Category Archives: Heart Diseases

Atherosclerosis, also known as hardening of the arteries, is the buildup of fatty plaques inside the arteries. Diseases linked to atherosclerosis are the leading cause of death in the United States. School of Medicine researchers have created an atlas of atherosclerosis that reveals, at the level of individual cells, critical processes responsible for forming the harmful plaque buildup that causes heart attacks, strokes and coronary artery disease Continue reading →

Teams from Abrazo Scottsdale Campus and Abrazo Central Campus participated in the first-ever West Valley Heart Walk in Goodyear, helping raise more than $220,000 in pledges and donations for cardiovascular research and education. Presented by Abrazo Health in support of the American Heart Association, launching the West Valley Heart Walk was designed to recognize the impact that West Valley residents and businesses can make on raising money to fund research and education, advocate for health and save local lives. Continue reading →

Beyonc, Serena Williams, and Kim Kardashian are just a few of the well-known figures who have experienced preeclampsia, a potentially life-threatening form of hypertension, or high blood pressure, that occurs in pregnancy and postpartum. Preeclampsia can cause a range of complications and should always be treated seriously Continue reading →

WASHINGTON, D.C. Today, U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) introduced the Increasing Access to Quality Cardiac Rehabilitation Care Act of 2023. Continue reading →

Cardiovascular diseases, including ischaemic heart disease, stroke, heart failure, peripheral and aortic diseases, arrhythmias and valvular heart disease remain the leading global cause of death, and a major contributor to health loss worldwide, new data published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC) indicate. The Global Burden of Disease special report provides an update of health estimates for the global, regional and national burden and trends of cardiovascular disease from 19902022 by analysing the impact of cardiovascular conditions and risk factors across 21 global regions. The data suggest that in 2022 alone, cardiovascular disease caused an estimated 19.8 million deaths worldwide, up from around 12.4 million in 1990, corresponding to 396 million years of life lost and 44.9 million years lived with disability. Continue reading →

December 11, 2023 A world without cardiovascular disease (CVD) is possible, yet millions of lives are lost prematurely to heart disease each year, according to the new Global Burden of Disease (GBD) special report published today inthe Journal of the American College of Cardiology, JACC. The report provides an update of health estimates for the global, regional and national burden and trends of CVD from 1990-2022 by analyzing the impact of cardiovascular conditions and risk factors across 21 global regions. Research from this study reflects an urgent need for countries to establish public-health strategies aimed at preventing cardiovascular diseases by underscoring the global action needed to disseminate information and implement health programs, especially in hard-to-reach countries Continue reading →

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A comprehensive look at cardiovascular disease around the world, from 1990 to 2022, provides sobering data that, despite some progress, the number of deaths due to CVD reached nearly 20 million last yearsome preventable and some related to aging. This is the second such almanac to emerge from the Global Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases Collaboration, which formed in 2020 as an alliance among the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington, and the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Continue reading →

WEDNESDAY, Dec. 13, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- While rates of a deadly heart infection are dropping generally across the United States, a new report finds one exception: Young adults. In that group, rates of infective endocarditis are rising, probably fueled by a common cause, injected drug abuse. Continue reading →

Are you still unsure about getting the flu vaccine this winter? A recent meta-analysis study published in "Scientific Reports" suggests that the flu vaccine offers more than just protection against the flu. Among individuals who received the flu vaccine, there was a 26% decrease in the risk of heart attacks and a 33% decrease in deaths from cardiovascular diseases Continue reading →