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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Medical Xpress - Cardiology

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

A team of public health researchers at Ningxia Medical University, in China, has found, via analysis of health record data, that some regular coffee drinkers with high blood pressure may have a lower risk of developing dementia than people who do not drink coffee. Their study is published in Scientific Reports.

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Open Heart

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Background Understanding pandemic-related reductions and subsequent recovery of cardiovascular testing in Asia is important for guiding regional public health efforts. Objectives This study sought to evaluate the recovery of cardiovascular testing in Asia 1 year into the COVID-19 pandemic.

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HCPLive

JULY 3, 2024

Our June 2024 month-in-review includes the latest pipeline news, the impact of vision issues on public health, and expert-led insight on the latest in ophthalmology.

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HCPLive

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

This analysis emphasizes the necessity of prevention of melanoma as well as the public health and economic consequences of patients’ delaying of skin cancer diagnoses.

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Medical Xpress - Cardiology

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Nutrition-related prevention policies therefore constitute a major public health challenge for these diseases. Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of mortality in Western Europe, accounting for 1/3 of deaths in 2019. Diet is thought to be responsible for around 30% of such deaths.

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DAIC

MARCH 11, 2025

Resistant hypertension is a serious public health challenge. The trial results also showed that hypercortisolism was even more common in patients who also had cardiovascular disease, particularly in those who needed three or more medications to manage their hypertension.

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Heart BMJ

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Public health measures and research are needed to identify the true prevalence of AS in different populations, and the reasons for potential inequalities. These variations have widened over time. Post-intervention cardiovascular mortality is lower in women and with decreasing deprivation.

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HCPLive

MARCH 5, 2025

In part 1 of this episode of Crisis Point, 3 nephrology experts and a patient advocate discuss CKDs emergence as a public health crisis.

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Medical Xpress - Cardiology

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Chan School of Public Health. Eating a diet with a higher ratio of plant-based protein to animal-based protein may reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and coronary heart disease (CHD), according to a new study led by researchers at Harvard T.H.

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Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

MARCH 25, 2025

Key areas of focus included the mechanisms linking noise exposure to hypertension, the impact of noise on cardiovascular health, and the role of environmental stressors.ConclusionsThis study advances our understanding of noise-induced hypertension's physiological and biological mechanisms, emphasizing the need for continued research.

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Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

MARCH 24, 2025

ABSTRACT Sudden cardiac death (SCD) is a major public health challenge, resulting in significant loss of life each year. Effective prevention relies on identifying individuals at elevated risk; however, accurate prediction of SCD has proven difficult.

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Medical Xpress - Cardiology

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

A team of obstetricians, gynecologists and data analysts from West Virginia University School of Medicine and the West Virginia University School of Public Health, working with colleagues from WHOOP Inc., has found evidence that wrist-based heart rate monitors could predict a premature birth.

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Medical Xpress - Cardiology

MARCH 27, 2024

A new study from the Texas A&M University School of Public Health shows that when patients regularly monitor their blood pressure outside of the clinic, they tend to have better quality of life and lower health care expenses.

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HCPLive

JANUARY 31, 2024

In this feature, we acknowledge the impact of the 1964 Surgeon General report, its subsequent effect on public health, and present-day hurdles to optimized public health efforts through the eyes of our editorial advisory board members and other leading experts.

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Medical Xpress - Cardiology

JANUARY 24, 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.

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The New England Journal of Medicine

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Certain implantable cardioverter–defibrillators that are subject to a recall continue to be implanted. Patients and clinicians are confronted with an important decision about how to proceed.

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Open Heart

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Objective Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) is a major public health challenge across Europe, with a survival rate of only 8.5% to hospital discharge. Implementing a community first responder (CFR) system, including earlier Basic Life Support and defibrillation, can enhance survival rates and neurological outcomes.

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Becker's Hospital Review - Cardiology

JUNE 6, 2024

NYC Health + Hospitals has for a third time received an award from HHS for its innovative hypertension care. The New York City public health system is one of 11 organizations in the nation to be recognized, according to a June 5 news release from the system.

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Medical Xpress - Cardiology

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Heart failure is a rapidly growing public health issue that can be difficult to manage on a global scale. But there are tools that exist that can improve outcomes, such as guideline-directed medical therapy (GDMT).

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Medical Xpress - Cardiology

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

In Mexico City, researchers at the Instituto Nacional de Cardiología Ignacio Chávez have studied genetic underpinnings of one of the most pressing public health challenges of our times: cardiovascular disease (CVD).

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Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

BackgroundCoronary heart disease seriously jeopardizes human health and has become a principal public health problem of global concern. While percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) repairs narrowed arteries and extends patients' lives, cardiac rehabilitation offers additional benefits post-PCI.

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CardiacWire

JANUARY 31, 2025

The Takeaway The AHAs latest report reads more like a public health problem than a cardiology one, suggesting that prevention could have a greater impact than any drug, device, or treatment. The post Cardiovascular Disease and Deaths On the Rise appeared first on Cardiac Wire.

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Medical Xpress - Cardiology

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Exercise has long been recognized by clinicians, scientists and public health officials as an important way to maintain health throughout a person's lifespan. It improves overall fitness, helps build strong muscles and bones, reduces the risk of chronic disease, improves mood and slows physical decline.

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HCPLive

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Laurence Sperling, MD, discusses his presentation from the 2024 Family Heart Global Summit examining public health efforts for prevention of cardiovascular disease.

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Medical Xpress - Cardiology

JANUARY 9, 2024

Stroke is a major public health concern worldwide. The lack of effective therapies heightens the need for new therapeutic agents.

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Medical Xpress - Cardiology

JANUARY 10, 2024

Chan School of Public Health and collaborators in India and Tanzania.

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Medical Xpress - Cardiology

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a critical public health concern, with risk factors such as high blood pressure, abnormal blood sugar levels, elevated cholesterol, and obesity beginning in childhood.

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Conquering CHD

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

We are excited that the reauthorization of this important law will allow the CDC and NIH to build upon existing programs and focus on successful activities addressing this public health need. The bill directs the CDC to continue to build their public health research and surveillance programs.

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Medical Xpress - Cardiology

JANUARY 31, 2024

Researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health have developed a single universal risk prediction model for cardiovascular disease that, in initial tests, works well for patients who already have cardiovascular disease as well as patients who do not but who may be at risk for developing it.

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Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

JANUARY 29, 2025

BackgroundThe Monkeypox Virus (MPOX) has caused a surge in viral infections, leading to the WHO recognizing it as a public health emergency of international concern.

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HCPLive

JULY 24, 2024

UAB research shows AHA’s Life’s Essential 8 and Simple 7 scores aid public health but are less effective than pooled cohort equations for predicting individual cardiovascular risk.

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Cardiovascular Diabetology

APRIL 9, 2024

Hypertension and chronic kidney disease (CKD) pose significant public health challenges, sharing intertwined pathophysiological mechanisms. Prediabetes is recognized as a precursor to diabetes and is often acc.

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Medical Xpress - Cardiology

MARCH 21, 2024

A study by Allison Appleton, Mark Kuniholm and Elizabeth Vásquez in the School of Public Health's Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics is the first to establish a connection between physical and sexual abuse and cardiovascular disease among women living with HIV. Their work is published in the journal AIDS.

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Cardiometabolic Health Congress

JANUARY 16, 2025

Policy Advocacy: Supporting Prevention on a Broader Scale Public health policies to reduce environmental risk factors (e.g., School-Based Interventions: Creating Healthy Habits Early Programs that limit sugar-sweetened beverages and increase physical education very likely reduce childhood obesity.

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DAIC

JULY 11, 2024

Heart failure (HF) is a growing worldwide public health issue affecting 64 million people annually 1 and is associated with high mortality, lower quality of life and reduced physical capacity while placing substantial costs on the healthcare system.

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Circulation

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

In 1924, the founders of the American Heart Association (AHA) envisioned an international society focused on the heart and aimed at facilitating research, disseminating information, increasing public awareness, and developing public health policy related to heart disease.

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