Cardiology News

The average daily number of meals an individual consumed was associated with long-term weight change, but a time-restricted eating strategy was not, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Heart Association.

Depression and anxiety in young adults are associated with less ideal CV health, which may be improved with a better diet, physical activity and improved sleep, researchers reported.

Ralph L. Sacco, MD, MS, professor and chair of the department of neurology at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, died on Jan. 17 from glioblastoma, according to a statement from the university.

Obesity, cancer and health equity are all interrelated, according to experts, and more must be done to address the obesity epidemic and, by extension, cancer and health inequities.

Suboptimal uses of statin therapy, aspirin prescription and lifestyle counseling persist for adults with atherosclerotic CVD, despite new guidelines emphasizing their effect on reduced mortality, researchers reported.

In the general population, long-term weight change is strongly associated with the average daily number of medium and large meals but not with a specific time-restricted eating strategy, researchers reported.

In patients with active rheumatoid arthritis despite methotrexate use, adding either a TNF inhibitor or triple therapy with sulfasalazine and hydroxychloroquine improves vascular inflammation, according to data.

Adults with a history of incarceration had a higher risk for developing chronic diseases and geriatric syndromes than those who were never incarcerated, highlighting a need for targeted interventions, according to researchers.

Testing for coronary heart disease within 12 months before kidney transplantation did not correlate with a change in death or myocardial infarction within 30 days after the transplant, according to data published in JAMA Internal Medicine.

A number of healthy eating patterns were linked to a lower mortality risk, supporting the idea that individuals can adapt multiple healthy eating patterns to their preferences, according to experts.