A new overview of the best available evidence worldwide for smoking cessation has found that nicotine‑containing e‑cigarettes appear to be more effective for smoking cessation than other interventions […]
People with type 1 diabetes who took GLP-1 receptor agonist (GLP-1-RA) drugs for weight loss or better blood-sugar control had significantly reduced risks of major cardiovascular events and […]
Nearly 1 in 2 Americans has high blood pressure—sometimes called the “silent killer” because it harms the heart and blood vessels—but many people don’t know they have it. […]
The latest, most comprehensive data on the scale of drink spiking in the UK will be presented to the public for the first time at Anglia Ruskin University […]
People with heart disease who received a shingles vaccine had nearly half the rate of serious cardiac events a year later compared with those who did not get […]
High blood pressure, or hypertension, affects more than one billion people worldwide and is a leading cause of heart disease and stroke. For decades, researchers have observed that premenopausal women are less likely to develop high blood pressure than men or postmenopausal […]
Medication nonadherence among people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a result of affordability and lack of knowledge about medications, among other factors, and leads to increased […]
A single 25 mg dose of a combination of amphetamine-dextroamphetamine salts (Adderall) can have measurable cardiovascular effects in healthy young adults, a Mayo Clinic study found. Researchers, whose findings are published in Mayo Clinic […]
Driven by rising rates in high blood pressure, nearly 6 in 10 women in the U.S. will have some type of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in the next 25 years, according to […]
New consumer survey findings from the American Heart Association show that nearly six in every ten American adults still incorrectly believe only those with special training should perform […]
Cardiovascular disease results in around 20 million deaths worldwide and causes around a quarter of all deaths in the UK. Statins are highly effective drugs that lower LDL […]
Researchers from a large and lengthy observational study report that adherence to a Mediterranean diet is associated with a lower risk of all types of strokes among women. […]
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