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Healthy People 2030 target is achievable with modest reductions in added sugars intake

Reducing caloric intake from added sugars is a Leading Health Indicator in Healthy People 2030, a national public health initiative led by the US Department of Health and Human Services that sets data-driven national objectives to improve health and wellbeing over the next decade.

13 Apr 2023

Extra time off is good for the health, research shows

As a four-day work week is trialed in countries across the globe, health researchers at the University of South Australia say they’re ‘all in’ when it comes to a long weekend, especially as new empirical research shows that the extra time off is good for our health.

13 Apr 2023

Researchers discover important drug target for preventing blood cancer

An international coalition of biomedical researchers co-led by Alexander Bick, MD, PhD, at Vanderbilt University Medical Center has determined a new way to measure the growth rate of precancerous clones of blood stem cells that one day could help doctors lower their patients' risk of blood cancer.

12 Apr 2023

Sedentary time may significantly increase heart size in adolescents

In adolescents, sedentary time may increase heart size three times more than moderate-to-vigorous physical activity, a paper published in the Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports concludes.

12 Apr 2023

Endometriosis linked to increased risk of cardiovascular disease in women

In a recent study published in the journal Maturitas, researchers conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to compare the risk of cardiovascular events in women with and without endometriosis.

12 Apr 2023

Daily statin medication could improve cardiovascular outcomes in people with HIV

A National Institutes of Health clinical trial was stopped early because a daily statin medication was found to reduce the increased risk of cardiovascular disease among people living with HIV in the first large-scale clinical study to test a primary cardiovascular prevention strategy in this population.

11 Apr 2023

Study to measure the impact of whole genome sequencing in patients with cardiovascular disease

Henry Ford Health research teams are launching a series of clinical studies in partnership with Illumina Inc., a global leader in DNA sequencing and array-based technologies, to assess the impact of comprehensive genomic testing in various disease areas.

11 Apr 2023

ACC to host annual Advancing the Cardiovascular Care of the Oncology Patient course

The American College of Cardiology will host the annual Advancing the Cardiovascular Care of the Oncology Patient course on April 14-16, 2023, in Washington, DC.

10 Apr 2023

BU researcher receives $1.5 million NIH grant to purchase state-of-the-art cryo-EM

Esther Bullitt, PhD, associate professor of pharmacology, physiology & biophysics at Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, was awarded $1.5 million from the National Institutes of Health that will go toward the purchase of a cryogenic electron microscope.

10 Apr 2023

Current CVD risk assessments fall short for women from diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds

Non-biological factors and social determinants of health are important to include in CVD risk assessment for women, particularly for women of diverse races and ethnicities other than white, according to a new American Heart Association scientific statement published today in Circulation, the Association's flagship, peer-reviewed journal.

10 Apr 2023

Sleep disturbances linked to increased risk of acute stroke

In a recent study published in the journal Neurology, researchers investigated how a wide range of symptoms of sleep disturbance, individually and cumulatively, could be associated with the risk of acute stroke.

10 Apr 2023

Is preserved vegetable consumption associated with mortality?

Researchers evaluated the association between the consumption of preserved vegetables and mortality.

7 Apr 2023

Experts urge the reduction of added sugars to around six teaspoons a day

Experts recommend reducing consumption of added ("free") sugars to around six teaspoons a day and limiting sugar-sweetened drinks to less than one serving a week after a comprehensive evidence review published by The BMJ today.

6 Apr 2023

How nanomedicine is revolutionizing care for cardiovascular disease

Researchers review recent advancements in nanomedicine treatment options for cardiovascular disease.

6 Apr 2023

Obesity driven by genetic factors linked to lower risk of cardiovascular disease

The risk of developing cardiovascular disease is lower in people with obesity who have a genetic predisposition for high BMI than people with obesity influenced mainly by environmental factors such as lifestyle, researchers from Karolinska Institutet report in eClinical Medicine.

6 Apr 2023

The association between lifestyle changes in adulthood and cancer incidence

Researchers explored the effect of changing multiple lifestyle factors during adult life on cancer risk.

6 Apr 2023

The impact of perinatal low-calorie sweetener exposure on the development of neural systems involved in metabolic regulation

A study published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation Insight reveals that consumption of low-calorie sweeteners during pregnancy can affect the metabolism and neural development of the offspring.

6 Apr 2023

Cardiovascular Disease News and Research

Latest Cardiovascular Disease News and Research

Healthy People 2030 target is achievable with modest reductions in added sugars intake

Extra time off is good for the health, research shows

Researchers discover important drug target for preventing blood cancer

Sedentary time may significantly increase heart size in adolescents

Endometriosis linked to increased risk of cardiovascular disease in women

Daily statin medication could improve cardiovascular outcomes in people with HIV

Study to measure the impact of whole genome sequencing in patients with cardiovascular disease

ACC to host annual Advancing the Cardiovascular Care of the Oncology Patient course

BU researcher receives $1.5 million NIH grant to purchase state-of-the-art cryo-EM

Current CVD risk assessments fall short for women from diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds

Sleep disturbances linked to increased risk of acute stroke

Is preserved vegetable consumption associated with mortality?

Experts urge the reduction of added sugars to around six teaspoons a day

How nanomedicine is revolutionizing care for cardiovascular disease

Obesity driven by genetic factors linked to lower risk of cardiovascular disease

The association between lifestyle changes in adulthood and cancer incidence

The impact of perinatal low-calorie sweetener exposure on the development of neural systems involved in metabolic regulation

Childhood cancer survivors maintaining a healthy lifestyle may have lower risk of mortality

Researchers develop a method for making “mini-heart” using pluripotent stem cells

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