New medicine reduces triglyceride by 25%, no change in CVD risk in people with Type 2 diabetes
Research Highlights:
- A new cholesterol medication, pemafibrate, lowered triglyceride levels among adults with Type 2 diabetes, however, there was no decrease in the risk of cardiovascular events or death.
- The medication reduced triglyceride levels by more than one-fourth, and patients were followed for up […]
Perceived discrimination increased the risk of worse health outcomes after a heart attack
Research Highlights:
- An analysis of more than 2,600 heart attack survivors, ages 55 years and younger, found that nearly 35% of them reported perceived discrimination in their everyday lives.
- Participants who reported higher levels of perceived discrimination were more likely to report physical limitations and […]
Study finds dieters may overestimate the healthiness of their eating habits
Research Highlights:
- Adults who were making lifestyle changes to lose weight tended to overestimate how healthy their diet was, according to a new study.
- In addition, self-perceptions of how much their diet improved over the course of the 12- month study were often inaccurate […]
Hearts from donors who were COVID-19 positive may be safe for transplantation
Research Highlights:
- Hearts from donors who were COVID-19 positive may be as safe for transplantation as hearts from donors without COVID-19 infection, according to a study of transplant recipients in the first 30 days after heart transplantation.
- Length of hospitalization after heart transplant, organ […]
Young adults who experienced intimate partner violence may face higher cardiac risks later
Research Highlights:
- One or more episodes of violence with an intimate partner or family member may increase a young adult’s risk of having a heart attack, stroke or heart failure hospitalization later in life, according to a study with almost 30 years of […]
ACC, AHA Issue Aortic Disease Guideline
Embargoed until 1 p.m. CT / 2 p.m. ET Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2022
WASHINGTON and DALLAS, Nov. 2, 2022 — The American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association have published a new guideline on the diagnosis and management of aortic […]
Study finds people who need wearable health devices the most use them the least
Research Highlights:
- Age, education and income are associated with less use of wearable health devices among people with and at risk for cardiovascular disease.
- The study also found that more than 80% of wearable health device users at risk for cardiovascular disease, would […]
CPR education in public housing communities may improve cardiac arrest survival
Research Highlights:
- Cardiac arrests that occurred in public housing communities accounted for one-third of all out-of-hospital cardiac arrests in Vienna and Copenhagen during a seven-year period.
- That jumped to more than 60% of all out-of-hospital cardiac arrests when also considering areas within a 104-yard […]
ICU evaluations prior to cardiac arrest increased odds of survival among Black adults
Research Highlights:
- Previous research has found that Black people are less likely to survive after a cardiac arrest compared to white people, however, a new, preliminary study found no difference in the rates for either group in receiving an intensive care unit (ICU) […]
Smartphone alerts may lead to faster response to in-hospital cardiac arrest, “code blue”
Research Highlights:
- A smartphone emergency notification system may help hospital cardiac arrest response teams reach patients in cardiac arrest at least one minute quicker than more traditional, hospital operator-generated notifications, according to a new, small study.
- The smartphone notification system also provided emergency response […]