Circulation

JANUARY 24, 2024

The AHA strives to further understand and help heal health problems inflicted by structural racism, a public health crisis that can significantly damage physical and mental health and perpetuate disparities in access to health care, education, income, housing, and several other factors vital to healthy lives.

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Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

APRIL 16, 2024

BackgroundHypertension (HTN) presents a significant global public health challenge with diverse causative factors. Spp1, Postn, and Gpnmb in VAT acted as hub genes that promote elevated blood pressure and can be targets for HTN treatment.

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Medical Xpress - Cardiology

JUNE 15, 2024

When implemented in Nebraska, the WISEWOMAN program supported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which offers services for women ages 40–64 who are low-income and uninsured/underinsured, improved hypertension, blood pressure self-management, diet, physical activity, and body weight. Jianping Daniels, Ph.D.

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Hypertension Journal

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Environmental stressors contributing to blood pressure levels can be viewed within the mosaic model of hypertension, which offers a comprehensive framework for understanding blood pressure regulation through its connection with multiple other nodes causally related to the pathogenesis of hypertension.

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Hypertension Journal

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

This article will review the origins of elevated blood pressure from when it was first appreciated in 2600 BC to its most recent emerging treatments. We explore why, despite our considerable and growing knowledge of hypertension, it remains a significant public health problem globally.

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Hypertension Journal

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Second, there are similar data that undertreated patients with PA have a 3-fold higher risk profile than essential hypertensives with the same blood pressure levels. Third, clinicians managing hypertension measure success as sustainable lowering of blood pressure; untreated hypertensive patients with PA are thus in double jeopardy.

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Cardiology Update

JULY 14, 2024

Several lifelong cumulative cardiovascular risk factors, such as cumulative systolic blood pressure, were independently linked to narrower arterioles. This highlights the intricate relationship between dietary habits, cardiovascular health, and retinal microvascular structure.

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Circulation

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Models were adjusted for demographics, comorbid disease, medications, systolic blood pressure, and socioeconomic variables (including income, education, marital status, illicit drug use, and alcohol use).Results:Of Enhanced public health efforts to promote smoking cessation among patients with CKD may be relevant to prevention of HF.

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Circulation

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Introduction/Background:The American Heart Association’s National Hypertension Control Initiative (NHCI) collaborated with health care professionals and public health advocates to facilitate listening sessions for learning collaboratives (LCs) to discuss ways to address hypertension (HTN) through Clinical-Community Linkages (CCL) in five regions.

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Stroke Journal

JANUARY 30, 2025

Introduction:All-cause dementia remains a significant public health concern, with stroke recognized as a key risk factor. They had slightly higher systolic blood pressure, lower BMI, higher rates of comorbidities, and medication use (Table 1). Stroke, Volume 56, Issue Suppl_1 , Page AWP269-AWP269, February 1, 2025.

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Stroke Journal

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Background:Mounting evidence points to a connection between cardiovascular risk during middle age and brain health later in life. The American Heart Association’s Life’s Essential 8 (LE8) constitute a research and public health construct capturing key determinants of cardiovascular health.

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Wellnest

DECEMBER 31, 2023

1 poses an increased risk to public health compared to other circulating variants. Myocarditis symptoms can also mimic a heart attack, and small blood clots may cause pain. Improving Heart Health After COVID-19: After a COVID-19 infection, a follow-up exam is crucial. Risk posed by JN.1

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Med Page Today

DECEMBER 18, 2023

and worldwide, presents significant public health challenges. Globally, many health systems are individual-focused. This means that health. (MedPage Today) -- Hypertension, the leading cause of death from heart disease and stroke both in the U.S.

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Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

JANUARY 16, 2025

IntroductionHypertension is a significant public health concern. Several relevant risk factors have been identified. However, since it is a complex condition with broad variability and strong dependence on environmental and lifestyle factors, current risk factors only account for a fraction of the observed prevalence.

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Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

MARCH 27, 2025

WAKE UP can significantly impact CV prevention by involving innovative actions addressing a major public health need and by fostering complementary and synergistic actions. Participants will attend a baseline visit and follow-up visits at 6 and 12-months.

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Cardiology Update

JANUARY 24, 2024

Metabolic risks, including high systolic blood pressure, high LDL cholesterol, high BMI, high fasting plasma glucose, and kidney dysfunction, contribute substantially to age-standardized CVD disability-adjusted life years (DALYs). The findings have significant implications for clinical and public health practice and research.

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Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

BackgroundIschemic heart disease (IHD) remains a major public health challenge in China. Aging, high systolic blood pressure, ambient particulate matter pollution, elevated low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, and smoking were the primary drivers of IHD burden.

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Physiologically Speaking

APRIL 12, 2024

Getting more people to exercise more has been a goal of exercise scientists and public health experts for decades. Body composition and blood pressure were also assessed. None of the interventions improved fat oxidation or blood pressure. Life gets busy.

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American College of Cardiology

AUGUST 30, 2024

failing to meet guideline-directed blood pressure (BP) targets. This scenario underscores a significant public health challenge driven by factors such as patient nonadherence, physician inertia and complex polypharmacy regimens.

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Stroke Journal

JANUARY 30, 2025

The main risk factor is hypertension, and blood pressure (BP) control is crucial in the primary and secondary prevention of stroke. High blood pressure levels were detected in 13.2% Undiagnosed hypertension is related to not having a medical appointment in the past year and the absence of private health insurance.

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DAIC

AUGUST 21, 2024

The analysis also found smoking, Type 2 diabetes status, kidney damage, previous heart attack and high blood pressure are major modifiable determinants of developing heart failure over five to 10 years among American Indian adults. and a researcher at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health in New York City.

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DAIC

MAY 16, 2024

Risk factors for PAD include smoking; having Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, chronic kidney disease, atherosclerosis in other parts of the body (such as coronary artery disease); and being age 75 years or older. and are an important public health issue to be addressed,” said Gornik.

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Dr. Paddy Barrett

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

High Blood Pressure. Elevated Blood Glucose. BMC Public Health 24 , 574 (2024). On the continuum of insulin resistance before the appearance of type 2 diabetes is metabolic syndrome. Metabolic Syndrome is characterised by having any 3 of the following 5 features. High Triglycerides. Low HDL Cholesterol.

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Journal of the American Heart Association

MARCH 8, 2024

In 2022, the American Heart Association developed the Life's Essential 8 goals to promote cardiovascular health (CVH) for Americans, composed of diet, physical activity, nicotine exposure, sleep, body mass index, blood lipids, blood pressure, and blood glucose. 0.68) and 0.25 (95% CI, 0.14–0.44),

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Dr. Malcolm Kendrick

OCTOBER 20, 2023

They would have their blood pressure measured and put on antihypertensives. Anyone with diabetes would be prescribed blood sugar lowering medications. For example, the percentage of their patients with high blood pressure where it is successfully lowered to achieve the required level e.g., < 140/90mmHg – or less 1.

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DAIC

DECEMBER 11, 2023

The report provides an update of health estimates for the global, regional and national burden and trends of CVD from 1990-2022 by analyzing the impact of cardiovascular conditions and risk factors across 21 global regions. High blood pressure, high cholesterol, dietary risks and air pollution remain its leading causes.

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DAIC

JANUARY 25, 2024

Getty Images milla1cf Thu, 01/25/2024 - 20:47 January 25, 2024 — New research confirms what public health leaders have been fearing: the significant uptick in the cardiovascular disease ( CVD ) death rate that began in 2020 has continued. The reversal was evident across many ages, both sexes, and several race and ethnicity groups.

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DAIC

MARCH 8, 2024

Providing a treatment option that is proven to lower this cardiovascular risk is a major advance for public health.” 6,8 Obesity is influenced by a variety of factors, including genetics, social determinants of health, and the environment. 2 What is Wegovy? 10,11 In the U.S., about 42% of adults live with obesity.

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Stroke Journal

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

By addressing this preventable risk factor through targeted interventions, there exists a tangible opportunity to alleviate the burden of stroke, thereby enhancing public health and well-being on a national scale. Background:Stroke ranks as the 5th leading cause of deaths across all casualties within the United States (US).Hypothesis:Nevertheless,

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DAIC

DECEMBER 19, 2024

11, 2024 Older adults whose blood pressure fluctuates over time may be more likely to have problems with thinking and memory skills, according to a study published in the Dec. The study does not prove that fluctuations in blood pressure cause problems with thinking skills; it only shows an association.

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Open Heart

MARCH 3, 2025

Mean risk factor levels that were lower in women than men include systolic blood pressure (women-to-men difference: –5.6 mm Hg), diastolic blood pressure (–3.4 Conclusions Effective public health policy is required to address suboptimal risk factor prevalence, treatment and control in both sexes.

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