Cardiology Headline News

CHICAGO — Middle-aged and older adults who consumed greater amounts of ultraprocessed foods, or UPFs, had an approximately 10% increased risk for death over a median follow-up period of 23 years, according to a study presented at NUTRITION.

Exposure to workplace sexual harassment was associated with elevated risk for developing CVD and type 2 diabetes, according to a study published in European Journal of Preventive Cardiology.

Loneliness was associated with an increased risk for stroke in middle-aged and older adults, and the risk was particularly high among those with chronic loneliness, a study in eClinicalMedicine showed.

People with narcolepsy were more likely than propensity score-matched people without narcolepsy to develop heart disease, regardless of sleep apnea status, according to a retrospective cohort study.

The prevalence of chronic hypertension during pregnancy doubled in the U.S. since 2008, with no changes in antihypertensive use over the years despite updated clinical guidance on BP control, researchers reported.

Cleveland Clinic has launched a holistic health center focused exclusively on caring for midlife women, addressing a wide range of needs from osteoporosis and breast health to CVD prevention and the menopause transition.

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5-4 on Thursday that members of the Sackler family cannot be protected from future lawsuits for their roles in the opioid epidemic.

More than one-fourth of individuals aged 60 years or older with no history of heart disease may have asymptomatic valvular heart disease, according to a U.K. study published in the European Heart Journal – Cardiovascular Imaging.

A 5:2 intermittent fasting diet combined with meal replacement resulted in greater weight loss and better glycemic control compared with antidiabetic medications in patients with early-stage type 2 diabetes, data from the EARLY study showed.

Overreliance on high-sensitivity troponin as the sole assay to diagnose heart attacks has led to a rise in misdiagnosis, which is not benign and burdens the health system and patients with unnecessary and sometimes invasive testing.