Is SGLT2 Inhibitor-Associated Ketoacidosis Treated With Enough Insulin?
(MedPage Today) -- Patients with SGLT2 inhibitor-associated diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) received significantly lower doses of insulin in the first 24 hours of treatment compared with patients with type 1 diabetes DKA, according to a retrospective... (Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular)
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - March 19, 2024 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news

Intermittent fasting each day boosts risk of cardiovascular death, analysis reveals
People who restricted their eating across fewer than eight hours per day had a 91% higher risk of cardiovascular death than those who ate across 12 to 16 hours per day, analysis of more than 20,000 U.S. adults reveals. (Source: Health News - UPI.com)
Source: Health News - UPI.com - March 18, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Structural Heart Metrics Debut; Amenorrhea-CVD Link; Once-a-Day Antianginal?
(MedPage Today) -- American societies endorsed five performance measures in valvular and structural heart disease that may be used for public reporting and pay-for-performance programs. (Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes) People... (Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular)
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - March 18, 2024 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news

Niacin and CV Risk: Should Advice on Intake Change? Niacin and CV Risk: Should Advice on Intake Change?
A recent study linking this essential micronutrient to adverse cardiovascular events raised questions about its safety and the need for food fortification.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Internal Medicine Headlines)
Source: Medscape Internal Medicine Headlines - March 18, 2024 Category: Internal Medicine Tags: Cardiology Source Type: news

How to Stop Procrastinating at Bedtime and Actually Go to Sleep
Once I finally tuck my kids into bed, clean the kitchen, and shoot off my last work email of the night, it’s “me” time. It’s also, cruelly, bedtime. I know I should sleep, but instead I stay up way too late binge-watching Love Is Blind or mindlessly scrolling on Reddit. I need rest, but I push it off. This is my only uninterrupted time, and I want to maximize it. This phenomenon is so universal that there’s a scientific name for it: “bedtime procrastination.” According to the researchers who coined it in a 2014 study, bedtime procrastination is “failing to go to bed at th...
Source: TIME: Health - March 18, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jamie Friedlander Serrano Tags: Uncategorized Evergreen freelance healthscienceclimate Source Type: news

Methylphenidate Linked to Small Increase in CV Event Risk Methylphenidate Linked to Small Increase in CV Event Risk
Methylphenidate was associated with a small increased risk for cardiovascular events in individuals taking the drug for more than 6 months in a new cohort study.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Psychiatry Headlines)
Source: Medscape Psychiatry Headlines - March 18, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Cardiology Source Type: news

Epidemiology of craniofacial injuries from exercise and weightlifting: a 10-year analysis - Mangal R, Treger D, Daniel A, Prasad S, Gompels MT, Thaller SR.
INTRODUCTION: Exercise is the cornerstone of a healthy lifestyle. It is recognized for enhancing cardiovascular health and bolstering mental well-being. While the fitness industry grows, the incidence of exercise-related injuries continues to rise. This st... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 16, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

Depression Tied to Higher Risk of CVD Events in Both Men and Women
FRIDAY, March 15, 2024 -- There is a significant association between depression and subsequent cardiovascular disease (CVD) events in both men and women, according to a study published online March 12 in JACC: Asia.Keitaro Senoo, M.D., from... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - March 15, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

EHR Alerts Trigger Primary Care Clinics to Improve Hypertension Care in CKD
(MedPage Today) -- A computerized clinical decision support (CDS) tool for primary care helped lower blood pressure (BP) in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and uncontrolled hypertension, a cluster-randomized trial found. When primary... (Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular)
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - March 15, 2024 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news

2,200 Is Minimum Number of Daily Steps Needed to Lower Death, CVD Risk
FRIDAY, March 15, 2024 -- Any amount of activity above 2,200 steps per day is associated with lower mortality and cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk, regardless of sedentary time, according to a study published online March 5 in the British... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - March 15, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

Calcifications on mammo could identify women at risk of CVD
Detecting breast arterial calcifications on routine mammograms could identify women at a higher risk of future cardiovascular disease (CVD), a study published March 13 in Clinical Imaging found. Researchers led by Shadi Azam, PhD, from Weill Cornell Medicine in New York found links between such calcifications and older age, diabetes, parity, younger age at first birth, and hypertension in women who underwent both screening mammography and cardiac CT angiography (CCTA). “Additionally, we found that when neither breast arterial calcifications nor coronary arterial calcifications were present, the estimated 10-year risk o...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 15, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Amerigo Allegretto Tags: Womens Imaging Source Type: news

Groups aim to standardize nuclear medicine imaging of CV infections
Eleven medical associations have released guidance on the use of PET/CT and SPECT/CT for patients with cardiovascular (CV) infections. The recommendations could improve patient care, as current clinical tools are often insufficient in complicated cases, noted lead author of the guidance Jamieson Bourque, MD, of the University of Virginia Health System in Charlottesville. The document was published jointly March 11 in the Journal of Nuclear Cardiology, Clinical Infectious Diseases, the Heart Rhythm Journal, and JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging. “The stakes are high with cardiovascular infection because the incidence is incr...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 15, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Will Morton Tags: Molecular Imaging Source Type: news

Neurological conditions the leading cause of ill health globally, study finds
Neurological conditions that affect 3.4 billion people are the No. 1 cause of ill health and disability around the world, ahead of cardiovascular diseases, a new study says. (Source: Health News - UPI.com)
Source: Health News - UPI.com - March 14, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

CAC Score Predicts MACE in Patients With Stable Chest Pain
THURSDAY, March 14, 2024 -- For people with stable chest pain referred for invasive coronary angiography (ICA), the risk for major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) is low among those with a low coronary artery calcium (CAC) score, according to a... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - March 14, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

Spring Daylight Savings Transition Tied to Increase in Cardiovascular Events
THURSDAY, March 14, 2024 -- Spring daylight saving time (DST) transitions may be associated with a minor increase in adverse cardiovascular event rates, according to a study published online in the February issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings:... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - March 14, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news