Category Archives: Cardiovascular

More younger people are suffering strokes. peakSTOCk/Getty Images According to the Heart and Stroke Foundation, 215 people die from heart disease and strokes daily.  The foundation said five people have heart attacks, and 10 have strokes every hour. However, because of the lack of awareness about cardiovascular diseases, many people go undiagnosed and untreated until […]

Someone dies every 33 seconds from heart disease in the U.S., according to the CDC. It’s the leading cause of death for men and women, and 695,000 people died from the disease in 2021. While those statistics are daunting, the World Health Organization reports that up to 80% of premature heart attacks and strokes caused […]

The American Heart Association published data this year showing an alarming trend; the age-adjusted mortality rate jumped by 4.6%. It’s a substantial increase, wrote Dr. Connie W. Tsao, assistant professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and attending staff cardiologist at Beth Isreal Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. “The age-adjusted mortality rate takes into consideration […]

Using cannabis is not associated with an increased risk of heart attack among middle-aged adults, according to data published in the American Journal of Cardiology, NORML reports. The study found that compared to non-cannabis users, those who have consumed cannabis monthly for the past year are not at a greater risk for a heart attack.  […]

A diabetes drug distributed under the brand name Wegovy could offer a suitable and beneficial weight loss treatment for some 93 million adults in the US, according to a new study. That’s a lot of people by any measure. Projections suggest it would mean some 43 million fewer people with obesity, and the prevention of […]

Periodontitis, a common oral health problem that involves infected gums, is linked to cardiovascular disease. Scientists studying the inflammation that precedes periodontitis have found that higher inflammation, reflected by higher levels of white blood cells in saliva, is linked to less healthy arteries and a potentially higher risk of cardiovascular disease even in young, apparently […]

According to the annual health sector performance report of 2022, cardiovascular diseases are attributed to 280 deaths in Seychelles – 30 percent of total deaths. (Wikimedia/Volganet.ru) CC-BY-SA 3.0 Seychelles’ health ministry is launching a new population-based survey on cardiovascular diseases and other non-communicable diseases to assess the distribution of health behaviours, diet and main risk factors in the […]

When Ursula Bouzaid suffered a heart attack four months after giving birth, it came as a complete surprise because she considered herself healthy — but the impact on her will be life-long. “Out of the blue, I got very severe chest pain and I became very sick, I was vomiting profusely. The chest pain was […]

Researchers may have found a new innovative method to test for warning signs of cardiovascular diseases, a new study published on August 18 found.  The peer-reviewed study, published in the academic journal Frontiers in Oral Health, found that elevated white blood cells in the saliva of health young adults could be an early warning sign […]