Cardiovascular Disease

Adults with higher cortisone levels as measured in their scalp hair may be more likely to develop future cardiovascular disease, according to a presenter at the European Congress on Obesity.

Properly managing cardiovascular disease in patients with immune-mediated inflammatory diseases requires following guidelines and inter-specialty collaboration, according to a speaker at the Biologic Therapies Summit.

In 2020, heart disease remained among the leading causes of death, even amid the COVID-19 pandemic, which may have exacerbated preexisting CVD morbidity-related racial and ethnic disparities.

This installment of Pipeline Pulse focuses on a single cardiovascular risk factor, lipoprotein(a), and examines two CV outcomes trials aimed at reducing CV events through Lp(a) reduction.

Assessing a novel, stick-on thoracic fluid monitor (Microcor, Zoll Medical) for HF management.

During the transition to menopause many women may experience adverse changes to multiple cardiovascular risk factors, according to a North American Menopause Society Practice Pearl published in Menopause.

Survivors of testicular cancer often have undetected risk factors for cardiovascular disease that can lead to worse quality of life, according to data published in Journal of Clinical Oncology.

Researchers found that a daily 15 mg dose of estetrol had estrogenic effects in the vagina and decreased vaginal dryness and dyspareunia.

SEATTLE — Among men aged at least 40 years who experienced a fracture, most with subsequent fractures in the next 2 years had cardiometabolic comorbidities and used medications linked to increased fall risk, according to researchers.