Cardiovascular Disease

In a recent study, researchers analyzed drinking habits in patients with CVD. They reported that light to moderate drinkers had a reduced risk for all-cause mortality, cardiovascular mortality and cardiovascular events.

A team-based approach to diabetes care that employs an expanded role for registered dietitian nutritionists can help people with type 1 or type 2 diabetes improve risk factors beyond blood glucose, such as hypertension and hyperlipidemia.

Moderate alcohol consumption was associated with reduced risk for both CV mortality and events among patients with CVD, according to a study published in BMC Medicine.

Despite weight-loss benefits for secondary CHD prevention, obesity management remains prevalent and challenging, especially among women and younger individuals, according to study findings.

Managing cardiovascular event risk is critical to preventing morbidity and mortality in lupus nephritis, especially among groups at increased risk for the disease, according to a speaker at the 2021 Rheumatology Nurses Society annual conference.

The presence of coronary artery calcium among individuals with risk-enhancing factors was associated with increased atherosclerotic CVD events, exceeding the threshold for statin therapy initiation, researchers reported.

In the VITAL trial, marine omega-3 fatty acids did not prevent stroke, but they did reduce the risk for myocardial infarction compared with an olive oil placebo. A review of the data was the top story in cardiology last week.

Despite a low number of major adverse cardiovascular events overall, patients with psoriatic arthritis who newly start IL-12/23 or IL-17 inhibitors have a greater cardiovascular risk than those who begin TNF inhibitors, according to data.

Some survivors of Hodgkin lymphoma included in the Mass General Brigham YOUNG-MI registry experienced a myocardial infarction before age 50 years, according to a research letter published in JACC: CardioOncology.

Patients who ate at least three servings of whole grains per day had smaller increases in waist circumference, BP and fasting glucose concentration than patients who ate less than half a serving per day, data show.