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Gene variant that protects against cardiovascular diseases hints at safer treatments
Lowering the activity of interleukin-6 (IL-6)—a key immune signal regulating inflammatory responses in the body—could reduce the risk of cardiovascular... Read more -
AI tool helps pinpoint problem heart cells in ventricular tachycardia
An AI tool could help cardiologists identify and target cells that trigger arrhythmia in patients with ventricular tachycardia, a serious... Read more -
Including more females in cardiac device trials can benefit all patients
A cardiac device trial published in eClinicalMedicine shows that improving enrollment of females in such trials can better guide care... Read more -
Cells from the spleen found to play a surprising role after heart attack
After a person survives a heart attack, the heart has a brief window of time in which it can heal... Read more -
AI tool finds early signs of blood mutations linked to cancer and heart disease
Deep inside the body, a slow-growing cluster of mutated blood cells can form. This cluster, found in 1 in 5... Read more -
Study compares cardiovascular disease risk in type 1 and 2 diabetes in men and women
The first study of its kind to compare cardiovascular risk in type 1 diabetes (T1D) and type 2 diabetes (T2D)... Read more -
Zone zero: The rise of effortless exercise
It can look almost too easy: athletes gliding along on a bike, runners shuffling at a pace slower than most... Read more -
Hidden body fat linked to faster heart aging
Excessive amounts of visceral fat—the hidden fat surrounding organs—is linked with faster aging of the heart, a new study has... Read more -
Global study shows racialized, Indigenous communities face higher burden of heart disease made worse by data gaps
A new study has revealed that racialized and Indigenous communities across Europe, North America, and Central America face significantly higher... Read more -
Regular sleep schedule may improve recovery from heart failure, study finds
People recovering from heart failure should consider improving the regularity of their sleep, a study led by Oregon Health &... Read more -
Remotely delivered behavioral intervention reduces systolic BP variation
A remotely delivered behavioral intervention can reduce variability in systolic blood pressure, expressed as the coefficient of variation (BPCoV), according... Read more -
How a doctor's blood transfusion research is changing standards and saving lives
Jeffrey Carson spent more than a decade persuading hospitals that fewer, resource-saving blood transfusions work just as well as more... Read more -
Do you take your own blood pressure at home? Here's how to choose the device that fits your arm best
About 1 in 3 Australian adults have hypertension, or high blood pressure.... Read more -
Study shows marked improvement in survival rates for pediatric heart transplantation within Nordic countries
In a new observational study, researchers at Lund University in Sweden looked at all children listed for heart transplants in... Read more -
Study shows regular everyday activity can promote healthy aging
A study recently published in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology shows that cardiovascular health is affected not only by... Read more
