Category Archives: Cardiovascular

Parental Incarceration Associated With Higher Risk Of Cardiovascular Conditions

News Report | October 30, 2023 Having an incarcerated parent during childhood is associated with a higher risk that as an adult the child will develop hypertension and cardiovascular disease in middle age. The risk of hypertension is 33% higher, and the risk is 60% higher for elevated high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP, a marker of […]

Cardiovascular Institute of the South becomes first in US to use program to treat PAD

BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) – The Cardiovascular Institute of the South said peripheral vascular, artery, and vein disease affects more than 50 million people in the US. Interventional Cardiologist Dr. Pradeep Nair said it’s important to know about your symptoms to lessen your risk of getting your legs amputated. “PAD is a very common disorder […]

Extreme Heat Projected to Cause More Excess Cardiovascular Deaths by Midcentury

MONDAY, Oct. 30, 2023 (HealthDay News) — By midcentury, extreme heat is projected to be associated with large increases in excess cardiovascular deaths, according to a study published online Oct. 30 in Circulation. Sameed Ahmed M. Khatana, M.D., M.P.H., from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, and colleagues examined […]

Heart deaths in the US to TRIPLE in coming decades, study warns

Heat-influenced cardiovascular deaths could increase by 233% over 13-47 years This would happen if only minimal efforts to reduce emissions are made READ MORE: Doctors discover NEW type of heart disease called CKM By Caitlin Tilley, Health Reporter For Dailymail.Com Published: 09:44 EDT, 30 October 2023 | Updated: 10:25 EDT, 30 October 2023

4 ways AI could boost cardiovascular care

I believe the development that will have the most transformational impact on cardiology in upcoming decades is AI — but there are a number of threshold hurdles that AI must achieve first.  The digital AI transformation requires the rapid growth of costly digital and wireless platforms, the amelioration of concerns about privacy, and the design […]

Heat-related cardiovascular deaths may double in the coming decades

A new study published in the journal Circulation has found that cardiovascular fatalities attributed to extreme heat in the United States are on a trajectory to potentially more than double by the mid-21st century.  “Climate change and its many manifestations will play an increasingly important role on the health of communities around the world in […]

Research Projects Increase in Heat-Related Cardiovascular Deaths

Sameed Khatana, MD, MPH PHILADELPHIA— The number of heat related cardiovascular deaths in the United States will increase over the next four decades, according to a new analysis from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. Extreme heat can impact heart health in many ways, including increased heart rate, changes in blood […]

Cardio Diagnostics Leverages AI To Combat Cardiovascular Disease – Cardio Diagnostics Hldgs (NASDAQ:CDIO)

Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death worldwide, accounting for nearly 18 million deaths annually. That amounts to about one-third of all global deaths. Driven by epigenetics and artificial intelligence, what is being referred to as Precision Cardiovascular Medicine could help alleviate the burden of heart disease on patients worldwide.  Cardio Diagnostics CDIO, an […]

Extreme heat set to increase heart attacks, stroke deaths in US: Study

Bloomberg | Oct 30, 2023 03:30 PM IST Share Via Copy Link Cardiovascular deaths due to heat will rise as high-temperature days become more frequent, a new study finds. Cardiovascular-related deaths due to extreme heat are expected to nearly triple in the US by mid-century as climate change raises the frequency of very hot days, […]

Retinal artery occlusion carries risk of death, adverse cardiovascular events | Latest news for Doctors, Nurses and Pharmacists

Individuals with retinal artery occlusion (RAO) may be at increased risk of death, stroke, and myocardial infarction (MI) both in the short and long term, according to a study. For the study, researchers used aggregated electronic health records from TriNetX and looked at 34,874 patients with RAO (mean age at index event 66 years, 51 […]