Cardiovascular Disease

A diet that includes approximately half a tablespoon of olive oil daily may cut risk for CV death and all-cause death by 19%, according to research published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

A recent study showed that regular chili pepper consumption was linked to significantly lower all-cause, cardiovascular and cancer-related mortality. It was the top story in cardiology last week.

Psychosocial stress was significantly associated with CVD, as well as major CHD, stroke events and death in individuals from low-, middle- and high-income countries, according to a cohort study.

Early reduction in high-sensitivity C-reactive protein is “not a good biomarker” for canakinumab’s protective impact on future gout flares, according to data published in Arthritis Care & Research.

The Mediterranean diet has been named the best overall diet for the fifth year in a row by the editors of U.S. News & World Report.

The regular consumption of chili pepper was associated with significantly lower all-cause, CV and cancer-related mortality, according to findings published in the American Journal of Preventive Cardiology.

Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, many patients have not received preventive care, and “it is vital that they get caught up now,” the chair of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force told Healio Primary Care.

In the top story in cardiology last week, researchers reported that patients hospitalized with COVID-19 developed persistent dyspnea a year after discharge. These patients had no history of heart or lung disease.

Individuals with HIV were at elevated risk for developing HF compared with individuals without HIV, according to new research published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings.

In recent years it has become clear that heart health and brain health are linked.