TUESDAY, July 18, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Physical activity concentrated within a few days is associated with a similarly lower risk for cardiovascular outcomes as more evenly distributed activity, according to a study published in the July 18 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association. Shaan Khurshid, M.D., M.P.H., from Massachusetts General Hospital […]
Two other new members of the ACC’s board of trustees were announced: Bonnie Ky, MD, director of the Penn Center for Quantitative Echocardiography at Penn Medicine, and Lee R. Goldberg, MD, chief of advanced heart failure and cardiac transplant with Penn Medicine. “The next year will be pivotal for the College as we kick off […]
BOSTON — Being a “weekend warrior,” or someone who crams exercise into one or two sessions on the weekends, enhances cardiovascular health just as much as daily workouts, a new study explains. This approach could help lower the risk of developing heart disease, currently the world’s leading cause of death. In fact, those who perform […]
Maxine Sun, PhD, MPH, research scientist, Lank Center for Genitourinary Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, research consultant, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, discusses the association between clonal hematopoiesis and cardiovascular disease in patients with renal cell carcinoma (RCC). Clonal hematopoiesis occurs when a mutation in the hematopoietic system provides a cell with a survival advantage over normal […]
It doesn’t matter if you exercise every day or squeeze it all into the weekend. If you do the recommended 150 minutes of moderate to vigorous physical activity a week, you’ll get heart benefits, a new study finds. Both regimens protect you from atrial fibrillation (a-fib), heart attack, heart failure and stroke, compared with inactivity, […]
JAMA Network About The Study: In an analysis of 89,000 individuals providing a week of accelerometer-based physical activity data, a weekend warrior pattern of physical activity (i.e., most moderate to vigorous physical activity achieved over 1-2 days) was associated with similarly lower risks of incident atrial fibrillation, heart attack, heart failure, and stroke compared with […]
Engaging in intense physical activity for 1-2 days was found to have a comparable effect in reducing the risk of cardiovascular events as engaging in moderate physical activity spread out across several days, according to research published today in JAMA. Current guidelines from the World Health Organization and American Heart Association recommend at least 150 […]
Supplementing older adults with monthly doses of vitamin D might reduce the prevalence of major cardiovascular events, although the absolute risk difference was small and the confidence interval (CI) was indicative of a null finding, according to a study published in the British Medical Journal. Credit: Valerii Honcharuk – stock.adobe.com The randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial […]
KNOXVILLE, Tenn., July 18, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Realty Trust Group (RTG) has been selected to provide program management services for the recently announced Cardiovascular Pavilion to be constructed on the main campus of Hamilton Medical Center in Dalton, Georgia. The 175,000-square-foot expansion will offer a broad range of services, spanning cardiovascular surgery, electrophysiology, interventional cardiology, and structural […]
BackgroundEffects of grief on tumor biologyEffects of grief on cardiovascular diseaseProlonged grief disorderReferences Further reading Grief is the intense sadness and upset caused by the experience of loss. Most commonly, the loss will be in the form of the death of a loved one, although it can also occur after other losses, such as the end […]