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 →

Baxter Holmes, ESPN Senior WriterDec 11, 2023, 09:00 PM On July 24, 18-year-old USC freshman guard Bronny James -- the son of Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James -- suffered cardiac arrest during a workout at USC. In January, Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin, then 24, suffered cardiac arrest during a game against the Cincinnati Bengals. Continue reading →

How do scientists study the inner workings of human blood vessels? Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death globally, with an estimated 17.9 million people dying each year. So, preventing and treating them is one of the toughest challenges facing public health today Continue reading →