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Gut microbiome may guide personalized heart failure therapy
Understanding the gut microbiome and how it may affect development and treatment of heart failure could lead to a more personalized approach to...
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New blood pressure thresholds: How do they affect the evaluation and treatment of hypertension?
In a major shift in the definition of hypertension, new guidelines reclassified 130/80 mm Hg as high blood pressure.
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Smoking cessation has many benefits in diabetes
Diabetic patients need to be made aware of the risks of smoking, and they need to be told about the ways they’ll benefit from quitting smoking.
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What new cardiovascular disease risk factors have emerged?
Recognizing the presence of one or more of these new risk factors could help prompt and improve behaviors for reducing more conventional CV risk...
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New ACC guidance on heart failure with preserved ejection fraction
The Expert Consensus Decision Pathway offers a framework for diagnosis, clinical decision-making, management of comorbidities, and implementation...
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Green Mediterranean diet may relieve aortic stiffness
A green Mediterranean diet high in polyphenols promoted dramatic proximal aortic de-stiffening as assessed by MRI over 18 months.
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Napping and AFib risk: The long and the short of it
Both long and short daily naps were linked to atrial fibrillation risk, but in different ways.
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Cardiovascular disease deaths rise on and after high-pollution days
High levels of air pollution were linked to higher risk of death from MI and stroke in a Polish population.
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‘Substantial’ variation in responses to BP meds
A new study shows significant variation in the blood pressure response to various antihypertensive medications between individuals.
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Cancer, heart disease vaccines may be ready by 2030, Moderna says
The announcement is yet another sign of what many are calling “the golden age” of vaccine development.