Top in cardiology: TikTok videos on BP, supermarket intervention for diet
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Most information about hypertension on TikTok is not presented by health care professionals and often contains conflicting advice on high BP, according to a recent study.
Researchers said the findings — presented at the American College of Cardiology Scientific Session — highlight the growing importance of social media content as more patients are deriving their opinions or practices from it. This was the top story in cardiology last week.
Another top story — also from the American College of Cardiology Scientific Session — was about a grocery-store led intervention that improved diet quality among participants. Researchers said the trial that evaluated its effectiveness is the first to deliver a nutritional intervention in participants’ home grocery stores that is guided by their food purchasing decisions.
Read these and more top stories in cardiology below:
TikTok videos offer conflicting advice on high blood pressure
Most hypertension-related information available on the social media platform TikTok is not presented by health care professionals and often contains recommendations not backed by scientific evidence, researchers reported. Read more.
‘Harnessing the supermarket’: Grocery store-led intervention improved diet quality
Personalized nutrition interventions led by grocery store dietitians and guided by food purchasing data were associated with improved adherence to the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension eating plan. Read more.
Regular exercise yields greater CV benefit in adults with anxiety, depression
For adults with anxiety or depression, regular exercise had nearly double the cardiovascular benefit compared with those without these diagnoses. Read more.
Flu shot yields mixed findings in HF, with some seasonal CV benefit
People with heart failure who received an annual influenza vaccine had a reduction in major cardiovascular events during peak influenza season and lower rates of hospitalization and pneumonia on a year-round basis, according to the IVVE study. Read more.
EHR alerts boosted prescription of guideline-recommended heart failure therapies
A personalized alert triggered via the electronic health record during office visits resulted in more frequent prescription of guideline-directed medical therapies for patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction. Read more.