Category Archives: Cardiovascular

Inequities in cardiovascular care may put older women with atrial fibrillation at higher risk of stroke. Credit: ICES Higher stroke risk among females with atrial fibrillation may be related to sex-based disparities in cardiovascular care, according to a new study from Women’s College Hospital, the Peter Munk Cardiac Center (PMCC) at University Health Network (UHN) […]

Cardiovascular disease remains the leading cause of racial disparities in mortality between Black and white people in the United States. New research from the University of Chicago Medicine suggests that parental incarceration may be contributing to these health gaps. According to the new study, people who experienced a parent or parental figure’s incarceration anytime before […]

A systematic review and meta-analysis published in the Foods Journal indicated that total drinking water hardness can protect against cardiovascular disease mortality. Study: The Relationship between Mortality from Cardiovascular Diseases and Total Drinking Water Hardness: Systematic Review with Meta-Analysis. Image Credit: Sozina Kseniia/Shutterstock.com Background Almost 18 million people die from cardiovascular diseases every year worldwide. Many risk […]

Kausik Ray, MBChB, MDCredit: BAIM Institute Data from an analysis of the landmark CLEAR Outcomes trial suggests bempedoic acid could prove useful in the treatment algorithms for statin-intolerant patients with diabetes mellitus. Results of the study, which were presented at the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Congress 2023, indicate use of bempedoic acid significantly reduced […]

AMSTERDAM – Resverlogix Corp. (‘Resverlogix’) (TSX: RVX) today announced that new guidelines published by the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) reflect unmet need in the reduction of cardiovascular risk in patients with type 2 diabetes, and highlight the opportunity for apabetalone to benefit this high-risk population. New emphasis on combining multiple drugs with proven cardiovascular […]

More than half of all heart attacks and strokes are avoidable, a new global study has found. The Global Cardiovascular Risk Consortium – an international team, including scientists from six Australian research bodies – found that more than half of cardiovascular diseases worldwide are linked to five factors. All of these factors are a result […]

A research team from the University of Melbourne (Australia) has managed to create a swift, low cost and scalable way to bioengineer blood vessels from natural tissue. This is an exciting step forward in the treatment of cardiovascular disease, which is currently the number one killer globally. The efficient functioning of blood vessels is vital […]

Aspirin can help prevent a second heart attack or stroke, but fewer than half of those who could benefit use the over-the-counter medication, a new study shows. Researchers analyzed health surveys from 51 countries from 2013 to 2020 and found that aspirin use following a cardiovascular event — known as “secondary” prevention — ranged from […]

A test message program aimed at saving people from having heart attacks through preventative treatment is proving to be successful. About 42,000 texts were sent to Australians over 45 years old who had no record of cardiovascular disease by 200 GP clinics in a pilot study. The texts prompted patients to get a Medicare-funded heart […]