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Tailored Texts May Increase Physical Activity in Patients With CVD
TUESDAY, Aug. 13, 2024 – Tailored text messages may encourage an increase in physical activity in patients undergoing cardiac rehabilitation, according to a study recently published online...
Fruits, Vegetables Lower Your Body's Acid Levels, Boosting Health
MONDAY, Aug. 12, 2024 – An apple a day, along with a healthy serving of vegetables, could become a first line of treatment for hypertension, new research suggests. Diet plays a large role in overall...
Getting Fats From Plants Vs. Animals Boosts Your Life Span
MONDAY, Aug. 12, 2024 – A study of more than 400,000 people tracked for up to 24 years finds that those who got their dietary fat from plants versus animals had significantly lower odds of dying...
High-Intensity Interval Training Improves Cardiorespiratory Fitness After Stroke
FRIDAY, Aug. 9, 2024 – For individuals after stroke, 12 weeks of short-interval high-intensity interval training (HIIT) is effective for improving cardiorespiratory fitness (V̇O2peak), according to ...
More Evidence That an Artificial Sweetener Poses Heart Risk
THURSDAY, Aug. 8, 2024 – There's more evidence to suggest that the common artificial sweetener erythritol might pose dangers to consumers' hearts. The new study, involving 20 healthy adult...
Abacavir Use Linked to Increased Incidence of MACE
THURSDAY, Aug. 8, 2024 – For patients with HIV in the Randomized Trial to Prevent Vascular Events in HIV (REPRIEVE) trial, use of abacavir was associated with an increased incidence of major adverse...
Bystander CPR More Likely to Save Your Life If You're White and Male: Study
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 7, 2024 – Whites are three times more likely to survive a cardiac arrest after receiving bystander CPR than Black adults are, a new study has found. Likewise, men are twice as likely...
Urinary Metal Levels Linked to Increased Risk for CVD, Mortality
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 7, 2024 – Urinary metal levels are associated with an increased risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD) and all-cause mortality, according to a study published online Aug. 1 in...
Pediatric Heart Transplant Wait-List Mortality Has Declined Since 1999
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 7, 2024 – Pediatric heart transplant (HT) wait-list mortality has declined, but the 2016 pediatric HT allocation policy revisions do not appear to be the reason, according to a study...
Study Shows How Fruits, Veggies Lower Blood Pressure, Heart Risks
TUESDAY, Aug. 6, 2024 – Eating more fruits and veggies can lower blood pressure and improve heart health by reducing acid levels in the body, a new clinical trial finds. People who added two to four...
Here Are the Barriers Keeping People With Disabilities From Exercise
MONDAY, Aug. 5, 2024 – Many people with disabilities aren’t getting the exercise they need because fitness centers don’t offer adaptive equipment or staff trained in helping the disabled, a new rev...
PREVENT Equations Reclassify Half of U.S. Adults to Lower ASCVD Risk
FRIDAY, Aug. 2, 2024 – Use of the Predicting Risk of cardiovascular disease EVENTs (PREVENT) equations instead of the 2013 recommended pooled cohort equations for estimating the 10-year risk for...
Sit a Lot? Exercise Might Offset the Damage to Your Health
FRIDAY, Aug. 2, 2024 – People can offset hours spent sitting around with minutes of active exercise each week, a new study claims. Folks who are sedentary for eight or more hours daily can lower...
58.7 Percent of U.S. Adults Walked for Leisure in Past Week in 2022
WEDNESDAY, July 31, 2024 – In 2022, 58.7 percent of adults walked for leisure in the past seven days and 16.2 percent of adults walked for transportation, according to a July data brief published by...
Most Traditional Cardiovascular Risk Factors Not Linked to Migraine
WEDNESDAY, July 31, 2024 – For women, many traditional cardiovascular risk factors (CVRFs) are inversely associated with migraine risk, according to a study published online July 31 in Neurology....
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