Category Archives: Cardiovascular

A research team from the School of Public Health in LKS Faculty of Medicine, of The University of Hong Kong (HKUMed), reviewed large-scale meta-data covering more than 4.4 million people, and concluded that red meat consumption is associated with a higher risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and type 2 diabetes. For example, a 50 g/day […]

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Rupal O’Quinn, MD Administration of acalabrutinib (Calquence) to patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) with or without cardiovascular disorders at baseline results in a numerically decreased incidence of overall treatment-related cardiac toxicities and a comparable safety profile vs comparator CLL therapies such as ibrutinib (Imbruvica), according to findings from a longitudinal review. Data presented at […]

Topline The American Heart Association has identified a new medical condition that links heart disease to several other health conditions, including kidney disease, diabetes and obesity—offering new guidance in testing those as young as 30 for the chronic ailments. Key Facts The American Heart Association calls the medical condition cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic syndrome (CKM), defining it in […]

(WXYZ) — In today’s Health Alert, a new type of medical condition has been defined by the American Heart Association. It’s called cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic syndrome or CKM for short. The American Heart Association called the new condition CKM – Cardiovascular-Kidney-Metabolic Syndrome – because of the strong links between heart disease, kidney disease, and two metabolic conditions […]

One in three adults in the United States have three or more risk factors that can contribute to heart disease, metabolic disorders or kidney disease. On Monday, the American Heart Association defined a new condition, cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic syndrome, in an effort to show how these diseases interact with each other. CKM syndrome reflects the strong links between cardiovascular […]

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Saint Luke’s Mid America Heart Institute’s heart transplant program performed its 1,000th heart transplant on Thursday, Oct. 5, becoming only the 23rd hospital in the country to reach the prestigious milestone. The team performed the transplant on a 53-year-old man from Columbia, Mo. Saint Luke’s Mid America Heart Institute has been […]