Frontline: Bone health; lower heart disease risk; US breast cancer cases
Blackcurrant Could Help Protect Bone Health in Older Women Blackcurrant supplements may help reduce bone…
Category: cardiology
Remote Care and Disease Monitoring Are Among the Perks of Telehealth
Smartphones and computers can make just about everything easier today— from staying in touch with…
Frontline: Heart disease risk in women; reduce heart disease risk; tau protein and Alzheimer’s disease
Sex-Specific Criteria Help Predict Heart Disease Risk in Women Cardiovascular disease in women is often…
Modifiable Lifestyle Habits Are Central to New A-fib Guideline
An updated atrial fibrillation (A-fib) treatment guideline redefines how the disease should be managed and…
Take Steps to Keep High Cholesterol in Check and Improve Heart Health
High cholesterol, medically known as hyperlipidemia, nearly doubles the risk of heart disease. If your…
Cholesterol Ratio – What is a Normal Reading?
Add “cholesterol ratio” to the complex terminology of lipid panels. A lipid panel is a…
STAT+: Experts fear private equity will pour gas on cardiology’s overuse problem
Coronary stenting is, by some measures, the most overused procedure in hospitals. The problem costs…
MGH Study Suggests Why Moderate Alcohol Intake May Benefit Cardiovascular Health
The heart and brain benefits of light to-moderate alcohol consumption are often debated, as various…
Ask The Experts: Lower Cholesterol With Lifestyle Changes
Q: I’m 67. Is it really possible to reduce high cholesterol with lifestyle changes? A:…
STAT+: FDA advisory panel to debate contentious data on Medtronic’s high blood pressure device
An advisory committee to the Food and Drug Administration will convene on Tuesday to evaluate…
Nearly 8,000 blood tests recalled over risk of missed heart attack diagnosis
QuidelOrtho has recalled nearly 8,000 potentially faulty blood tests meant to help doctors quickly determine…
FDA’s letter to medical device maker iRhythm is a warning for the industry
Heart monitoring company iRhythm is in hot water with the Food and Drug Administration, which…
Why More Women Are Diagnosed with Anxiety
Broad statistics suggest that anxiety plagues women much more than men. When the subject is…
Report on medical access finds one-third of Black Americans live in ‘cardiology deserts’
Many Black Americans would have to travel across county lines just to find an open…
Frontline: LDL cholesterol; urinary incontinence; healthy eating and mortality risk
Supplements Don’t Reduce LDL Cholesterol—Statins Do If you’re looking to improve cholesterol levels, count on…
Seeking Second Opinions
For many people, receiving a dire diagnosis or a confusing test result triggers the desire…
No Need to Nix the Nap
Previous research has shown that poor sleep may put people at greater risk for a…
Frontline: Insomnia and memory; Heart disease and sleep; Type 2 diabetes
Insomnia Sufferers More Likely to Report Memory Problems Canadian researchers have found that insomnia is…
Apple scores victory in dispute over heart monitoring technologies in Apple Watch
In a significant victory, Apple has successfully challenged patents at the center of a high-profile…
STAT+: ‘Who is the real pioneer?’: Apple and AliveCor go head-to-head over crucial heart monitoring tech for smartwatches
Two years after it accused Apple of copying its heart monitoring technology and putting it…
Frontline: Heart Disease and Stroke; Replace Social Media Time; Glaucoma Risk
Improve Your Sleep and Lower Your Odds of Heart Disease, Stroke The more positive sleep…
An ambitious stroke prevention study tests the Apple Watch’s promise in health
Currently, millions of people with an irregular heartbeat are told to take expensive blood thinners,…
Study: religious practice, spirituality can improve Black Americans’ cardiovascular health
For as long as Daniel McKizzie can remember, church has been part of his life….
Your Smartwatch Detected Irregular Heartbeats, Now What?
Smartwatches and smart rings are wearable technological marvels jam packed with sensors and chips that…
What’s Your ASCVD Risk?
Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD), commonly referred to as simply cardiovascular disease or heart disease, is…
New research digs into the genetic drivers of heart failure, with an eye to precision treatments
When coronary arteries are blocked, starving the heart of blood, there are good medications and…
STAT+: Alnylam therapy for increasingly common heart disease succeeds in closely watched trial
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals’ treatment for an increasingly common heart disease succeeded in a closely watched clinical…
Listen: CRISPR for the heart, biotech’s recovery, & what it means to be a ‘hot girl’
Can CRISPR edit out a heart attack? What happens on #GutTok? And is health care…
STAT+: Verve Therapeutics begins human tests of first ‘base editor,’ aiming at heart disease
Somewhere in New Zealand, the first patient ever has been dosed with a kind of…
STAT+: New analysis of Amarin’s Vascepa resurrects big questions about effectiveness
A new analysis of Vascepa, a medicine derived from fish oil and used to prevent…
Ask Tufts Experts: Why We Say “People with Obesity”; Cholesterol and Genes
“People with obesity” sounds odd to me. Why don’t you just say, “obese people?” Jillian…
Popular drug may have new benefit in men with diabetes, but not women, study shows
A new study finds that a popular erectile dysfunction drug, which is increasingly being used…
STAT+: High blood pressure pills are costly — but also hard to find — in some lower-income countries
A clutch of serious challenges — high prices, a lack of effective combination pills, and…
STAT+: An algorithm that analyzes Apple Watch data shows early promise in detecting heart problems
Mayo Clinic is developing an algorithm capable of detecting a weak heart pump from electrocardiograms…
Symptoms of Brain Damage After Heart Attack – Is Memory Loss Permanent?
Myocardial infarction, commonly known as a heart attack, is the most common cause of death…
Daily aspirin offers little to no benefit for most adults trying to prevent heart disease, new report says
Taking low-dose aspirin every day to prevent a heart attack or stroke provides little to…
Research Roundup May 2022
Foods Linked to Quality Sleep. Diets higher in complex carbohydrates, protein, fiber, fruits, vegetables, and…
OTC Pain Relievers May Have Side Effects, Just Like Prescription Drugs
You probably don’t think much about it when you take a couple of Advil or…
Robert Califf is a fervent believer in data. At the FDA, will that be enough?
At his confirmation hearing last month to lead the Food and Drug Administration, Robert Califf…
STAT+: It’s the cardiovascular version of Alzheimer’s — and, for a biotech with a promising drug, it could be a windfall
Surprise diagnoses have a way of making Ph.D. candidates out of everyday people. Walter Feigenson’s…
Why You Might Need a Heart Test
The stethoscope is an iconic medical device with which physicians can quickly get a sense…
Advice shifting on aspirin use for preventing heart attacks
Older adults without heart disease shouldn’t take daily low-dose aspirin to prevent a first heart…
‘Information alone is not enough’: New Jackson Heart Study leader commits to putting research into action
There’s a reason why the nation’s largest and longest-running study of cardiovascular disease in African…
With Apple’s backing, can an app help heart attack patients navigate recovery?
In July 2016, two cardiologists and a handful of computer scientists and developers rolled up…
Opinion: Pharmacoequity: a new goal for ending disparities in U.S. health care
The Covid-19 pandemic has brought to the public’s attention alarming racial disparities in health. According…
Ask the Experts: Moving to Memory Care; Heart Transplantation in Seniors; Bloating from Fiber
I’ve been caring for my elderly mother for a couple of years, but her dementia…
Scientists devise a battery-free pacemaker that can be absorbed by the body
Scientists have designed a temporary, battery-free pacemaker that can be broken down by the patient’s…
STAT+: Gene therapy to regenerate cardiac muscle after a heart attack passes a key test in pigs
By delivering a viral payload of gene silencers directly to the heart, scientists have developed…
Opinion: If Covid-19 vaccines can cause heart inflammation, caution should be warranted in those at risk
The remarkable development and rollout of Covid-19 vaccines will be hailed as a triumph of…
Opinion: Are five decades of progress in women’s health in peril?
Reviewing 50 years of progress on medical issues relevant to women can be a daunting…