Cardiologists have debated for some time whether obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a proven factor in a patient’s risk for heart disease, but the U.S. National Institutes of Health says newly published studies identify the specific mechanisms for this association. The studies offered data from more than 4,500 subjects and affirms the notion that OSA-driven […]
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Cardiovascular
Local partnership between Sentara and ODU continues to provide cardiovascular health screenings among athletes
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More Videos For seven years now, Dr. George Sarris, a cardiology specialist at Sentara has generously provided cardiac testing for ODU athletes. Author: 13newsnow.com Published: 6:06 PM EDT July 31, 2023 Updated: 6:06 PM EDT July 31, 2023
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) sent notice today about Abbott’s decision to stop selling and distributing Trifecta aortic surgical heart valves in the U.S. market. This was an update to the February 2023 letter to healthcare providers about the potential risk of early structural valve deterioration (SVD) with Abbott Trifecta valves. The vendor […]
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AdventHealth Redmond has received two American Heart Association Get With The Guidelines achievement awards for following up-to-date, research-based guidelines for the treatment of heart disease and stroke. Following evidenced based guidance which ultimately leads to more lives saved, shorter recovery times and fewer readmissions to the hospital. Every 40 seconds, someone in the U.S. has […]
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted market clearance to UltraSight for its artificial intelligence (AI) guidance technology, which shows ultrasound users how to perform a diagnostic quality echocardiography exam. The UltraSight real-time AI guidance software can assist medical professionals without sonography experience in acquiring cardiac ultrasound images at the point of care in […]
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The trajectory of well-known health and wellness platform Hims & Hers is one that most entrepreneurs and investors would hope for. Not even six years old, the company has for the most part experienced hockey-stick customer and revenue growth since its inception by offering consumers telehealth-based access to care for historically stigmatized conditions like sexual […]
One in four U.S. men die of heart disease. Hims aims to expand access to preventive care with new dual-action capabilities that support sexual health and the heart together, signaling the company’s next frontier of personalized health and wellness. Hims & Hers Health, Inc. (“Hims & Hers”, NYSE: HIMS), the leading health and wellness platform, […]
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So many things go into making up “population well-being” — healthy or unhealthy behaviors, physical and social environment, financial security, access to green spaces, readily available healthy food…the list goes on. Public health researchers, using validated holistic measures, have shown strong associations of population well-being with health outcomes, lower rates of hospitalizations and emergency department […]
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$11.5 million award renewal from NIH supports study of how stress influences cardiovascular health
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Psychosocial stress profoundly affects people’s lives globally, not least because it can be a critical risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Thanks to an $11.5 million award renewal from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the National Institutes of Health, distinguished researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and elsewhere […]