Cardiovascular Disease

The new, voluntary guideline aims to reduce average sodium intake from 3,400 to 3,000 mg per day in the next 2.5 years

Pretrip planning should consider locations and duration of altitude exposure, hydration and medication use, emergency planning

An antioxidant drug reverses atherosclerosis and could be used to prevent heart attacks and strokes due to clots, according to a study by researchers at the University of Reading, based in the U.K.

A combination of aspirin, statins and at least two blood pressure drugs can be given separately or as a polypill, investigators say. Benefits were seen with different blood pressure levels, cholesterol...

Participants with diets high in vitamin K1 and vitamin K2 have reduced risk for atherosclerotic CVD in adjusted analyses

Factors to consider include evaluation of secondary causes, optimization of diet and lifestyle interventions, implementation of statin therapy

Risk for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease increased twofold after unprovoked VTE in rheumatoid arthritis

Multivariable-adjusted hazard ratios for all-cause mortality reduced for one to 59, 60 to 149, 150 to 299, and ≥300 minutes/week

Patients treated early in the disease with either one of two antibody therapies had similarly low rates of hospitalization within 28 days.

(HealthDay News) — Poor sleep is associated with increased risks of all-cause and cause-specific mortality, with risk exacerbated among those with insufficient physical activity (PA), according to a...