Cardiovascular Disease News and Research

Latest Cardiovascular Disease News and Research

Scientists discover new target to treat blood vessel damage in diabetes

In diabetes, both the tightly woven endothelial cells that line our blood vessels and the powerhouses that drive those cells start to come apart as early steps in the destruction of our vasculature.

9 Jul 2018

Increased physical activity more important for heart disease patients than weight loss

Increased physical activity, not weight loss, gives individuals with coronary heart disease a longer lease on life, according to a new study conducted at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology

9 Jul 2018

Study finds vitamin D deficiency in many pregnant women

One in three pregnant women in Norway has a vitamin D deficiency at the end of her pregnancy, a major study published earlier this year in PLOS One has shown.

6 Jul 2018

Study: Exposure to greenspace has wide-ranging health benefits

Living close to nature and spending time outside has significant and wide-ranging health benefits - according to new research from the University of East Anglia.

6 Jul 2018

Obesity risk appears to be lower in children whose mothers followed healthy lifestyle

Children of mothers who follow a healthy lifestyle have a substantially lower risk of developing obesity than children of mothers who don't make healthy lifestyle choices, finds a study published in The BMJ.

5 Jul 2018

Adults with orthostatic hypotension may have undiagnosed cardiovascular disease

Orthostatic hypotension - a rapid drop in blood pressure upon standing up from a sitting or lying down position - is a frequently encountered clinical sign among patients.

3 Jul 2018

New algorithm predicts patients who will benefit from high blood pressure treatment

Using data from large clinical trials, UT Southwestern researchers developed a way to predict which patients will benefit most from aggressive high blood pressure treatment.

3 Jul 2018

Increase in marker of inflammation from mid to late life linked with dementia

Researchers at Johns Hopkins have added to evidence that rising and chronic inflammation as measured by a biomarker in the blood in middle and late age are linked to visible structural changes in the brains of people with poor cognition and dementia.

2 Jul 2018

Fitness in midlife associated with lower risk of depression, cardiovascular death

A high level of fitness in midlife was associated with a lower risk of depression after age 65 and a lower risk of cardiovascular death, including after a diagnosis of depression.

28 Jun 2018

Non-invasive method can produce reliable estimates of arterial stiffness in adolescents

Arterial stiffness is one of the early signs of cardiovascular disease, and arterial stiffening has been observed in children.

28 Jun 2018

Achieving the WHO’s Global Action Plan for Dementia

One year on from the WHO's Global Action Plan for Dementia, Dr. Matthew Norton from Alzheimer's Research UK discusses the steps that have been taken so far, and whether we are likely to meet the 2025 target.

28 Jun 2018

Pennington Biomedical awarded $4.5 million funding to evaluate treatments for childhood obesity

A research team at LSU's Pennington Biomedical Research Center has been approved for a five-year, $4.5 million funding award by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute, or PCORI, to evaluate two treatments for children who have obesity.

27 Jun 2018

Young binge drinkers more likely to have risk factors for cardiovascular disease

Young adults who frequently binge drink were more likely to have certain risk factors for cardiovascular disease than non-binge drinkers, according to new research in Journal of the American Heart Association, the Open Access Journal of the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association.

27 Jun 2018

Even mild sleep disturbances can increase blood pressure in women

It is well known that chronic sleep deprivation can affect cardiovascular health. But according to a new study from Columbia University Irving Medical Center, even mild sleep problems, such as having trouble falling asleep, can raise blood pressure in women.

27 Jun 2018

Researchers explore how hypertension impairs cognitive function

The squeeze high blood pressure puts on fragile blood vessels in the brain appears to disrupt a normal, protective process that balances the blood flowing to our brains with the activity of our resting neurons.

26 Jun 2018

Poor sleep quality may be important risk factor for atrial fibrillation

Poor sleep quality appears to be an important risk factor for atrial fibrillation, report scientists in the first study of its kind to demonstrate a relationship between poor sleep quality independent of sleep apnea and a higher risk of atrial fibrillation (AF).

26 Jun 2018

Cardiovascular Disease News and Research

Latest Cardiovascular Disease News and Research

Scientists discover new target to treat blood vessel damage in diabetes

Increased physical activity more important for heart disease patients than weight loss

Study finds vitamin D deficiency in many pregnant women

Study: Exposure to greenspace has wide-ranging health benefits

Obesity risk appears to be lower in children whose mothers followed healthy lifestyle

Adults with orthostatic hypotension may have undiagnosed cardiovascular disease

New algorithm predicts patients who will benefit from high blood pressure treatment

Increase in marker of inflammation from mid to late life linked with dementia

Fitness in midlife associated with lower risk of depression, cardiovascular death

Non-invasive method can produce reliable estimates of arterial stiffness in adolescents

Achieving the WHO’s Global Action Plan for Dementia

Pennington Biomedical awarded $4.5 million funding to evaluate treatments for childhood obesity

Young binge drinkers more likely to have risk factors for cardiovascular disease

Even mild sleep disturbances can increase blood pressure in women

Researchers explore how hypertension impairs cognitive function

Poor sleep quality may be important risk factor for atrial fibrillation

New tests accurately detect heart disease and adverse cardiac events in diabetic patients

Urgent steps needed to tackle low vitamin D intakes in UK South-Asians

Four cups of coffee a day shown to protect heart muscle

Inaccurate measurement of sodium intake may account for paradoxical results, study suggests

Transforming Cardiovascular Care: Insights from Mina Makar at AstraZeneca

Clue's CEO Rhiannon White on the Future of Femtech and PCOS

Freezing Point Osmometry in Life Science Applications

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