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Hip fractures linked to fivefold increase in cardiovascular event risk in patients with heart failure

Medical Xpress - Cardiology

A research team in the Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacy, LKS Faculty of Medicine, the University of Hong Kong (HKUMed), found that hip fractures not only result in both physical and psychological injuries, but may also induce adverse cardiovascular events. In particular, hip fracture patients with pre-existing cardiac conditions are associated with a significantly higher risk of cardiovascular events (CVEs) and mortality, poorer prognosis, and greater health service utilization.

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Fire1 System Receives FDA Breakthrough Device Designation

DAIC

tim.hodson Tue, 01/07/2025 - 10:01 Jan. 7, 2025 FIRE1 recently announced it has received Breakthrough Device Designation from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and has been accepted into the FDAs Total Product Lifecycle Advisory Program (TAP). FIRE1s Norm heart failure management system offers a unique approach for patients to manage heart failure.

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AI-ECG’s 2025 Kickoff

CardiacWire

The buzz around artificial intelligences impact on cardiology keeps growing louder, and thats proving to be particularly true in the AI-ECG segment, with 2025 already off to a strong start from ECG startups and researchers alike. AI and ECG pair well due to the strong pattern recognition that machine learning algorithms can achieve. This AI-ECG pairing is bringing the modality into a wider range of diseases and allowing integration with new device form factors.

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Musicians and researchers: two creative professions striving to improve heart health through music

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

Musicians and researchers are creative professions that share many similarities. They both aim to bring joy and progress to humanity. In recent decades, it has been shown that music has the ability to alleviate pain, improve heart function, reduce anxiety, and stimulate the release of endogenous opioids in the brain. This has led to the emergence of music therapy as a popular therapeutic option for supporting and regulating cardiovascular health, emotional, cognitive functions, and mental wellbe

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Bridging Innovation & Patient Care: The Growing Role of AI

Speaker: Simran Kaur, Co-founder & CEO at Tattva Health Inc.

AI is transforming clinical trials—accelerating drug discovery, optimizing patient recruitment, and improving data analysis. But its impact goes far beyond research. As AI-driven innovation reshapes the clinical trial process, it’s also influencing broader healthcare trends, from personalized medicine to patient outcomes. Join this new webinar featuring Simran Kaur for an insightful discussion on what all of this means for the future of healthcare!

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Coffee Drinking Tied to Better Survival, but Timing Matters

Med Page Today

(MedPage Today) -- Any presumed health benefits of coffee may be limited to morning cups of joe, according to an observational study based on the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES). Compared with non-coffee drinkers, those.

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Medtronic Receives CE Mark for Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve Replacement System

DAIC

tim.hodson Mon, 01/06/2025 - 16:04 Jan. 6, 2025 Medtronic plc hasannounced it received CE ( Conformit Europenne ) Mark for the Harmony Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve (TPV) System, a minimally invasive alternative to open-heart surgery for congenital heart disease patients with native or surgically repaired right ventricular outflow tract (RVOT). The Harmony TPV system has already been implanted in more than 2,200 patients and now has access to help many more patients across the European Union.

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Blood pressure trial intervention shows mixed outcomes in chronic kidney disease patients

Medical Xpress - Cardiology

Stanford University School of Medicineled researchers have found that intensive blood pressure (BP) control produces cardiovascular benefits and increases the risk of adverse events in people with chronic kidney disease (CKD).

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Bile acids and incretins as modulators of obesity-associated atherosclerosis

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

Obesity is one of the major global health concerns of the 21st century, associated with many comorbidities such as type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease, and early and aggressive atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, which is the leading cause of death worldwide. Bile acids (BAs) and incretins are gut hormones involved in digestion and absorption of fatty acids, and insulin secretion, respectively.

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Mineralys Therapeutics Announces Phase 2 Clinical Trial of Lorundrostat

DAIC

tim.hodson Wed, 01/08/2025 - 14:11 Jan. 8, 2025 Mineralys Therapeutics, Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing medicines to target hypertension, chronic kidney disease (CKD) and other diseases, hasannounced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared the companys Investigational New Drug (IND) Application for a Phase 2 clinical trial to evaluate the effect of lorundrostat in the treatment of subjects with moderate-to-severe obstructive sleep apne

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What if we call them “self-care promises” instead of resolutions?

Heart Sisters

Why are 80% of New Year’s resolutions abandoned by the second week of February?

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Morning coffee may protect the heart better than all-day coffee drinking

Science Daily - Heart Disease

People who drink coffee in the morning have a lower risk of dying from cardiovascular disease and a lower overall mortality risk compared to all-day coffee drinkers, according to new research.

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Race- and gender-based microaggressions linked to higher post-birth blood pressure

American Heart News - Heart News

Research Highlights: More than one-third of Asian, Black and Hispanic women in the study group reported experiencing at least one microaggression related to race and gender during or after their pregnancy. The link between racial microaggressions and.

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Study Shows a Correlation Between Social Media Use and Irritability

HCPLive

New research reveals that frequent social media use, especially active use of platforms such as TikTok and Facebook, is linked to greater irritability levels.

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Red light linked to lowered risk of blood clots

Medical Xpress - Cardiology

Humans and mice exposed to long-wavelength red light had lower rates of blood clots that can cause heart attacks, lung damage and strokes, according to research led by University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and UPMC surgeon-scientists and published today in the Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis.

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Study challenges traditional risk factors for brain health in the oldest-old

Science Daily - Heart Disease

A study has found cardiovascular conditions such as high blood pressure and diabetes, which are known to contribute to brain blood vessel damage in younger populations, not to be associated with an increased risk of such harm in individuals 90 and older.

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Blood Pressure Ticks Up With Microaggressions During Pregnancy

Med Page Today

(MedPage Today) -- Researchers drew ties between microaggressions experienced during obstetric care and higher postpartum blood pressures (BPs) based on a study on Asian, Black, and Hispanic women. In a prospective postpartum cohort recruited.

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Vitamin D Deficiency Linked to Migraine Prevalence with Negative Correlation

HCPLive

Participants with greater vitamin D levels had a 16% lower migraine prevalence than those with lower vitamin D levels.

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Online QT calculator for wide QRS (LBBB, RBBB, etc.)

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

(This was created by Arron Pearce ( [link] ) Online QT calculator for wide QRS (LBBB, RBBB, etc.

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Morning coffee may protect the heart better than all-day coffee drinking, study suggests

Medical Xpress - Cardiology

People who drink coffee in the morning have a lower risk of dying from cardiovascular disease and a lower overall mortality risk compared to all-day coffee drinkers, according to research published in the European Heart Journal.

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Top 10 Signs of Diabetes You Can See

Med Page Today

(MedPage Today) -- Internal medicine and rheumatology specialist Siobhan Deshauer, MD, goes over the visual physical signs that a patient might have diabetes. Following is a partial transcript of the video (note that errors are possible).

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Racial, Ethnic Pediatric Kidney Transplant Disparities Suggest Inequities in ESRD Care

HCPLive

Non-Hispanic Black and Hispanic children were less likely to undergo preemptive KT and had longer wait times than non-Hispanic White children.

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Exposure to aircraft noise linked to worse heart function

Science Daily - Heart Disease

People who live close to airports and are exposed to high aircraft noise levels could be at greater risk of poor heart function, increasing the likelihood of heart attacks, life-threatening heart rhythms and strokes, according to a new study.

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High blood pressure in pregnancy a risk factor for early heart disease

Medical Xpress - Cardiology

A study has revealed a significant link between a common pregnancy complication and early heart disease in women. The study is published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

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Combined effects of reflexology massage and respiratory relaxation on pain following chest tube removal in heart surgery patients

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Removing the chest tube in cardiac patients after surgery is one of the worst experiences of hospitalization in the intensive care units. Various pharmacological and non-pharmacological methods are available t.

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Female Patients with HS Face Disproportionate Disease-Related Limitations

HCPLive

These findings highlight the value in understanding and recognizing gender differences in patient experiences with hidradenitis suppurativa and their impact on life quality.

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Wildfires Blanket Southern California With Smoky Air, Threatening Health of Millions

Med Page Today

(MedPage Today) -- LOS ANGELES -- Massive wildfires burning in the Los Angeles area have filled the air with a thick cloud of smoke and ash, prompting air quality advisories across a vast stretch of Southern California. Three major fires broke.

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Global study links millions of diabetes and heart disease cases to sugary drinks

Medical Xpress - Cardiology

A new study from researchers at the Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University, published in Nature Medicine, estimates that 2.2 million new cases of type 2 diabetes and 1.2 million new cases of cardiovascular disease occur each year globally due to consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages.

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Multi-disciplinary treatment of broncho-esophageal fistula in a high-risk single-lung patient

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

A broncho-esophageal fistula (BEF) is a medical and surgical disaster. Treatment of BEF is often limited to palliative stent treatment that may migrate or cause erosions and tissue necrosis. Surgical repair of.

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Pain Coping Skills Training Aids Pain Management for Dialysis-Dependent Kidney Failure

HCPLive

Findings from the HOPE Consortium Trial suggest PCST can help pain interference and quality of life in patients on hemodialysis experiencing chronic pain.

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Varipulse Heart Device Procedures Paused After Safety Events

Med Page Today

(MedPage Today) -- Just months after FDA approval, Johnson & Johnson paused the rollout of its Varipulse pulsed field ablation (PFA) platform in the U.S. due to safety reasons. In a U.S. external evaluation cohort, four reported neurovascular.

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Cost-Effectiveness of a Polypill for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention

JAMA Cardiology

This economic evaluation investigates the cost-effectiveness of a cardiovascular polypill (single pill containing a statin and 3 half-standard dose antihypertensives) vs usual care in a majority Black race and low-income population.

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CPR coach training boosts coach presence on code teams in pediatric ICU

Medical Xpress - Cardiology

Coach presence on code teams is significantly increased following a quality cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) coach training intervention within a pediatric intensive care unit, according to a study published in the American Journal of Critical Care.

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Organic Food Consumption May Protect Against Allergic Sensitization

HCPLive

This analysis highlights the connection between organic food consumption and respiratory/allergic morbidity among those of school age.

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Insulin Beats Oral Alternatives for Gestational Diabetes Outcome

Med Page Today

(MedPage Today) -- Oral glucose-lowering medications weren't up to snuff with insulin for gestational diabetes, a randomized clinical trial found. Among 820 individuals, 23.9% of infants born to mothers treated with a sequential regimen of metformin.

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New York hospital to resume open-heart surgery after 8-month pause

Becker's Hospital Review - Cardiology

"Wynn Hospital in Utica, N.Y. to resume open-heart surgery in January after 8-month pause due to safety concerns.

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Cell-based therapy improves outcomes in a pig model of heart attacks

Medical Xpress - Cardiology

In a large-animal model study, researchers have found that heart attack recovery is aided by the injection of heart muscle cell spheroids derived from human-induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs), that overexpress cyclin D2 and are knocked out for human leukocyte antigen classes I and II.