Cardiovascular Mortality
Replacing butter with plant-based oil may have 'significant long-term health benefits’
Adults who consume a large amount of butter have a 15% greater mortality risk, according to an analysis published in JAMA Internal Medicine.
Cardiovascular death risk increases with cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic syndrome stage
Higher stages of cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic syndrome may correlate to increased risk of cardiovascular mortality, according to a longitudinal study of U.S. adults.
FDA approves new indication for Ozempic to lower kidney risks in type 2 diabetes, CKD
The FDA has approved a new indication for semaglutide to lower the risk for worsening kidney disease, kidney failure and cardiovascular death among adults with type 2 diabetes and chronic kidney disease, Novo Nordisk announced.
Cardiovascular disease deaths rising among younger adults living in rural areas
CHICAGO — The rate of deaths from CVD increased in rural areas and decreased in urban areas of the U.S. from 2010 to 2022, and the difference was especially pronounced amid the COVID-19 pandemic and among younger adults, researchers reported.
Levels of some circulating proteins may inform care of comorbid obesity, heart failure
Twelve circulating proteins associated with obesity and heart failure may inform treatment for adults with both conditions, according to a study published in Obesity.
Top-line results: Finerenone reduces events in certain patients with heart failure
Bayer announced positive top-line results for the FINEARTS-HF trial of finerenone, in which the drug reduced risk for cardiovascular death and heart failure events in patients with HF with preserved or mildly reduced ejection fraction.
CPAP therapy lowers all-cause, cardiovascular mortality risk in OSA
SAN DIEGO — Among adults with obstructive sleep apnea, positive airway pressure therapy reduced the risk for all-cause and cardiovascular mortality, according to a presentation at the American Thoracic Society International Conference.
US heart failure deaths in 2021 reached levels not seen since 1999
Decades of declining heart failure mortality in the U.S. has reversed, and exceeded rates recorded more than 20 years ago, according to overall population-level data published in JAMA Cardiology.
No improvement in CV death for adults with hypertension in recent years
After decades of decline in CVD deaths among patients with hypertension, there has been no significant change since the first decade of the 2000s, according to a study published in Hypertension.
Calorie labels on menus could prevent, delay heart-related deaths
Mandated calorie labeling for large food businesses in England could prevent more than 700 CV-related deaths during the next 20 years and potentially thousands more if expanded to all English food establishments, modeling data show.