Preventive Care
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AHA: Physician awareness of women’s heart risk due for upgrade
Systematic assessment of heart disease risk in women is underutilized by physicians and will be the focus of a national consumer/physician...
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VIDEO: SPRINT results rebut JNC 8’s blood pressure targets
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VIDEO: Study shows how to stand up to the ‘sitting disease’
Taking 3-minute breaks to get up from the desk to walk or do simple resistance activities every half hour led to impressive drops in blood...
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AHA: SPRINT’s results upend hypertension targets
Key clinical point: The first full report of results from the SPRINT trial of hypertension treatment targets generated lots of opinions on their...
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AHA: Homemade meals cut type 2 diabetes risk by 13%
Key clinical point: Eating more home-prepared lunches and dinners is associated in dose-dependent fashion with lower risk of developing type 2...
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VIDEO: SPRINT resets many patients’ hypertension treatment target
Results from the SPRINT trial provide evidence for a lower blood pressure target for many patients but don’t address who is hypertensive.
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Peer support program improved cardiovascular health, tobacco cessation
A peer support program was linked to significantly improved cardiovascular health, and to tobacco cessation.
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VIDEO: Most women remain unconcerned about heart risk
Nearly half of women in a large survey don’t know that heart disease is the top killer of U.S. women.
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ESC: LV response to exercise differs in women
Cardiac adaptation to exercise differs by gender, a finding that may help in identifying female athletes with occult cardiomyopathy.
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ESC: Heart failure patients have increased cancer incidence
Key clinical point: Adults with chronic heart failure had a significantly increased incidence of cancer, compared with the general population....
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Reduced-nicotine cigarettes cut dependence, smoking
Key clinical point: Reduced-nicotine cigarettes decreased dependence and the amount smoked, without producing withdrawal symptoms. Major finding:...