Category Archives: Cardiovascular

Heart health: How much vitamin D do we really need?

Share on PinterestHave official guidelines for vitamin D intake missed the mark when it comes to heart health? Image credit: Zorica Nastasic/Getty Images. Vitamin D is an essential nutrient, and researchers are interested in how it may help in several health areas. One area of interest is how much vitamin D supplementation is required to […]

Global Registries And Surveys Programme of the ESC

GRASP is a programme of observational, multicenter, international, prospective and retrospective, longitudinal and cross-sectional studies with the aim to capture real world evidence. The main objectives of GRASP are: To evaluate the implementation of ESC Clinical Practice Guidelines, aiming to close the gap between guideline standards and clinical practice, and to identify gaps in adherence […]

Can Depression Treatment Reduce Cardiovascular Risks?

A new study published in the Journal of Brain, Behavior, and Immunity looked at the effect of modernized collaborative care for depression on depressive symptoms and cardiovascular disease risk biomarkers. “We set out to determine whether treating depression, a psychological risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD), could reduce the risk of developing CVD in the […]

Exploring Patients’ Perspectives on OHI: A Qualitative Study among Those with High Cardiovascular Risk

The following is a summary of “How do patients with high cardiovascular risk evaluate online health information? A qualitative study,” published in the November 2023 issue of Primary Care by Lim, et al. The proliferation of online health information (OHI) challenges individuals in discerning between reliable and unreliable sources. For a qualitative study, researchers sought […]

Trial to prevent sudden death after a heart attack enrols first patient

Sophia Antipolis – 21 November 2023:  The first clinical trial to challenge the routine implantation of a defibrillator in myocardial infarction survivors with heart failure has enrolled its first patient. The PROFID EHRA trial is part of the EU-funded PROFID project, which aims to personalise the prevention of sudden cardiac death after myocardial infarction and […]

Stroke and Cardiovascular disease are leading causes of death, according

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Decoding the Future of Cardiovascular Health: Navigating the Road Ahead with Genomics and Polygenic Risk Scores

by Dr Firoz Ahmad Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) as a result of coronary artery diseases (CAD) are a group of health issues that affect the heart and the blood vessels which are essential for optimal heart functioning. It is a leading cause of death worldwide, particularly in India, where it accounts for roughly two-thirds of all […]

Effect of educational intervention on risk factors of cardiovascular diseases among school teachers: a quasi-experimental study in a suburb of Kolkata, West Bengal, India

Participants This multicentric quasi-experimental study took place from August 2016 to May 2017 among teachers in four schools in Baruipur, a Kolkata suburb, West Bengal, India. We used simple random sampling (SRS) with replacement to select four clusters out of 18 in the Baruipur block, each containing an average of 18.5 ~ 19 schools. From each cluster, […]

CRF Launches Scientific Excellence Top 10 (SET-10)

Newswise — NEW YORK – November 20, 2023 – The Cardiovascular Research Foundation (CRF), in conjunction with the Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) 2023 conference, CRF’s annual scientific symposium, announced today the launch of the CRF Scientific Excellence Top 10 (SET-10), a new global annual ranking recognizing academic contributions to interventional cardiovascular medicine. The SET-10 initiative, […]

Patients with OSA, COPD frequently have cardiovascular disease

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