AHA News: Are Heart Rate and Blood Pressure the Same? No, and It’s Important to Understand Why.
TUESDAY, May 16, 2023 (American Heart Association News) — Lower your blood pressure. Get your heart rate up. Know your numbers.When it comes to heart health, understanding all the numbers involved – and which should be up or down and when – can be co…
Learn MoreQue reciba o no estatinas, que son saludables para el corazón, podría depender de su raza
VIERNES, 12 de mayo de 2023 (HealthDay News) — Millones de estadunidenses toman unos medicamentos para reducir el colesterol, llamados estatinas, pero un nuevo estudio encuentra que los adultos negros e hispanos reciben los fármacos con menos frecuen…
Learn MoreStatin Use Cuts Five-Year Stroke Risk for Patients With Atrial Fibrillation
MONDAY, May 15, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Statin use is associated with a lower risk for incident stroke and transient ischemic attack (TIA) in a duration-dependent manner among patients with atrial fibrillation (AF), according to a study presented at …
Learn MoreAHA News: Her Husband and Her ‘Indomitable Spirit’ Keep Her Going Since a Stroke at 43
MONDAY, May 15, 2023 (American Heart Association News) — Cécile Boynton texted Mark, her husband of five months, that she was on her way home from work. They would then head over to their personal trainer for a workout session.The two had met a few y…
Learn MoreHomozygous Familial Hypercholesterolemia Has Variable Presentation
FRIDAY, May 12, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (HoFH) is a severe disorder with a variable clinical presentation, which appears to be systematically underdiagnosed and undertreated, according to a study published onl…
Learn MoreAddition of GLP1-RA Tied to Lower MACE, Heart Failure Risk in Those With Diabetes
FRIDAY, May 12, 2023 (HealthDay News) — For individuals with diabetes without preexisting cardiovascular disease, the addition of glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonists (GLP1-RA) is associated with a lower risk for major adverse cardiac events (MA…
Learn MoreWhether or Not You Get Heart-Healthy Statins May Depend on Race
FRIDAY, May 12, 2023 (HealthDay News) – Millions of Americans take cholesterol-lowering drugs called statins, but a new study finds Black and Hispanic adults get the drugs less often than white people do.“This adds to the known racial and ethnic dispa…
Learn MoreWomen Have About 12-Year Delay in Onset of Atherosclerosis
THURSDAY, May 11, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Women have an approximately 12-year delay in the onset of coronary atherosclerosis, but those in the highest atherosclerotic burden group have a higher risk for major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE), acc…
Learn MoreAHA News: Health Advice For Women at Each Stage of Motherhood
THURSDAY, May 11, 2023 (American Heart Association News) — Everyone knows that on Mother’s Day, Mom’s needs come first. But the rest of the year, mothers often put their health care on hold to focus on others.”A lot of times as women, we tend to put …
Learn MoreScans Suggest Sleep Apnea Could Be Harming Your Brain
THURSDAY, May 11, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Poor sleep brought on by sleep apnea may ultimately undermine the brain health of older men and women, new research suggests.The concern stems from a new brain scan investigation that involved 140 sleep apnea…
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