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Pill-sized Device Tracks Breathing, Heart Rate From Inside the Body

MONDAY, Nov. 20, 2023 – A new 'technopill' can safely monitor a person’s vital signs from inside their bodies, researchers report. The vitals-monitoring (VM) Pill works by tracking the small v...

Heart Patients From Poor Neighborhoods Less Likely to Get Cardiac Rehab

WEDNESDAY, Oct. 25, 2023 – Older adults who live in distressed or disadvantaged communities are less likely to attend cardiac rehabilitation after common heart procedures, new research shows. The...

Menopause Bring New Risks for Women's Heart Health

FRIDAY, Oct. 20, 2023 – The risk of having heart disease grows as a woman ages, so women need to be familiar with their heart disease risk factors, the American Heart Association (AHA) says....

Neighborhood, Individual Factors Cut Racial Disparities in Heart Health

WEDNESDAY, Oct. 4, 2023 – Neighborhood- and individual-level factors attenuate racial disparities in cardiovascular health, according to a study published online Sept. 29 in JAMA Network Open. Anika...

Burden of Heart Disease Considerable for American Indians, Alaska Natives

TUESDAY, Sept. 26, 2023 – American Indian and Alaska Native patients with Medicare insurance have a considerable burden of cardiovascular disease, according to a study published online Sept. 22 in...

Surgeons Perform Transplant of Gene-Tweaked Pig Heart Into Second Patient

MONDAY, Sept. 25, 2023 – A second human patient has received a genetically altered pig heart as he battles the ravages of end-stage heart disease. The 58-year-old man, Lawrence Faucette, received...

Short-Term Survival Worse for Single-Ventricle Congenital Heart Disease Patients

MONDAY, Sept. 25, 2023 – Single-ventricle congenital heart disease (CHD) patients undergoing heart transplant have worse short-term survival, according to a study published online in the Sept. 19...

Cardiac Rehab Barriers Vary Globally According to Region

MONDAY, Sept. 25, 2023 – Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) barriers vary globally according to region, according to a study published online Sept. 24 in the Canadian Journal of Cardiology. Gabriela Lima...

Hypoattenuation Thickening on CT Prognostic After Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion

WEDNESDAY, Sept. 13, 2023 – For patients with atrial fibrillation undergoing left atrial appendage occlusion (LAAO), high-grade hypoattenuation thickening (HAT) at follow-up computed tomography (CT)...

Adherence to Mediterranean Lifestyle Linked to Lower Mortality

TUESDAY, Aug. 29, 2023 – For middle-aged and older adults, higher adherence to the Mediterranean lifestyle is associated with lower all-cause and cancer mortality, according to a study published...

Heart, Diabetes, Cancer Drugs on List for Medicare Price Negotiations, White House Says

TUESDAY, Aug. 29, 2023 – The Biden administration on Tuesday named the first 10 medicines that will be subject to price negotiations between Medicare and participating drug companies. The list...

AHA News: After a Lifetime of Being Blue, Heart Surgery Restores Color to Woman's Life

MONDAY, Aug. 28, 2023 (American Heart Association News) – Patti Allbritton was born a little blue. She wasn't particularly sad – it wasn't that kind of blue. She was born with a rare congenital h...

Heart Disease Targets Black Americans and Poverty, Unemployment Are Big Reasons Why

TUESDAY, Aug. 15, 2023 – What researchers call 'social factors' are largely responsible for Black Americans having a greater risk of death from heart disease than whites, according to a new study....

Adjustment for Risk Factors Cuts Black-White CVD Mortality Disparity

TUESDAY, Aug. 15, 2023 – The Black-White disparity in cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality is attenuated after adjustment for behavioral and metabolic risk factors and is no longer significant...

Post-Pandemic End to Food Assistance Programs Meant 2 Million More Americans Went Hungry

MONDAY, Aug. 14, 2023 – The federal government recently stopped pandemic-related emergency food aid, leaving perhaps 2 million more Americans without enough to eat. Emergency allotments in the...

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