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Are elevated blood pressure readings outside of the doctor’s office using new U.S. guidelines associated with increased clinical disease?
Health Headlines Commentary for May 2, 2018 Source: Blood pressure readings often higher outside doctor’s office Reference: Prevalence of Masked Hypertension in Untreated and Treated Patients With Office Blood Pressure Below 130/80 mm Hg
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Apple watch heartbeat monitor not even close to being able to accurately identify atrial fibrillation
Health Headlines Commentary for March 26, 2018 Source: Apple Watch could soon detect an irregular heartbeat Reference: Passive Detection of Atrial Fibrillation Using a Commercially Available Smartwatch
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Genes linked to heart failure identified in mice. Let’s tone down the hype about treatments until people are actually enrolled in clinical trials.
Health Headlines Commentary for March 12, 2018 Source: 36 genes linked to heart failure identified
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Study suggests women are not receiving the same high level of care for heart disease as men in Sweden.
Health Headlines Commentary for January 9, 2018 Source: Heart attack care dangerously unequal for women, study finds Reference: Alabas OG, Gale CP, Hall M, et al. Sex Differences in Treatments, Relative Survival, and Excess Mortality Following Acute Myocardial Infarction: National Cohort Study Using the SWEDEHEART Registry Journal of the American Heart Association. Published online December 14…
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Let’s make up a new medical problem to fill up the news cycle
Health Headlines Commentary for December 21, 2017 Source: Holiday stress and booze spark uptick in heart conditions, doctors say
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New high blood pressure treatment guidelines released in US
Health Headlines Commentary for November 14, 2017 Source: Nearly half of Americans now have high blood pressure, based on new guidelines Reference: 2017 ACC/AHA/AAPA/ABC/ACPM/AGS/APhA/ASH/ASPC/NMA/PCNA Guideline for the Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Management of High Blood Pressure in Adults
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Study suggests women have greater risk of death one year after heart attack
Health Headlines Commentary for October 31, 2017 Source: Women at greater risk of death in first year after heart attack Reference: Sex differences in long-term mortality among acute myocardial infarction patients: Results from the ISAR-RISK and ART studies
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New blood test for early diagnosis of heart attack still needs further evaluation
Health Headlines Commentary for September 28, 2017 Source: ‘Instant’ blood test for heart attacks Reference: Direct Comparison of Cardiac Myosin-Binding Protein C with Cardiac Troponins for the Early Diagnosis of Acute Myocardial Infarction
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Study finds quitting ASA after heart attack increases risk of another
Health Headlines Commentary for September 27, 2017 Source: Heart disease patients who quit their daily Aspirin are at risk of heart attack, stroke: study Reference: Low-Dose Aspirin Discontinuation and Risk of Cardiovascular Events: A Swedish Nationwide, Population-Based Cohort Study