CHD/Prevention News

Patients aged 65 years and older who use acetaminophen demonstrate greater risks for serious complications, including hypertension, chronic kidney disease and gastrointestinal bleeding, noted a study published in Arthritis Care & Research.

The FDA has proposed limiting the level of nicotine in cigarettes and other combusted tobacco products like cigars and pipe tobacco to make them “minimally or nonaddictive,” according to a press release from the agency.

High genetically predicted LDL was inversely associated with risk for incident diabetes, whereas the opposite trend was observed for CAD risk, researchers reported.

Colchicine for gout flare prophylaxis reduces the risk for cardiovascular events among patients initiating urate-lowering therapy, according to data published in The Lancet Rheumatology.

The FDA has proposed a rule requiring a new nutrition label on the front of most packaged foods, offering consumers easily visible information about the presence of key nutrients, according to a press release.

Rural hospitals were significantly less likely to provide essential cardiac services compared with hospitals in urban areas, according to a research letter published in Circulation.

Patients with cutaneous lupus erythematosus may be at an increased risk for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, even more than those with psoriasis, according to a study.

Maintaining healthful behaviors may be key to improving the trajectory of heart health from early adolescence into adulthood, according to study findings published in JAMA Cardiology.

A daily polypill was estimated to be cost-effective for primary CVD prevention among U.S. adults living in historically underserved communities with limited health care access and low income, researchers reported.