Research Highlights: Women with high blood pressure during pregnancy had lower blood pressure nine months later if their blood pressure was more tightly controlled the first few weeks after delivery, compared to women who received usual postpartum care. In the United Kingdom, usual postpartum care consists of an initial office visit with the family physician […]
Research Highlights: A four-year blood pressure intervention program in rural China significantly reduced systolic blood pressure by an average of 22 mmHg and risk of all-cause dementia by 15% in people with high blood pressure. Trained interventionists — village doctors — initiated and titrated antihypertensive medications based on a simple treatment protocol in which medication […]
Outcomes for patients with kidney cancer could benefit due to additional focus on understanding the association between clonal hematopoiesis and cardiovascular health. Further, this association could prove to identify patients with kidney cancer who are at a higher risk of experiencing cardiac events while undergoing treatment, according to Maxine Sun, PhD, MPH.1 “Cardiovascular health is […]
Maxine Sun, PhD, MPH Additional research exploring the association between clonal hematopoiesis and cardiovascular health could help improve outcomes for patients with kidney cancer and identify those at higher risk for experiencing cardiac events, according to Maxine Sun, PhD, MPH.1 “Cardiovascular health is becoming increasingly important for patients diagnosed with kidney cancer as we are […]
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Capital City Ford, Lincoln, & Toyota hosted its first ever blood drive on Thursday, marking the beginning of what they hope to be an annual effort to spill some blood – and save a lot of lives. “I used to work at a place that did this once a year and I kind of thought […]
He guided doctors and our community through the pandemic, sharing his expertise with us and national networks.Now, Dr. Mark Rupp said he is stepping down as UNMC’s infectious diseases chief.KETV’s Quanecia Fraser sat down with him, and he told her he’s not going away completely.Rupp remembers how the pandemic began.”Once the reports started coming out […]
DAYTON — A local blood center is looking for donors to help sustain blood supplies around the upcoming holiday. Solvita Blood Center, formally known as Community Blood Center, is encouraging community members to give blood in what they’re calling the “critical Thanksgiving holiday period.” >> Firefighters respond to fire in Miamisburg early Saturday morning The […]
Obesity specialists and cardiologists hailed the results as a turning point with the potential for a “huge population impact.” PHILADELPHIA, PA—Mirroring results in patients with type 2 diabetes, semaglutide (Wegovy; Novo Nordisk) reduces cardiovascular events in patients with overweight or obesity and preexisting CVD who are not diabetic, according to full results of the SELECT […]
In a subset of patients with myocardial infarction and impaired left ventricular systolic function, Farxiga (dapagliflozin) was able to improve cardiometabolic outcomes. This is finding of a registry-based study presented today at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions meeting in Philadelphia. Stefan James, Ph.D., The cardiometabolic benefit was consistent across subgroups and clinical event rates […]