Drop in ED Visits for Cardiac Conditions Tied to Later Cardiac Deaths
Undertreatment of cardiac conditions during COVID-19 pandemic tied to delayed excess mortality versus previous years
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Energy Drinks and the Heart: Are They Safe for Consumption?
Most of these cases have been associated with drinking a large volume of energy drinks, and thus, individuals who regularly consume energy drinks should be advised to use them in moderation.
Electronic Cigarettes Adversely Effects Cardiac Health
Researchers find that users are more likely to have early indicators of cardiovascular disease risk.
New Guidelines Suggest Statin Use for Certain Adults With No History of CVD
The USPSTF recommends those aged 40 to 75 years, with one or more risk factors, to initiate statin use,
There’s An App For That, Even To Improve Heart Health!
This recent study says that smartphone apps can help patients decrease their risk of cardiovascular events by adopting a more healthy lifestyle.
New Stent Created With Rutgers Technology in Clinical Trials
A new stent for treating cardiovascular disease that incorporates a polymer invented at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, has been implanted in patients for the first time.
Why Do Only Some People With Hereditary Heart Disease Experience Symptoms?
As many as 500,000 people in the US have a heritable and potentially fatal heart disease called hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. The disease can cause irregular heartbeats, heart valve problems, heart failure, and, in rare cases, sudden cardiac death in young people.
Penn Medicine Researchers Zero in on Psoriasis-Hypertension Link
Patients with more severe psoriasis are also more likely to have uncontrolled hypertension, according to new research by a team at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.
Getting to the Heart of the Heart
For years, a multidisciplinary team of Johns Hopkins researchers has tracked an elusive creature, a complex of proteins thought to be at fault in some cases of sudden cardiac death.
World’s Largest Medical Study on the State of Mind and Consciousness at the Time of Death
The results of a 4-year international study of 2060 cardiac arrest cases across 15 hospitals worldwide concluded that there is a unique experience of death for humans that appears far broader than what has been referred to as so-called near-death experiences (NDEs).
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