Childhood relationships, experiences may have good and bad effects on adult heart health
Research Highlights:
- Positive, warm relationships between caregiver and child were associated with higher odds of attaining ideal heart health at multiple points across a 20-year span of adulthood.
- Meanwhile, experiencing childhood adversity such as abuse was associated with a lower chance of reaching optimal […]
Emergency cardiovascular care impact goal outlines 3 target needs
Statement Highlights:
- Despite significant advances in research, education, clinical practice and community-based programs, survival from cardiac arrest remains low.
- Significant disparities also exist in cardiac arrest outcomes.
- This scientific statement specifically identifies impact goals to achieve or exceed by 2030 to improve cardiac arrest for […]
Research aims to harness technology for improved heart and brain health
Highlights:
- Research teams share findings and progress on projects aimed at harnessing digital solutions — including text messaging, smartphone apps, wearable devices and artificial intelligence — to improve health, reduce health care disparities, empower people to better manage their health and wellness and […]
Childhood stress linked to higher risk of high blood pressure, obesity, diabetes in adults
Research Highlights:
- Consistently high scores of perceived stress during adolescence through adulthood may contribute to worse cardiometabolic health including obesity in young adults..
- Researchers suggest the adoption of healthy coping strategies for stress management early in life may help prevent cardiometabolic diseases, from heart […]
New initiative focuses on oral health clinicians in prevention and early detection of heart disease
The American Heart Association’s Healthy Smiles, Healthy Hearts™ initiative, developed […]
Snow shoveling, cold temperatures combine for perfect storm of heart health hazards
The American Heart Association cautions that the extra exertion of […]
U.S. heart disease deaths linked with substance use rose 4% per year between 1999-2019
Alcohol was a factor in 65% of the deaths from […]
Three researchers awarded $1 million each to study new heart disease treatments, causes
DALLAS, Jan. 9, 2024 — A physician-scientist from Massachusetts researching whether chemicals naturally occurring in foods could help treat heart disease, a genetics expert from Pennsylvania exploring the molecular mechanisms of lipid metabolism and cardiovascular diseases and a California-based professor of cardiovascular […]
Deaths from heart valve infections drop across U.S. overall, but surged among young adults
Research Highlights:
- An analysis of death certificate data from 1999 to 2020 showed a decline in deaths related to infective endocarditis throughout most of the United States yet found an alarming increase of 2%-5% among adults ages 25-44.
- There was a notable increase in […]
New study finds many couples around the world may share high blood pressure
Research Highlights:
- A study of married or partnered, middle-aged and older heterosexual couples in the U.S., England, China and India found that in 20% to 47% of the couples, both spouses/partners had high blood pressure.
- The prevalence of both spouses/partners having high blood pressure […]