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PHILADELPHIA — In this Healio video exclusive, Yvonne Commodore-Mensah, PhD, MHS, RN, talks with Keith C. Ferdinand, MD, about the burden of uncontrolled hypertension in the U.S. and how to consider health equity in treatment.

Greater salt consumption was linked to an increased risk for type 2 diabetes, according to a study published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings.

PHILADELPHIA — A 48-month intervention to lower BP in patients with uncontrolled hypertension also reduced risk for dementia and cognitive impairment, according to data presented at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions.

Ostial and antral pulmonary vein isolation, ablation plus posterior wall isolation and cryoablation all demonstrated comparable success in treating persistent atrial fibrillation, according to a post hoc analysis of the DECAAF II trial.

Adults who reported climbing more than five flights of stairs daily were 20% less likely to develop atherosclerotic CVD over 12 years compared with those who reported never climbing stairs, according to data from a UK Biobank analysis.

DANA POINT, Calif. — In this Healio video exclusive, Keith C. Ferdinand, MD, discusses resistant hypertension, which he said “is the most powerful and potent cardiovascular risk factor in women.”

Social determinants of health significantly contributed to high rates of CVD mortality among Black individuals compared with white individuals, according to researchers.

Tulane University School of Medicine has chosen Nicholas J. Petrelli, MD, FACS, as the recipient of the school’s lifetime achievement award.

I recently had the opportunity to attend my 50th reunion at Tulane University School of Medicine in New Orleans.

Among people with diabetes, higher loneliness scores, but not isolation scores, were associated with greater risk for CVD, suggesting the quality but not quantity of relationships can impact disease risk, researchers reported.