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Research Highlights:

• Depression and anxiety may accelerate the onset of risk factors for increased heart attack and stroke, according to a Boston-based study. People with a higher genetic sensitivity to stress developed a cardiovascular risk factor at a younger age, than people without […]
  

Research Highlights:

• Artificial intelligence (AI) and deep learning models may help to predict the risk of cardiovascular disease events and detect heart valvular disease, according to two preliminary research studies.
• One study found that artificial intelligence analyzing sound data of the heart recorded from […]
  

Research Highlights:

• Cardiovascular deaths from extreme heat in the United States are projected to increase by 162% by the middle of the century, based on a hypothetical scenario where currently proposed U.S. policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions have been successfully implemented.
• A more […]
  

DALLAS and STAVANGER, Norway, October 16, 2023 — For nearly 20 years, the American Heart Association^® (Association) and Laerdal Medical (Laerdal) have together developed and brought resuscitation education, training and technology to the health care market.  […]

BUFFALO, NY, October 15, 2023 — Today in Highmark Stadium fans attending  the Buffalo Bills vs. the New York Giants National Football League (NFL) game are invited to join the American Heart Association’s Nation of Lifesavers™ through an immersive […]

Heavy drinking, preexisting heart disease and stroke are also tied […]

Advisory Highlights:

• A new American Heart Association presidential advisory identifies the strong connections among cardiovascular disease (CVD), kidney disease, Type 2 diabetes and obesity, and suggests redefining CVD risk, prevention and management.
• The advisory defines cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic (CKM) syndrome for the first time.
• CKM syndrome ranges […]