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Evaluating post-acute sequelae of COVID-19 using cardiopulmonary exercise testing

Researchers demonstrated reduced exercise capacity due to persistent cardiopulmonary symptoms among COVID-19 survivors hospitalized for acute infection and those having long COVID.

20 Jun 2022

Psychosocial stress and anxiety reduce after virtual training, study shows

Previous research has described how virtual training produces acute cognitive and neural benefits. Building on those results, a new study suggests that a similar virtual training can also reduce psychosocial stress and anxiety.

17 Jun 2022

Math model predicts several useful new drug combinations that may help treat heart attacks

Researchers used mice to develop a mathematical model of a myocardial infarction, popularly known as a heart attack.

17 Jun 2022

Urgent action needed to clear heart surgery backlogs, research suggests

Urgent action is needed to clear the backlog of people with a common heart condition who are waiting for lifesaving treatment, according to research co-led by a Keele Professor.

17 Jun 2022

States extend Medicaid for new mothers — even as they reject broader expansion

Until last year, Georgia's Medicaid coverage for new moms with low incomes lasted 60 days.

17 Jun 2022

Male gut health may benefit from beer

In a recent article published in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, scientists analyzed the effect of alcoholic and nonalcoholic beer ingestion on gut microbiota.

17 Jun 2022

AI method automatically detects plaque erosion in the heart's arteries based on OCT images

Researchers have developed a new artificial intelligence (AI) method that can automatically detect plaque erosion in the heart's arteries using optical coherence tomography (OCT) images.

16 Jun 2022

Hospital lawsuits and garnished wages on top of diabetes

Woodruff, who was diagnosed with diabetes in his 20s, had a good job. He worked for a truck dealership in this small city 175 miles northwest of New York while his wife, Elizabeth, completed her degree in social work. His job had health benefits. The couple had recently bought a home.

16 Jun 2022

A surgery shatters retirement plans and leads to bankruptcy

Sherrie and Michael Foy thought they'd made all the right preparations when they moved to rural southwestern Virginia after Michael retired from Consolidated Edison, New York's largest utility.

16 Jun 2022

First-of-its-kind technology repairs and regenerates heart muscle cells

Researchers at the University of Houston are reporting a first-of-its-kind technology that not only repairs heart muscle cells in mice but also regenerates them following a heart attack, or myocardial infarction as its medically known.

16 Jun 2022

Physical activity and diet improve after weight loss surgery, but fall short of federal guidelines

In a long-term study of adults who have undergone bariatric weight loss surgery, University of Florida researchers found participants' physical activity and diet quality improved after surgery, but fell short of federal physical activity guidelines.

16 Jun 2022

Pregnant women with PCOS have higher risk for heart problems during delivery

A common hormone disorder among women of reproductive age has been linked to an increased risk of adverse cardiovascular events and pregnancy outcomes at the time of birth, according to a new study led by Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers.

16 Jun 2022

$Primary hyperparathyroidism increases patients' risk of hip fracture, heart attack and stroke$

Primary hyperparathyroidism increases patients' risk of hip fracture, heart attack and stroke

In the hormonal disorder primary hyperparathyroidism, patients' risk of hip fracture is elevated by 51%, and that of heart attack or stroke 45%.

16 Jun 2022

Cardiometabolic multimorbidity increases the risk of developing dementia

People with at least two of the diseases type 2 diabetes, heart disease or stroke have double the risk of developing dementia.

16 Jun 2022

Upended: How medical debt changed their lives

Some lost their homes. Some emptied their retirement accounts. Some struggled to feed and clothe their families.

16 Jun 2022

100 million people in America are saddled with health care debt

Elizabeth Woodruff drained her retirement account and took on three jobs after she and her husband were sued for nearly $10,000 by the New York hospital where his infected leg was amputated.

16 Jun 2022

Researchers identify a signature of three genes linked to positive response to blood cancer therapy

Mount Sinai researchers have for the first time identified genes that predict a good response to a vital new therapy for a blood cancer that can have serious side effects for some patients.

16 Jun 2022

Annual Wellness Visits associated with reduced risk of amputations in patients with diabetes

Patients with diabetes who participate in a free Annual Wellness Visit covered by Medicare are 36% less likely to need an amputation, a new study from University of Virginia School of Medicine researchers and their collaborators found.

15 Jun 2022

Drug combinations may help to slow the progression of diabetic kidney disease

A mouse study led by Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis suggests that combining SGLT2 inhibitors — a newer class of diabetes medications that lowers blood sugar — with older diabetes drugs may help to slow the progression of diabetic kidney disease.

15 Jun 2022

Blood levels of ceramides could help predict type 2 diabetes remission after gastric bypass surgery

A newly developed test could help doctors more accurately predict whether individuals who undergo gastric bypass surgery will experience a remission of type 2 diabetes within two years of the procedure, according to University of Utah Health scientists.

15 Jun 2022

Heart Disease News and Research

Latest Heart Disease News and Research

Evaluating post-acute sequelae of COVID-19 using cardiopulmonary exercise testing

Psychosocial stress and anxiety reduce after virtual training, study shows

Math model predicts several useful new drug combinations that may help treat heart attacks

Urgent action needed to clear heart surgery backlogs, research suggests

States extend Medicaid for new mothers — even as they reject broader expansion

Male gut health may benefit from beer

AI method automatically detects plaque erosion in the heart's arteries based on OCT images

Hospital lawsuits and garnished wages on top of diabetes

A surgery shatters retirement plans and leads to bankruptcy

First-of-its-kind technology repairs and regenerates heart muscle cells

Physical activity and diet improve after weight loss surgery, but fall short of federal guidelines

Pregnant women with PCOS have higher risk for heart problems during delivery

Primary hyperparathyroidism increases patients' risk of hip fracture, heart attack and stroke

Cardiometabolic multimorbidity increases the risk of developing dementia

Upended: How medical debt changed their lives

100 million people in America are saddled with health care debt

Researchers identify a signature of three genes linked to positive response to blood cancer therapy

Annual Wellness Visits associated with reduced risk of amputations in patients with diabetes

Drug combinations may help to slow the progression of diabetic kidney disease

Blood levels of ceramides could help predict type 2 diabetes remission after gastric bypass surgery

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