Science Daily - Heart Disease

MARCH 5, 2024

Coronary artery calcium scoring with CT can identify symptomatic patients with a very low risk of heart attacks or strokes. Researchers said the findings may one day help some patients with stable chest pain avoid invasive coronary angiography.

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Science Daily - Heart Disease

JUNE 6, 2024

Researchers found higher amounts of the sugar alcohol xylitol are associated with increased risk of cardiovascular events like heart attack and stroke. The team confirmed the association in a large-scale patient analysis, preclinical research models and a clinical intervention study.

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Becker's Hospital Review - Cardiology

OCTOBER 14, 2024

People who had a confirmed case of COVID-19 during the pandemic's first wave have twice the risk of heart attack, stroke and death compared to those who were never infected, according to research funded by the National Institutes of Health.

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American Heart News - Stroke News

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Research Highlights: In an analysis of more than 7,000 stroke survivors, those who were taking either a GLP1-receptor agonist or an SGLT2 inhibitor medication had a lower risk of a subsequent stroke, heart attack or death compared to peers who were.

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Medical Xpress - Cardiology

DECEMBER 31, 2024

government's premier research body has made an important discovery that could help create new drugs to lower "bad" cholesterol, and hopefully prevent heart attacks and stroke.

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Science Daily - Heart Disease

MARCH 18, 2025

Two new studies add to mounting evidence that people who use cannabis are more likely to suffer a heart attack than people who do not use the drug, even among younger and otherwise healthy adults. Marijuana is now legal in many places, but is it safe? The findings are from a retrospective study of over 4.6

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American Heart News - Heart News

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Research Highlights: The risk of a heart attack among adults after a clot-caused stroke or a stroke plus a tear in the wall of a neck artery (carotid or vertebral artery dissection) was almost double within the first year compared to the heart attack.

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Science Daily - Heart Disease

OCTOBER 9, 2024

An analysis of data in the UK Biobank has found that COVID-19 infection may increase the risk of heart attack, stroke and death from any cause for up to three years for people with and without cardiovascular disease, according to new research.

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Medical Xpress - Cardiology

DECEMBER 12, 2023

University of Virginia School of Medicine researchers have created an "atlas of atherosclerosis" that reveals, at the level of individual cells, critical processes responsible for forming the harmful plaque buildup that causes heart attacks, strokes, and coronary artery disease.

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Medical Xpress - Cardiology

AUGUST 20, 2024

Cardiologists have long known that platelets can become "hyperreactive" to cause abnormal clotting that blocks arteries and contributes to heart attack, stroke, and poor blood flow (peripheral artery disease) in the legs of millions of Americans.

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Science Daily - Heart Disease

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Researchers show that genetic traits influence the cellular composition of atherosclerotic plaques, which over time will affect the risk of such lesions to cause a stroke or heart attack. The new knowledge can be used to improve the risk assessment and treatment of patients with atherosclerosis in the future.

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DAIC

DECEMBER 13, 2023

MILLER, PHD, LED THE DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW "ATHEROSCLEROSIS ATLAS" THAT DETAILS, AT THE LEVEL OF INDIVIDUAL CELLS, CRITICAL PROCESSES RESPONSIBLE FOR FORMING THE HARMFUL PLAQUE BUILDUP THAT CAUSES HEART ATTACKS, STROKES AND CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE. When they break loose, they can be deadly, triggering strokes and heart attacks.

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Medical Xpress - Cardiology

JULY 29, 2024

A recently unveiled cardiovascular disease risk calculator that measures a patient's risk for heart attack and stroke is better calibrated and more precise than its previous version, but if current treatment guidelines for cholesterol and blood pressure therapy remain unchanged, the new calculator may have unintended consequences, according to research (..)

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Science Daily - Heart Disease

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

With the right amount, timing, and quality, it can work wonders -- strengthen the immune system, improve blood sugar, even decrease the risk of heart attacks and strokes. You may have heard sleep described as something of a magic pill for the body.

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Medical Xpress - Cardiology

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Certain hormonal contraceptives are associated with a higher stroke and heart attack risk, finds a large study from Denmark in The BMJ that draws on prescription records to give more precise estimates for different products than previous studies.

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Medical Xpress - Cardiology

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

In a new study published in the European Heart Journal, researchers at Karolinska Institutet show that genetic traits influence the cellular composition of atherosclerotic plaques, which over time will affect the risk of such lesions for causing a stroke or heart attack.

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Med Page Today

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

(MedPage Today) -- The American Heart Association said that hunters should be advised that physical exertion, colder temperatures, and the thrill of the hunt can put them at risk for heart attack or stroke. Merck announced positive topline results.

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Dr. Paddy Barrett

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

“Cholesterol does not cause heart disease.“ “ “Statins do not prevent heart attacks.” In the middle of this hurricane of noise are people who just want to know what to do so they don’t have a heart attack at a young age. “Statins do not prevent heart attacks.”

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Medical Xpress - Cardiology

MARCH 5, 2025

The NHS could prevent thousands more heart attacks and strokes every year by offering everyone in the UK aged 50 and over a single "polypill" combining a statin and three blood pressure lowering drugs, according to academics from UCL.

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American Heart News - Heart News

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Research Highlights: People who are satisfied with their lives or feel contentment or well-being may be less likely to develop heart disease and stroke than their unsatisfied counterparts. The analysis of health records for more than 120,000 adults.

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Becker's Hospital Review - Cardiology

JANUARY 14, 2025

Despite guideline recommendation changes, some patients are still taking a daily dose of aspirin for prevention of heart attack or stroke, according to a Jan. 13 The Washington Post report.

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DAIC

APRIL 6, 2024

milla1cf Sat, 04/06/2024 - 18:32 April 6, 2024 — The first trial of a novel strategy for removing cholesterol from patients’ arteries did not reduce the risk of death, heart attack or stroke within three months of a prior heart attack, according to research presented at the American College of Cardiology ’s Annual Scientific Session.

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Medical Xpress - Cardiology

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

People who are content with their lives or feel a sense of well-being may be less likely to develop heart disease and/or stroke compared to those with a lower sense of well-being, according to a new analysis published today (Sept. 18) in the Journal of the American Heart Association.

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American Heart News - Stroke News

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Research Highlights: An artificial intelligence (AI) system to help guide treatment decisions for stroke patients led to improved stroke care quality and fewer recurrent strokes, heart attacks and vascular death among stroke survivors three months.

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Medical Xpress - Cardiology

JUNE 14, 2024

Researchers have discovered a better way of identifying those at high risk of potential heart attacks and strokes and other major cardiovascular disease (CVD) events.

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Medical Xpress - Cardiology

OCTOBER 30, 2024

After a heart attack, aging adults face double or triple the risk of life-threatening complications—like a debilitating stroke or another heart attack—when they move forward with elective noncardiac surgeries too soon, according to new University of Rochester research published in JAMA Surgery.

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Medical Xpress - Cardiology

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Heart attack risk almost doubles in the first year after a stroke or when combined with a tear in a neck artery wall; however, a tear without a stroke does not seem to raise heart attack risk, according to preliminary research to be presented at the American Stroke Association's International Stroke Conference 2024.

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Science Daily - Heart Disease

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

More frequent use of cannabis was associated with higher odds of adverse cardiovascular outcomes, finds new study.

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Science Daily - Stroke

AUGUST 25, 2023

Middle-aged adults with three or more unhealthy traits including slightly high waist circumference, blood pressure, cholesterol and glucose have heart attacks and strokes two years earlier than their peers, according to new research.

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American Heart News - Stroke News

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Research Highlights: Although giving blood thinners along with clot-busting medication may help in treating heart attacks, it did not improve 90-day outcomes in people with clot-caused strokes. Enrollment in a large clinical trial, which had been.

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DAIC

APRIL 6, 2024

The first trial of a novel strategy for removing cholesterol from patients’ arteries did not reduce the risk of death, heart attack or stroke within three months of a prior heart attack, according to research presented at ACC.24, 24, the American College of Cardiology Annual Annual Scientific Session.

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Medical Xpress - Cardiology

JANUARY 31, 2024

Changes to blood pressure over time could be used to identify patients at greatest risk of heart attack and stroke. These are the findings of a new analysis from the ASCOT study, led by researchers from Imperial College London and published in the European Heart Journal.

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Medical Xpress - Cardiology

JANUARY 20, 2025

Over 70% of air pollution deaths are due to cardiovascular diseasesdiseases of the heart and blood vessels, such as heart attacks and strokes. Inhaling air pollution harms health in many different ways beyond simply having effects on the lungs.

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Medical Xpress - Cardiology

APRIL 3, 2024

Over the last three decades, heart disease deaths have plummeted in the US, but a new study suggests cardiovascular benefits apply only to people in higher-income populations. For poor populations, heart attack rates stayed the same or got worse during that 30-year period.

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Medical Xpress - Cardiology

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Late December is typically a time when holiday stress and winter weather can collide, creating a perfect recipe for a rise in heart attacks and stroke.

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Science Daily - Heart Disease

MARCH 11, 2024

Doctors may be able to leverage the new insights to identify patients at greatest risk of having atherosclerotic plaques break free and cause heart attacks or strokes.

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Med Page Today

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

(MedPage Today) -- The dual SGLT1/2 inhibitor sotagliflozin (Inpefa) reduced the risk for myocardial infarction (MI) and stroke in high-risk patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D), chronic kidney disease (CKD), and cardiovascular risk factors, a prespecified.

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