Category Archives: Cardiovascular

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Black Americans are 54% more likely to die of cardiovascular disease than White Americans, despite a substantial overall reduction in cardiovascular disease mortality nationwide. Now, a new study from Tulane University published in Annals of Internal Medicine has found that this racial disparity can be attributed to social factors such as […]

August 14, 2023 — Esperion announced two oral presentations to take place in the Late-Breaking Science Session entitled “Clinical trial updates on prevention and lipid lowering” at the 2023 ESC Congress taking place August 25-28, 2023, in Amsterdam, Netherlands.  Session Title:  CLEAR Outcomes Total Events Analysis        Date/Time:  August 26, 2023: 1630 CEST  Location:  Hub Rembrandt  […]

Bookmark 1. There was no difference in cardiovascular health between adolescents who received a 2 or 4-year-long school-based health promotion intervention compared to those who received the standard curriculum. 2. Despite the neutral statistical effect, adolescents reported positive experiences following this comprehensive program that involved individual empowerment in making healthy life decisions. Evidence Rating Level: […]

Cholesterol is a fatty substance found in the blood that the body needs for certain functions, but abnormal cholesterol levels can cause problems. Cholesterol is carried in the blood in particles of fat and protein called lipoproteins, like low-density lipoproteins (LDL) and high-density lipoproteins (HDL). LDL is often called “bad” cholesterol since high levels are strongly […]

image: Allosteric communication (shown as pipelines) spreads all around the protein structure, revealing multiple binding sites that can be harnessed for drug design. view more  Credit: Wijnand J.C. van der Velden, Ph.D., co-first author of the study and a postdoctoral fellow in computational and quantitative medicine at Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope. FINDINGSScientists at […]

If we believe that we can make up for a lack of sleep during the week by indulging in a weekend slumber, you’re solely mistaken. A recent study by Penn State scientists, published in the journal Psychosomatic Medicine, unearthed a startling revelation – depriving ourselves of adequate sleep, with a mere five hours per night, […]

1 hour ago L to R: Ayush Arora, Paritosh Kafle and McCall Walker HOUMA, La. – The Cardiovascular Institute of the South is welcoming three new cardiologists to its clinics in the Bayou region: Drs. Ayush Arora, McCall Walker and Paritosh Kafle. Arora is an interventional cardiologist joining the CIS team at the Thibodaux clinic. […]