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Nearly 400,000 adults, six body measurements, and a surprising result for heart attack risk

A UK Biobank study involving 395,831 adults found that a higher body roundness index (BRI) was associated with an increased risk of myocardial infarction over a median follow-up of 13.3 years. BRI showed slightly better predictive performance than BMI and four other anthropometric measures, although the improvements were modest and require independent validation before clinical adoption.

13 Oct 2026

Strategic placement of emergency care services reduces heart attack deaths

Hospitals and policymakers routinely face a difficult question when investing in specialized emergency services: Will adding another facility improve care, or would those resources do more good somewhere else?

12 Oct 2026

New framework maps the complex link between psychological status and cardiovascular health

CVD remains the leading cause of death worldwide, while the global burden of mental disorders continues to rise.

28 Sep 2026

A survey of 371,000 adults links heart disease to eating whole fruit less often

In a survey analysis of 371,038 US adults, those reporting high blood pressure, high cholesterol, a heart attack, or coronary heart disease ate whole fruit slightly less often than those without the respective conditions. After adjustment, 100% fruit-juice consumption was less frequent among adults with high cholesterol and more frequent among those reporting a heart attack, but the cross-sectional study cannot establish cause and effect.

28 Sep 2026

Semaglutide cuts major heart events, but researchers still cannot fully explain why

In adults with overweight or obesity and established cardiovascular disease but no diabetes, semaglutide reduced major adverse cardiovascular events by 20%, while changes in measured cardiovascular risk factors could not fully explain the benefit with certainty. The findings suggest that additional, as-yet unidentified biological pathways may contribute to semaglutide’s cardiovascular protection.

27 Sep 2026

New pre-hospital blood test reduces unnecessary emergency department visits for chest pain

Researchers in The Netherlands have found that about 30% of presentations to emergency departments of patients with chest pain could be avoided if a highly sensitive troponin test is used in combination with other parameters by ambulance crews during pre-hospital triaging.

25 Sep 2026

Study finds oral hormone replacement therapy increases venous thromboembolism risk

Current use of oral menopausal hormone therapy (commonly known as hormone replacement therapy or HRT) is associated with an increased risk of blood clots in legs / lungs regardless of dose or treatment duration, finds a large Danish study published by The BMJ today.

23 Sep 2026

What links smoking, body fat, mental health, genes, and heart risk? Inflammation may be part of the answer

In a large UK Biobank study, higher levels of the chronic inflammation marker GlycA were associated with smaller heart chambers, thicker heart walls, impaired diastolic function, reduced stroke volume, and a 43% higher risk of major adverse cardiovascular events in the highest versus lowest GlycA group. Genetic susceptibility also modified the associations between environmental exposures, inflammation, and cardiovascular risk, while inflammatory proteins in the IL-1, TNF, and IL-6 pathways statistically mediated several of these associations.

23 Sep 2026

ACC Latin America 2026 studies highlight sex and regional disparities in heart attack care

disparities in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) management and outcomes across Latin America, focusing on women as a higher risk, yet underrepresented, patient group.

17 Sep 2026

More data, more answers? A 1.9 million-person health study shows why scale has limits

Researchers analyzed phenotypic and linked health-record data from more than 1.9 million adults in Our Future Health, comparing demographic characteristics, disease patterns, clinical associations, and rare-condition case counts with national data and other major cohorts. The cohort's size provides unusually large samples for many common and less common conditions, although its demographic composition and current data sources require careful consideration when interpreting population-level estimates.

14 Sep 2026

Single-cell atlas reveals key macrophage subtypes in myocardial infarction

Announcing a new article publication for BIO Integration. Myocardial infarction (MI) is characterized by extensive immune activation and dynamic remodeling of the cardiac microenvironment, in which myeloid cells play critical roles in regulating inflammation and tissue repair.

9 Sep 2026

AI learned from cardiologists’ notes, and needed far less labeled ECG data

By teaching an AI system to connect raw heart signals with the clinical insights contained in cardiologists’ reports, researchers tested whether routine ECGs could reveal more with far fewer labeled examples.

2 Sep 2026

Post-trauma mental health conditions increase future cardiovascular risks

Mental health conditions, such as posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), substance abuse, depression and anxiety, can develop after people experience trauma.

2 Sep 2026

ECG-CLIP improves heart disease detection using less labeled data

Clinicians often use a medical test called a 12-lead electrocardiogram (ECG) to diagnose heart problems, which uses electrodes placed on the chest and limbs to record the heart's electrical activity.

1 Sep 2026

CAC-based statin initiation shows no difference in major cardiovascular events

There was no difference in major cardiovascular events when statin initiation was based on coronary artery calcium compared with traditional risk factor assessment, according to results presented in a Hot Line session today at ESC Congress 2026.

31 Aug 2026

Catheter-directed thrombolysis improves short-term outcomes in pulmonary embolism patients

In patients with intermediate−high risk pulmonary embolism, catheter-directed thrombolysis improved short-term clinical outcomes compared with standard anticoagulation therapy alone, according to results presented in a Hot Line session today at ESC Congress 2026.

31 Aug 2026

Myocardial Infarction News and Research

Nearly 400,000 adults, six body measurements, and a surprising result for heart attack risk

Strategic placement of emergency care services reduces heart attack deaths

New framework maps the complex link between psychological status and cardiovascular health

A survey of 371,000 adults links heart disease to eating whole fruit less often

Semaglutide cuts major heart events, but researchers still cannot fully explain why

New pre-hospital blood test reduces unnecessary emergency department visits for chest pain

Study finds oral hormone replacement therapy increases venous thromboembolism risk

What links smoking, body fat, mental health, genes, and heart risk? Inflammation may be part of the answer

ACC Latin America 2026 studies highlight sex and regional disparities in heart attack care

More data, more answers? A 1.9 million-person health study shows why scale has limits

Single-cell atlas reveals key macrophage subtypes in myocardial infarction

AI learned from cardiologists’ notes, and needed far less labeled ECG data

Post-trauma mental health conditions increase future cardiovascular risks

ECG-CLIP improves heart disease detection using less labeled data

CAC-based statin initiation shows no difference in major cardiovascular events

Catheter-directed thrombolysis improves short-term outcomes in pulmonary embolism patients

OCT imaging proves noninferior to intravascular ultrasound for complex heart stenting

Older heart attack patients need routine invasive treatment rather than selective care

TAVI-first strategy proves noninferior to PCI-first approach in new trial

Met-HeFT trial finds no cardiovascular benefit from metformin

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Managing vibration in IVF laboratories

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