Cardiovascular Disease

A cohort study of 27,271 participants with and without reduced kidney function identified a link between healthy lifestyle behaviors and reduced risk of mortality, heart disease, coronary events and strokes.

Among older individuals, better baseline CV health was associated with lower risk for incident atrial fibrillation, researchers reported.

HDL anti-inflammatory capacity was inversely associated with incident CVD and may serve as a good predictor of CV risk when added to established risk assessment tools, according to data published in Circulation.

Nearly 30% of patients with chronic coronary syndromes have diabetes and are at an increased risk for adverse CV outcomes, according to a study published in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology.

Implementing effective mobile health technology will be key for secondary CVD prevention in older adults in the future, according to a scientific statement from the American Heart Association.

Most reproductive-age women with CVD are also sexually active; therefore, reproductive counseling and pregnancy planning is of significant importance within this population, according to a review.

If all U.S. adults attained high CV health status, 2 million adult CVD events could be prevented annually, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Heart Association.

Among South Asian residents in the U.S., larger social network size, including family and nonfamily members, was independently associated with their likelihood of ideal CV health, researchers reported.

Data from the Framingham Offspring Cohort revealed that consuming ultra-processed foods increased the risk for CVD. In addition, each added daily serving of ultra-processed foods was linked to a 9% increased risk for CVD death.

March is National Nutrition Month, according to the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. The commemoration began as a week-long event in 1973, but as public interest in nutrition grew, it eventually extended to a month-long event in 1980.