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Educational Attainment and Dementia: Mediation by Mid-Life Vascular Risk Factors
This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.PMID:36966451 | DOI:10.1002/ana.26647
Source: Atherosclerosis - March 26, 2023 Category: Cardiology Authors: Chelsea Liu Yuan Ma Albert Hofman Reem Waziry Silvia Koton James R Pike B Gwen Windham Melinda C Power A Richey Sharrett Rebecca F Gottesman Source Type: research

The association between self-perceived walking pace with the incidence of hypertension: the ‘Seguimiento Universidad de Navarra’ cohort
Conclusion: Our results support that an increase in walking pace, even slightly, is inversely associated with the development of hypertension, independent of total time spent walking and other factors associated with hypertension.
Source: Journal of Hypertension - May 14, 2021 Category: Cardiology Tags: ORIGINAL PAPERS: Risk factors Source Type: research

Medical Nutrition Education, Training, and Competencies to Advance Guideline-Based Diet Counseling by Physicians: A Science Advisory From the American Heart Association.
lar and Stroke Nursing; Council on Cardiovascular Radiology and Intervention; and Stroke Council Abstract Growing scientific evidence of the benefits of heart-healthy dietary patterns and of the massive public health and economic burdens attributed to obesity and poor diet quality have triggered national calls to increase diet counseling in outpatients with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease or risk factors. However, despite evidence that physicians are willing to undertake this task and are viewed as credible sources of diet information, they engage patients in diet counseling at less than desirable rates and...
Source: Circulation - April 30, 2018 Category: Cardiology Authors: Aspry KE, Van Horn L, Carson JAS, Wylie-Rosett J, Kushner RF, Lichtenstein AH, Devries S, Freeman AM, Crawford A, Kris-Etherton P, American Heart Association Nutrition Committee of the Council on Lifestyle and Cardiometabolic Health; Council on Cardiovasc Tags: Circulation Source Type: research

Abstract 206: Impact of Inpatient Evaluation of Health Literacy on Outcomes in Post-MI Patients Session Title: Abstract Poster Session II
Conclusion: Routine hospital health literacy screening did not improve risk of MACE. Selective health literacy screening was associated with lower 1-year readmission risk compared with hospitals that never screened. Studies are needed to elicit how inpatient health literacy screening can improve patient transition of care.
Source: Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes - February 26, 2016 Category: Cardiology Authors: Rymer, J., McCoy, L., Anstrom, K., Fonarow, G., Peterson, E., Wang, T. Tags: Session Title: Abstract Poster Session II Source Type: research

The Neighborhood Where You Live Is a Risk Factor for Stroke Original Articles
Conclusions— Our study shows that primordial risk factors such as poverty and education drive disparities in stroke mortality among neighborhoods in Arkansas.
Source: Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes - November 19, 2013 Category: Cardiology Authors: Balamurugan, A., Delongchamp, R., Bates, J. H., Mehta, J. L. Tags: Behavioral/psychosocial - stroke Original Articles Source Type: research

President's Page: An Urgent Call to Action: Graduate Medical Education Funding and the Future of Health Care
Cardiovascular medicine is experiencing a confluence of events that pose a significant threat to the future health of the nation. By 2030, it is predicted that more than 40% of adult Americans will have some form of cardiovascular disease. In addition, current projections indicate a 25% increase in the prevalence of both heart failure and stroke over the next 20 years—a result of an aging U.S. population . To make matters more complicated, an additional 30 million Americans will be seeking healthcare services beginning as early as next year as a result of the Affordable Care Act .
Source: Journal of the American College of Cardiology - October 2, 2013 Category: Cardiology Authors: John Gordon Harold, Patrick T. O'Gara, Joseph A. Hill, Marvin A. Konstam Tags: FROM THE ACC Source Type: research