Health screening, genetic tests might identify people at risk of premature heart disease
Research Highlights:
- Health screening and genetic tests might identify more than 1 million U.S. adults who have familial hypercholesterolemia, a common genetic disorder that causes elevated bad cholesterol levels, which may lead to premature cardiovascular disease.
- Identifying familial hypercholesterolemia early in adulthood creates an […]
Statement addresses ways to prevent heart-related risks for falling
American Heart Association Scientific Statement
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Lower threshold for high blood pressure impacts prevention and health care globally
Hypertension Journal Report
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New guideline refines care for brain bleeds: compression socks, some meds not effective
Guideline Highlights:
- Several in-hospital treatments and post-discharge therapies for people who have had an intracerebral hemorrhage, or a bleeding stroke, are not as effective as health care professionals once thought. Compression socks or stockings, anti-seizure medicines and steroid treatment are among treatments with […]
Links connecting stress, depression and heart disease risk found in mouse model
Research Highlights:
- Results from a new study conducted on mice may aid in understanding how depression and prolonged and severe stress increase the risk of cardiovascular disease.
- The findings might provide insight to help understand why people with depression are at increased risk for […]
Artery stiffness may predict Type 2 diabetes risk better than BP and standard risk factors
Research Highlights:
- Analysis of more than 11,000 people investigated whether high blood pressure or arterial stiffness may be a better predictor of future Type 2 diabetes risk.
- Results found that adults with increased arterial stiffness had a higher risk of developing Type 2 diabetes, […]
Prediabetes linked to higher heart attack risk in young adults
Research Highlights:
- Young adults (ages 18 to 44 years) diagnosed with prediabetes were more likely to be hospitalized for heart attack than those without prediabetes, according to a review of U.S. health records in 2018.
- Among the young adults who were hospitalized for heart […]
Targeted support program improved blood pressure among Black and Hispanic adults in Bronx
Research Highlights:
- A nurse-led blood pressure program that incorporated education and support from other health care experts improved high blood pressure management among Black and Hispanic adults in a targeted blood pressure treatment program in the Bronx.
- The initiative, which integrated regular blood pressure […]
Hispanic people with chest pain wait in ER on average 28 minutes longer than other people
Research Highlights:
- Hispanic people who went to the emergency room (ER) reporting chest pain had to wait almost 40% longer (99 minutes vs. 71 minutes) than people of other races or ethnicities to be treated, admitted to the hospital or discharged from the […]
Protein related to Fragile X syndrome may be a new target for blood pressure medicines
Research Highlights:
- The findings of a new study in mice may help develop new medications to treat high blood pressure.
- Researchers studied mice without a protein called FXR1, which is related to the protein implicated in Fragile X syndrome; the mice without FXR1 had […]