Cardiology News

An intervention consisting of experiential nutrition education and group-based physical activity classes led by local health educators created sustainable positive behavior change, according to an expert.

Patients hospitalized for a noncardiac reason with a first-time atrial fibrillation event in-hospital were more likely to have a recurrent event in the 12 months after discharge vs. matched controls with no prior AF, researchers reported.

Tree nuts, despite being consumed by a relatively small percentage of Americans, were linked to a decreased risk for CVD and cardiometabolic risk factors, a study in Current Developments in Nutrition showed.

Adults on medication for heart failure who participated in a yoga therapy program for 1 year saw improvements in quality of life measures, strength and endurance, as well as enhanced left ventricular function, according to a study.

Low levels of lymphocytes in the blood could indicate an increased risk for death, according to a study published in CMAJ.

Healio continues its partnership with Cardiometabolic Health Congress in support of the much-anticipated 18th Annual Cardiometabolic Health Congress: Social Determinants and Digital Advances in Cardiorenal Metabolic Health in October.

Vitamin D deficiency was associated with a marginally increased risk for atrial fibrillation, and increases in serum vitamin D were linked to a decreased risk, according to the results of a meta-analysis.

A metric that combines measurements of central obesity and muscle mass — called the waist-calf circumference ratio, or WCR — predicted older adults’ risk for mortality from all causes, CVD and other specific causes, a study showed.

A lot of modern medicine is based on what Brad Spellberg, MD, and others call “inertial dogmas” — practices traced to decades-old evidence that are no longer supported by modern studies.

Almost four in 10 adults with type 1 diabetes were not diagnosed until after the age of 30 years, according to a recently published study.