Category Archives: Heart Diseases

GREENSBORO, N.C. A North Carolina restaurantis advocatingfor people with heart disease. BensBoyz,a family business, offers premium comfort food Continue reading →

Heart disease, diabetes and kidney disease are among the most common chronic illnesses in the United States and theyre all closely connected. Adults with diabetes are twice as likely to have heart disease or a stroke compared with those who dont have diabetes. Continue reading →

Sun H, et al. Diabetes Atlas: Global, regional and country-level diabetes prevalence estimates for 2021 and projections for 2045. Diabetes Res Clin Pract Continue reading →

Pregnancy and the hormonal life cycle can have significant impacts on womens cardiovascular health and life expectancy. However, the research behind how women are negatively affected is incomplete and largely limited. Continue reading →

World Health Organization. (2021). Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) Continue reading →

New analyses of a large trial presented at the European Congress on Obesity showed the clear benefits of the popular weight-loss drug. The weight-loss drug semaglutide - commonly sold under the brand names Ozempic and Wegovy - reduced cardiovascular events such as stroke and heart attack in adults with preexisting disease independent of weight loss Continue reading →

image: Jessica Pfleger, assistant professor at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC, was recently awarded a grant from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health to investigate the role of a certain protein in the connection between high fat diet and heart disease in Type 2 diabetes. Credit: Clayton Metz/Virginia Tech The relationship between a high-fat diet and increased risk of Type 2 diabetes and heart disease is well-known Continue reading →

image: Vegetarian and vegan diets are generally associated with better status on various medical factors linked to cardiovascular health and cancer risk, as well as lower risk of cardiovascular diseases, cancer, and death. Continue reading →

May 16, 2024 Timely diagnosis and proper management of peripheral artery disease (PAD), including coordinated care from a multispecialty team, are essential to help prevent amputation and other cardiovascular complications and to allow patients with PAD to live longer lives with better physical function and improved quality of life, according to a new joint guideline published May 14 in the American Heart Associations (AHA) flagship, peer-reviewed journal Circulation and simultaneously in JACC, Journal of the American College of Cardiology(ACC). The 2024 AHA/ACC Guideline on the Management of Lower Extremity Peripheral Artery Disease: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Joint Committee on Clinical Practice Guidelines provides the latest, evidence-based recommendations to guide clinicians in the diagnosis and treatment of lower extremity PAD across its four clinical presentation subsets: asymptomatic disease, chronic symptomatic PAD, and the more severe subsets of chronic limb-threatening ischemia (CLTI) and acute limb ischemia (ALI). Continue reading →

By Saima Wazed, WHO Regional Director for South-East Asia Hypertension, in the words of the World Hypertension League (WHL), is a driving force in the global epidemic of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and the leading risk factor for death and disability globally. World Hypertension Day, initiated by WHL in 2005, aims to increase awareness of this silent killer, and galvanise global action to combat high blood pressure. Continue reading →