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Air Pollution Shared Risk Factor For CVD, Cancer; More in SDoH Focus Issue of JACC: CardioOncology

American College of Cardiology

Air pollution can greatly increase the risk of cardiovascular disease and mortality in patients with cancer and can contribute to health disparities related to both conditions,

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Study Finds Air Pollution Can Increase Cardiovascular Risk for Cancer Patients

DAIC

New research published in JACC: CardioOncology shows that air pollution plays a significant role in increasing cardiovascular disease and mortality in cancer patients and contributes to health disparities related to these conditions. The paper also highlights how air pollution contributes to health disparities worldwide.

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Core Components of Cardiac Rehabilitation Programs: 2024 Update: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association and the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation

Circulation

In this scientific statement, we update the scientific basis of the core components of patient assessment, nutritional counseling, weight management and body composition, cardiovascular disease and risk factor management, psychosocial management, aerobic exercise training, strength training, and physical activity counseling.

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LGBTQ+ cardiovascular health equity: a brief review

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

LGBTQ+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and other gender and sexual minority) patients face a variety of unique health risk factors and bear a disproportionate burden of CVD compared to cis-gender, heterosexual peers.

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Breakthrough Research Identifies Predictors of Venous Thromboembolism after Pulmonary Resection for Lung Cancer

DAIC

The risk factors for postoperative embolism included Black race, interstitial fibrosis, advanced-stage disease requiring bilobectomy or pneumonectomy, and increased operative duration. fold odds increase of VTE in patients with lung cancer specifically.

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Evaluating the Reliability and Robustness of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities in Cardiometabolic Disease in NHANES, NHIS, and BRFSS (2015–2021)

Journal of the American Heart Association

BackgroundThe United States uses the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS), Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS), and National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey to monitor disease trends and inform clinical care/prevention research. Journal of the American Heart Association, Ahead of Print.

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Multidimensional Sleep Health: Definitions and Implications for Cardiometabolic Health: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association

Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality & Outcomes

Although chronic sleep duration is the sole metric used in Lifes Essential 8, sleep health represents a multidimensional construct. Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, Ahead of Print. Therefore, sleep duration has been recognized by the American Heart Association as one of Lifes Essential 8.