Pregnancy, stress, sleep issues, physiology among women’s unique cardiovascular concerns
Issue Highlights:
- Women face many female-specific risks for heart disease and stroke, according to multiple research studies published today in the Journal of the American Heart Association.
- Pregnancy, physical and emotional stress, sleep patterns and numerous physiological aspects are among the many unique factors […]
Long-term exposure to low levels of air pollution increases risk of heart and lung disease
Research Highlights:
- Analysis of records for more than 63 million Medicare enrollees from 2000 to 2016 finds long-term exposure to air pollution had a significant impact on the number of people hospitalized for cardiac and respiratory conditions.
- Researchers examined three components of air pollution: […]
Structured exercise program, not testosterone therapy improved men’s artery health
Research Highlights:
- A 12-week, structured exercise program improved artery health and function in men ages 50 to 70 years old who had low to normal testosterone levels before the program began.
- Adding testosterone therapy to exercise or testosterone therapy alone did not improve artery […]
Understanding heart disease, stroke in women remains a scientific research priority
Issue Highlights:
- The February 2021 issue of Circulation, published online today, features new clinical trial research, state of the art reviews and scientific perspectives exploring the unique challenges women face in their fight against heart disease and stroke.
- The journal received more than 100 […]
Obesity contributes to up to half of new diabetes cases annually in the United States
Research Highlights:
- Obesity is linked to 30-53% of new diabetes cases in the U.S. yearly.
- Obesity has remained a major driver of diabetes for the last two decades.
- Obesity-related diabetes varies by gender and race/ethnicity, and the greatest impact is among non-Hispanic white females.
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Coffee lovers, rejoice! Drinking more coffee associated with decreased heart failure risk
Research Highlights:
- Analysis of three large, well-known heart disease studies found drinking one or more cups of caffeinated coffee was associated with decreased heart failure risk.
- Drinking decaffeinated coffee did not have the same benefit and may be associated with an increased risk for […]
Program led by health coaches at primary care clinics helped reduce heart risk
Research Highlights:
- Patients who participated in a two-year, lifestyle intervention/weight-loss program with health coaches improved blood sugar and cholesterol levels.
- Blood sugar decrease and an increase in HDL cholesterol (good cholesterol) were evident after the first 12 months of the program.
- A previous report recorded […]
Drinking green tea, coffee lowers risk of death for stroke and heart attack survivors
Research Highlights:
- Stroke survivors who drank seven or more cups of green tea each day lowered their risks of multiple causes of death by 62%.
- Drinking one cup of coffee each day lowered the risks of death for heart attack survivors and for those […]
Racial disparities: Young, Black adults had significantly worse heart transplant outcomes
Research Highlights
- Young, Black adults (ages 18-30) are more than twice as likely to die in the first year after a heart transplant compared to non-Black transplant recipients who are the same age.
- By age 61 and older, there was no significant racial disparity […]
Diabetes during pregnancy may increase risk of heart disease
Research Highlights:
- An analysis of more than 1,000 women found that a history of gestational diabetes (diabetes during pregnancy) doubled the risk of heart artery calcification – a marker of increased risk for heart disease – many years after pregnancy, at the average […]