CVD Prevention News

• Vascular Risk Factors for Dementia Vary With Age New data show that vascular risk factors that influence dementia risk vary by age, suggesting the need for age-specific dementia scores vs the current one-size-fits-all approach to dementia risk prediction.
  Medscape Medical News, May 25, 2022
• EAS 2022 Could Neutrophil Counts Predict Cardiovascular Outcomes? A new study using Mendelian randomization appears to confirm that increased neutrophil counts are causally linked to higher coronary artery disease risk, potentially offering a novel treatment target.
  Medscape Medical News, May 25, 2022
• ESC-HF Moderate to High Alcohol Use May Push 'Pre-HF' Into Clinical HF Also, no protection was evident at any alcohol-intake level among STOP-HF trial participants who were initially at risk for heart failure but without echocardiographic signs of the disease.
  Medscape Medical News, May 23, 2022
• Aspirin Links With CVD Cut in Patients With Kidney Disease Recent recommendations advise against aspirin for primary prevention of CVD events in people over 59 years old, but when chronic kidney disease is present it looks like a different story.
  Medscape Medical News, May 20, 2022
• A Cup of Cranberries a Day Tied to Better Memory Consuming the equivalent of one cup of cranberries daily may improve memory by increasing blood flow to key areas of the brain that support cognition, new research suggests.
  Medscape Medical News, May 20, 2022
• Prostate Cancer Survival: Enzalutamide Edges Out Abiraterone Men with metastatic disease who received enzalutamide demonstrated a small but significant survival benefit. The study was published as a preprint and has not yet been peer reviewed.
  Medscape Medical News, May 20, 2022
• Medicine, AI, and Bias: Will Bad Data Undermine Good Tech? Artificial Intelligence models may help predict and prevent diseases. But recent research highlights the challenges they face in providing insights that work for all.
  WebMD Health News, May 18, 2022
• Hormones Account for 10% of Lipid Changes After Menopause The transition to menopause is accompanied by a proatherogenic shift in lipids and other metabolites, and new research directly implicates the hormonal shift at this stage of life to some of these changes.
  Medscape Medical News, May 18, 2022
• Keeping Thyroid Hormone Treatment On Target Is Key for the Heart 'Both undertreatment and overtreatment were associated with adverse cardiovascular outcomes,' including higher mortality, but keeping thyroid hormone levels normal is a tricky task, researchers admit.
  Medscape Medical News, May 17, 2022
• Chronic Conditions Linked With Higher Risk for Fatal Drowning A retrospective analysis indicates a need for extra vigilance among patients with a seizure disorder or other chronic condition, even when they are in familiar places, researchers say.
  Medscape Medical News, May 17, 2022
• DDW 2022 NAFLD in Lean Patients Linked to CVD Risk The link between nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and higher risk of cardiovascular disease may extend beyond people who are overweight or living with obesity.
  Medscape Medical News, May 13, 2022
• Greater Triglyceride-Glucose Index Variability Tied to CV Risk Both the triglyceride-glucose index and its variability over several years predicted late risk for myocardial infarction or stroke in a prospective cohort study with more than 50,000 adults.
  First Look, May 12, 2022
• Life Expectancy Important When Deciding on Intensive BP Lowering Starting intensive antihypertensive therapy may be most appropriate for adults expected to live at least three more years. For those with a life expectancy of less than one year, the harms of intensive BP control may outweigh the benefits.
  Reuters Health Information, May 10, 2022
• Espresso Coffee Associated With Increased Total Cholesterol New observational data show that drinking espresso coffee is linked to higher total cholesterol levels, particularly in men. Boiled or plunger coffee was tied to higher cholesterol in both men and women.
  Medscape Medical News, May 11, 2022
• COPD Screening for Asymptomatic Adults? USPSTF Weighs In, Again “In addition to potential treatment harms, there are opportunity costs to screening.”
  Medscape Medical News, May 11, 2022
• Good News, Bad News for Older Survivors of Acute MI Quality approaches to secondary prevention appear to be paying dividends but more work is needed to close the gap for certain older Americans, a new study suggests.
  Medscape Medical News, May 10, 2022
• Screening for Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy Often Spotty Nearly three quarters of clinicians reported screening patients for hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, but only one quarter comprehensively identified cardiovascular risk, a new study found.
  Medscape Medical News, May 09, 2022
• Use of Newer Type 2 Diabetes Drugs Gives Hope but Costs a Concern 'It's not just about lowering blood sugar. It's about reducing cardiovascular events, reducing the progression of kidney disease, and preventing death,' says one expert discussing benefits versus costs of treatments.
  Medscape Medical News, May 09, 2022
• New Cardiovascular Disease Risk Score Targets Latin America, Caribbean Researchers have developed a tool to identify individuals at high cardiovascular risk in Latin America and the Caribbean.
  Reuters Health Information, May 05, 2022
• ECO 2022 Vegan Diet Helps Shed Pounds but Doesn't Dint Diabetes A systematic review of vegan diets compared with usual diet and other weight loss regimens in overweight and diabetes shows greater weight loss on the vegan diet, on average, but minimal effect on A1c.
  Medscape Medical News, May 06, 2022