented at Heart Failure 2024, a scientific congress of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC), heart failure patients vaccinated against COVID-19 are 82% more likely to survive than their unvaccinated counterparts. While previous research has confirmed the safety of COVID-19 vaccines in patients with cardiovascular...Read more
2024 05 Feb
Toku’s patented AI technology, CLAiR, has obtained CE and UKCA Marks. CLAiR provides fast, accurate, non-invasive cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk assessments using standard retinal images. By enabling assessment at the point of care, CLAiR will make detection of CVD risk more accessible, especially for underserved populations who lack healthcare...Read more
2023 22 Nov
A recent study from UCL and the University of Sydney, supported by the British Heart Foundation (BHF) and published in the European Heart Journal, reveals that replacing sitting with just a few minutes of moderate exercise per day significantly enhances heart health. This research, the first evidence from the international Prospective Physical Activity,...Read more
2022 19 Jul
An analysis of more than 6000 adults with a history of cardiovascular disease (CVD) showed that CVD risk profiles in secondary prevention have failed to improve over the last two decades. The findings are published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology . Despite significant advancements in safe and effective therapies, the trends...Read more
2022 01 Mar
Doctors warn that people should avoid taking dissolving, fizzy paracetamol that contains salt, following findings from a large study that shows a link with a significantly increased risk of heart attacks, stroke, heart failure and death. The study of nearly 300,000 patients is published in the European Heart Journal . Sodium is often used...Read more
2022 01 Mar
A new collection of scientific articles published by Circulation Research shines a light on the differences between men and women regarding heart health. Experts from the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai led the project, which resulted in an anthology of 14 scientific articles that review the past decade of research on women's cardiovascular health. ...Read more
2021 04 Oct
Scientists from University of Virginia have identified 14 genes that could cause weight gain and three that could prevent it. The team developed an automated pipeline to test hundreds of genes for a causal role in obesity. During the first round of experiments, the scientists have discovered more than a dozen genes that could be playing a role. This...Read more
2021 29 Jun
New findings published in the European Heart Journal report that statin use among patients with heart failure is associated with a 16% lower risk of developing cancer compared with non-statin users. Findings also show that statin use was associated with a 26% reduced risk of dying from cancer. There is sufficient clinical evidence to show that...Read more
2021 10 May
H eart Failure Awareness Days (HFAD) are held every year in May . The goal is to increase awareness about heart failure and highlight the importance of recognising symptoms early, getting an accurate diagnosis and providing heart failure patients optimal treatment. This year, because of COVID-19, Heart Failure Awareness Days have gone digital....Read more
2021 06 Apr
As the COVID-19 pandemic lingers, researchers have found associations between certain lifestyle factors and a person's risk of getting infected. While it has already been established that those with Type II diabetes and a high body mass index (BMI) are at greater risk of experiencing hospitalisations and other severe complications related to COVID-19,...Read more
2020 28 Oct
According to findings published in the European Heart Journal, over two-thirds of deaths from heart disease worldwide could be prevented with healthier diets. These findings, released on World Heart Day, highlight the importance of healthy eating. Study authors report that the top three contributors to deaths from heart attacks and angina include...Read more
2020 12 Oct
According to new research published in the journal Circulation, having a spouse in a hospital's ICU may make a person more likely to have a heart attack or a cardiac event/cardiac-related hospitalisation within a few weeks of their partner's ICU admission. It is important for spouses of ICU patients to pay attention to their own health, especially...Read more
2020 30 Jul
Coronavirus disease has caused havoc around the world. There are more than 300 clinical trials underway for this illness, but so far, no specific therapies have demonstrated the ability to decrease mortality. Since there is no therapeutic cure for COVID-19, authorities across the globe have implemented aggressive mitigation strategies to stop the spread...Read more
2020 03 Jun
The number of heart attack patients seeking urgent hospital care has dropped by more than 50% during the COVID-19 outbreak, according to an extensive worldwide survey by the European Society of Cardiology (ESC). The findings are published in European Heart Journal – Quality of Care and Clinical Outcomes. “This is the strongest evidence yet of the...Read more
2020 03 Mar
Middle-aged and older adults who drank sugary beverages daily were at greater risk of developing abnormal cholesterol and triglyceride levels compared to those who rarely drank those beverages, according to a new study published in the Journal of the American Heart Association. The study, led by scientists at the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition...Read more
2019 16 Dec
People who take long naps during the day or sleep nine or more hours at night may have an increased risk of stroke, according to a study published in the journal Neurology. People who took a regular midday nap lasting more than 90 minutes were 25% more likely to later have a stroke than people who took a regular nap lasting from one to 30 minutes....Read more
2019 26 Jun
Several observational studies suggest an inverse association between vitamin D levels and risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) events. Low vitamin D levels have been linked to an increased risk of myocardial infarction, stroke, mortality, and heart failure. Vitamin D receptors directly influence calcium influx, muscle relaxation, and diastolic...Read more
2019 20 Feb
According to a new UK study using primary care data from 2000 to 2017, survival after a diagnosis of heart failure has shown only modest improvement in the 21st century and lags behind other serious conditions, such as cancer. New strategies to achieve timely diagnosis and treatment initiation in primary care for all socioeconomic groups should be...Read more
2019 24 Jan
Cardiovascular disease continues to be a leading killer in the US as well as around the globe. While the number of deaths from cardiovascular disease has reduced over the years, deaths from stroke and myocardial infarction have plateaued in the US. Since the prevalence of cardiovascular disease continues to be both a health and economic burden,...Read more
2018 07 Nov
A Duke Health-led study finds that young adults with high blood pressure before age 40 have greater risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD) events – i.e., heart failure and strokes – as they grow older. The study is the first to assess risks for younger people using new guidelines issued in 2017 that lowered the clinical definition of high blood...Read more
2018 29 Aug
According to research presented at the ESC Congress 2018, people who have lots of deep forehead wrinkles, more than is typical for their age, may have a higher risk of dying of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Therefore, assessing brow wrinkles could be an easy, effective and low-cost technique for identifying people who might be at a high risk of...Read more