UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Countless people neglect sleep during the workweek with the expectation they’ll “make up for it” by sleeping in over the weekend. Fascinating new findings by a team at Penn State, however, are suggesting that no amount of catching up over the weekend can make up for lost sleep — at least when […]
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Reassuringly, a history of oral contraceptive use had no deleterious effects on cardiovascular disease (CVD) and survival over long-term follow-up, a U.K. Biobank study showed. In a comparison between women who have used the pill and never-users, oral contraceptives were even linked to apparent reductions in CVD events and all-cause mortality over a median 11.8 […]
The researchers used fluorescent tags to capture this image of a Treg (green) and an exTregs (pink) in a mouse artery wall. Credit: La Jolla Institute for Immunology Scientists can finally hunt down a harmful kind of human T cell, thanks to new research led by scientists at La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI) and […]
Researchers have discovered that catching up on sleep over the weekend because of sleep loss during the week doesn’t return your heart rate and blood pressure level to normal, according to a new study. Researchers from Penn State University shared the findings in a study published in the journal Psychosomatic Medicine on Tuesday. Researchers say […]
Some of the discussion around GLP-1–based weight-loss therapies has been the practicality of taking them for many years, including the possibility of weight returning if patients stop taking the drug. Additionally, the inclusion criteria for SURPASS-CVOT has a body mass index (BMI) floor of 25 kg/m2 while SURMOUNT-1 and SURMOUNT-2 had a BMI floor of […]
August 10, 2023 – Oral Waldo, MD, a cardiologist specializing in cardiovascular diseases has joined Cardiovascular Care – Palm Beach Health Network Physician Group and opened his cardiology practice in West Palm Beach. Dr. Waldo specializes in adult cardiology as well as sees patients ages 16-years and up, pre-op evaluations, echocardiogram, transesophageal echocardiogram (TEE) and […]
Although people often think they can compensate for lack of sleep during weekdays by sleeping in on the weekends, a recent study led by Pennsylvania State University has found that such beliefs are misguided. According to the experts, sleep deprivation throughout the week has detrimental effects on cardiovascular health metrics like heart rate and blood […]
Every 33 seconds, someone in the United States dies from cardiovascular diseases (CVDs), the leading cause of death worldwide. In a new report, the World Heart Federation (WHF) reveals global CVDs deaths jumped from 12.1 million in 1990 to 20.5 million in 2021. Despite advances in therapy, a large part of the continued prevalence of […]