Faith-based approach to changing lifestyle lowers blood pressure
Study Highlights:
- A church-based program to encourage a healthy lifestyle reduced systolic blood pressure more than an educational program alone in blacks with uncontrolled high blood pressure.
- Delivered by trained lay church members, the faith-based program may help reduce heart disease due to high blood pressure in people with reduced access to medical care.
Embargoed until […]
Smokers with peripheral artery disease need more help to kick the habit
Study Highlight:
- While many people with peripheral artery disease smoke, few receive proven smoking cessation strategies from their doctor.
Embargoed until 4 a.m. CT / 5 a.m. ET Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2018
DALLAS, Oct. 3, 2018 — While many people with peripheral artery disease (PAD) smoke, few receive proven
Yo-yoing weight, blood pressure, cholesterol and blood sugar readings may raise heart attack and stroke risk
Study Highlights:
- People with fluctuating weight, blood pressure, cholesterol and/or blood sugar levels are at higher risk of heart attack and stroke than those with more stable readings.
- Having more measures that fluctuate adds to the risk.
Embargoed until 4 a.m. CT / 5 a.m. ET Monday, Oct. 1, 2018
DALLAS, Oct. 1, 2018 — Fluctuations […]
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Cardiovascular-related deaths higher for U.S. Hispanics who live in counties with higher Hispanic populations Cardiovascular-related deaths higher for U.S. Hispanics who live in counties with higher Hispanic populations GalleryCardiovascular-related deaths higher for U.S. Hispanics who live in counties with higher Hispanic populations Cardiovascular-related deaths higher for U.S. Hispanics who live in counties with higher Hispanic populations
Cardiovascular-related deaths higher for U.S. Hispanics who live in counties with higher Hispanic populations Cardiovascular-related deaths higher for U.S. Hispanics who live in counties with higher Hispanic populations
Study Highlights:
- U.S. Hispanics who live in areas heavily populated by Hispanics face more cardiovascular death than those who live in more diverse counties.
- Compared with counties that had the lowest Hispanic populations, those with the highest had 60 percent more Hispanic mortality from cardiovascular disease (215.3 vs. 134.2 per 100,000).
- Counties with higher Hispanic populations […]
Heart disease common among firefighters who die of cardiac arrest
Study Highlights:
- The majority of firefighters who died from cardiac arrest had autopsy confirmed evidence of coronary artery disease, or narrowing of the arteries, and structural abnormalities, including an enlarged heart and increased wall thickness of the primary chamber for pumping blood, or left ventricle.
- Among cardiac fatalities, coronary artery disease, an enlarged heart, increased […]
Rapid heart imaging technique may cut costs, boost care in developing world
Study Highlight:
- A new rapid imaging protocol quickly and cheaply diagnosed heart ailments in patients in Peru.
Embargoed until 4 a.m. CT / 5 a.m. ET Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2018
DALLAS, Aug. 29, 2018 — A newly developed rapid imaging protocol quickly and cheaply diagnosed heart ailments in patients in Peru, according to new research […]
Anxiety, depression, other mental distress may increase heart attack, stroke risk in adults over 45
Study Highlights:
- Anxiety, depression and other mental distress was associated with an increased risk of heart attack and stroke among adults ages 45 or older, even after factoring for lifestyle behaviors and disease history.
- The associations were slightly stronger for stroke among women than men.
- The risk of a heart attack was higher than expected among […]
More than 10 million in U.S. using e-cigarette: more among men, LBGTQ individuals, those living in the South and West and those under age 35
Embargoed until 4 p.m. CT / 5 p.m. ET Monday, Aug. 27, 2018
DALLAS, Aug. 27, 2018 — New research estimates that 4.5 percent of adults in the U.S. currently use e-cigarettes. That equates to more than 10.8 million e-cigarette users, most of them — 51.2 percent — under the […]
Young, healthy people still vulnerable to cardiovascular disease if their LDL cholesterol is high
Study Highlights:
- A study of more than 36,000 people followed for over two decades revealed that healthy individuals considered “low-risk” still died from cardiovascular disease if they had high low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol.
- Without taking into account other risk factors, people with LDL cholesterol levels in the range of 100-159 mg/dL had a 30 to […]
Restoring blood flow may be best option to save your life and limb
Study Highlights:
- Amputation for severe blockages in the lower limbs has a lower survival rate than other treatment options that restore blood flow.
- Treatment options to restore blood flow to the lower limbs are less expensive than amputation.
Embargoed until 4 a.m. CT / 5 a.m. ET Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2018
DALLAS, Aug. 15, 2018 — […]