A clinical trial has found that the cardiovascular benefits that the drug semaglutide affords to overweight or obese type 2 diabetics extend to those without diabetes as well. The study suggests that the drug offers a new way to reduce the potentially deadly risks associated with obesity and being overweight in non-diabetics. Semaglutide, sold as […]
Monthly Archives: November 2023
Key Takeaways Your diet can be both a risk factor and a protective factor when it comes to your heart health. “Heart-healthy” diets like the Mediterranean and the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diets are popular, but they’re not the only option if you want to lower your risk of cardiovascular disease. The Portfolio […]
LIMA, OH (WLIO) – Knowledge is vital when it comes to combating fatal diseases like heart disease. That’s why Ohio State University’s Wexner Medical Center and Lima Memorial Health System have again teamed up to organize their Heart Summit. The summit is designed to provide physicians, nurses, and other healthcare professionals with the latest cutting-edge information […]
The global virology market size was valued at USD 2.6 billion in 2022 and is estimated to surpass around USD 4.26 billion by 2032, growing at a healthy CAGR of 5.10% from 2023 to 2032. The global virology market size accounted for USD 2.72 billion in 2023, According to Precedence Research. North America held the […]
Abstract Estimating the impact of vaccination and non-pharmaceutical interventions on COVID-19 incidence is complicated by several factors, including successive emergence of SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern and changing population immunity from vaccination and infection. We develop an age-structured multi-strain COVID-19 transmission model and inference framework to estimate vaccination and non-pharmaceutical intervention impact accounting for these factors. […]
Key Points Question Across US neighborhoods, is there an association between cumulative environmental burden and cardiovascular health? Findings In this cross-sectional study of 71 659 US Census tracts, neighborhoods in the top quartile of environmental burden experienced significantly higher rates of cardiovascular risk factors (hypertension, diabetes, and obesity) and diseases (coronary heart disease and stroke) compared […]
PHILADELPHIA — Postpartum blood pressure was improved following a hypertensive pregnancy with a self-managed, physician-guided telemonitoring program, the randomized POP-HT trial revealed. The intervention lowered mean 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure by 6.5/5.8 mm Hg compared with usual care at 9 months postpartum (both P<0.001), reported Jamie Kitt, DPhil, of the University of Oxford in England, […]
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