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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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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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 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

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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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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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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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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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

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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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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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 - 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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Medical Xpress - Cardiology

APRIL 9, 2025

A new drug in clinical trials is showing promise in lowering a key genetic risk factor for heart attacks and strokessomething no existing treatment has been able to do.

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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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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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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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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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DAIC

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

4] "Many patients taking antiplatelet therapy are simply not prescribed anticoagulants because of the fear of bleeding, leaving them without protection from the risk of stroke,” said Dan Bloomfield, MD, chief medical officer of Anthos Therapeutics. incidence rate for rivaroxaban to a 3.5% incidence rate for abelacimab 150 mg). [1] vs 4.6%).

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Becker's Hospital Review - Cardiology

JUNE 6, 2024

A low-calorie sweetener could be linked to nearly twice the risk of heart attacks and strokes in people who consume high levels of it, CNN reported June 6.

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Med Page Today

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

(MedPage Today) -- Various hormonal contraceptives were linked to incident cardiovascular disease in an analysis of Denmark's nationwide records. From a pool of over 2 million women of reproductive age, users of most methods of hormonal contraception.

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Med Page Today

APRIL 8, 2024

Cumulative incidence of time to first event (MI, stroke. (MedPage Today) -- ATLANTA -- Chelation to remove lead and other heavy metals didn't improve outcomes for type 2 diabetes patients after myocardial infarction (MI), the TACT2 trial showed.

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Medical Xpress - Cardiology

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

An irregular sleep-wake cycle is associated with a heightened risk of major cardiovascular events, such as heart attack and stroke, even for those who clock up the recommended nightly hours of shut-eye, finds research published online in the Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health.

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Medical Xpress - Cardiology

JANUARY 2, 2025

However, the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19 surprised doctors and scientists by causing an unusually large percentage of patients to experience vascular complicationsissues related to blood flow, such as blood clots, heart attacks, and strokes.

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American College of Cardiology

MARCH 24, 2025

Among individuals without significant cardiovascular morbidity younger than 50 years, the use of cannabis is linked to adverse cardiovascular events, including a sixfold higher risk of a myocardial infarction (MI), fourfold increase risk of ischemic stroke.

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Science Daily - Heart Disease

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

New research shows sotagliflozin is the only drug in its class to demonstrate these results.

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Medical Xpress - Cardiology

APRIL 7, 2025

A simple 5 blood test for the protein troponin could predict a person's risk of heart attacks and strokes with greater accuracy than ever before, research suggests.

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Med Page Today

MARCH 21, 2024

(MedPage Today) -- Medicare will cover the weight-loss drug semaglutide (Wegovy) under its Part D drug program for patients with overweight or obesity who have preexisting heart disease and need the drug to prevent heart attacks or strokes, the.

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Medical Xpress - Cardiology

JANUARY 2, 2025

There's no question that exercise is good for the heart. Regular exercise lowers blood pressure and cholesterol and reduces the chances of having a heart attack or stroke.

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Science Daily - Heart Disease

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Researchers have identified a new target to treat atherosclerosis, a condition where plaque clogs arteries and causes major cardiac issues, including stroke and heart attack.

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Medical Xpress - Cardiology

APRIL 7, 2025

A paper, "Evaluation of Federally Mandated Smoke-Free Housing Policy and Health Outcomes Among Adults Over the Age of 50 in Low-Income, Public Housing in New York City, 2015-2022," published in Nicotine & Tobacco Research finds that a 2018 U.S. ban on smoking in public housing led to a reduction in hospitalizations for cardiovascular problems.

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Science Daily - Heart Disease

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Investigators who previously found that a daily statin pill helps prevent heart attacks and strokes in people with HIV have now discovered a potential mechanism that may help to stabilize plaques and prevent their rupture in blood vessels.

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