(Jupitersounds/iStock via Getty Images) Exposure to metals in the environment may increase the risk for heart failure among American Indians, a group disproportionately affected by heart disease, new research suggests. The study found American Indians with higher levels of several metals in their urine were at higher risk for heart failure than those with lower…
Shauna Planck learned she carried a gene mutation that can cause a condition known as dilated cardiomyopathy and sudden cardiac death. (Photo courtesy of Shauna Planck) When Shauna Planck was in college, her father got so sick that he received a heart transplant. Doctors told David Kennedy that his condition was not genetic, so none…
(NI QIN/E+ via Getty Images) Cardiovascular disease varies greatly across Asian American ethnic groups, underscoring the need to study each individually when it comes to prevention and treatment, according to new research. Asian people are the fastest-growing racial group in the country. At about 24 million people, they make up 7% of the U.S. population…
(Pekic/E+ via Getty Images) Grade school-age children with better cardiovascular health may have better cognitive function, according to new research. Scientists are increasingly looking at the mind-body connection, including how heart health might affect brain function. Past studies of adults have linked poor cardiovascular health to a higher risk of cognitive decline, but there’s been…
(simonkr/E+ via Getty Images) College sports have seen a decline in the rate of sudden cardiac deaths, but rates remain higher for Division I men’s basketball players, as well as male and Black athletes in other sports, new research has found. The decline in sudden cardiac death rates – on average, by 29% every five…
Dr. Joseph Wu giving his Presidential Address at the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions on Sunday at the Philadelphia Convention Center. (Photo by American Heart Association/Zach Boyden-Holmes) PHILADELPHIA – As a teenager in California, Dr. Joseph Wu not only worked on his family’s pear and apple farm, he was the manager. So he paid close…
(Bo Zaunders/Corbis Documentary via Getty Images) “Thank you for your service,” military veterans often are told. For about a million, it might be time to add, “and also for your science.” The Million Veteran Program, a Department of Veteran Affairs research effort underway since 2011, is built on veterans who give a little blood and…
(azndc/E+ via Getty Images) Separating mortality data for Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander adults from Asian American adults reveals large differences in how cardiovascular disease affects these populations, according to a new analysis. Cardiovascular death rates for Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders are substantially higher than those for Asian American adults, second only to those…
(Liudmila Chernetska/iStock via Getty Images) Lea en español People who live in neighborhoods that were subjected to the historical practice of “redlining” may be less likely to receive lifesaving care from a bystander during a cardiac arrest than people in other neighborhoods, new research suggests. The greater the amount of redlining, the lower the likelihood…
(izusek/E+ via Getty Images) Lea en español Routine mammograms are used to check women for breast cancer. But new research suggests they could do more than that: The images may help predict a woman’s risk for major cardiovascular problems, such as heart attacks and strokes, when they show the presence of calcium buildup in the…