Cardiology
New Rule Requires Health Plans to Disclose Costs Up Front
THURSDAY, Oct. 29, 2020 (HealthDay News) — To make health care costs more transparent, the Trump administration will now require insurance companies to disclose actual prices for common tests and procedures, the Associated Press reported. The new regulations on insurers are designed to empower patients to become better consumers of health care and to help...
FBI Says U.S. Health Care System Under Ransomware Threat
THURSDAY, Oct. 29, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Government agencies are warning that cyberattacks on the U.S. health care system designed to lock up hospital information systems are occurring, the Associated Press reported Thursday. These attacks come at a time of rising cases of COVID-19 and could hurt patient care. In a warning issued Wednesday, the...
Decrease Seen in Non-COVID-19-Related Hospitalizations at Peak
TUESDAY, Oct. 27, 2020 (HealthDay News) — There was a decrease in the frequency of hospitalizations for non-COVID-19-related conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic and in the caseloads of common medical emergencies, according to two research letters published online Oct. 26 in JAMA Internal Medicine. Saul Blecker, M.D., from the NYU Grossman School of Medicine in...
Most Couples Concordant for Cardiovascular Risk
TUESDAY, Oct. 27, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Most couples are concordant in cardiovascular risk factors, according to a study published online Oct. 26 in JAMA Network Open. Dov Shiffman, Ph.D., from Quest Diagnostics Nichols Institute in San Juan Capistrano, California, and colleagues examined within-couple concordance of the American Heart Association-defined Life’s Simple 7 in a...
Incident CVD Up With Sugary, Artificially Sweetened Drinks
TUESDAY, Oct. 27, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Higher intake of sugary beverages and artificially sweetened beverages (ASBs) is associated with an increased risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD), according to a research letter published online Oct. 26 in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. Eloi Chazelas, from Sorbonne Paris Nord University, and colleagues examined...
Decrease Seen in Non-COVID-19-Related Hospitalizations at Peak
TUESDAY, Oct. 27, 2020 (HealthDay News) — There was a decrease in the frequency of hospitalizations for non-COVID-19-related conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic and in the caseloads of common medical emergencies, according to two research letters published online Oct. 26 in JAMA Internal Medicine. Saul Blecker, M.D., from the NYU Grossman School of Medicine in...
Most Couples Concordant for Cardiovascular Risk
TUESDAY, Oct. 27, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Most couples are concordant in cardiovascular risk factors, according to a study published online Oct. 26 in JAMA Network Open. Dov Shiffman, Ph.D., from Quest Diagnostics Nichols Institute in San Juan Capistrano, California, and colleagues examined within-couple concordance of the American Heart Association-defined Life’s Simple 7 in a...
ASN: Finerenone May Slow Progression in CKD With T2DM
MONDAY, Oct. 26, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Finerenone results in a lower risk for chronic kidney disease (CKD) progression in patients with CKD and type 2 diabetes, according to a study published online Oct. 23 in the New England Journal of Medicine to coincide with Kidney Week, the annual meeting of the American Society of...
Flavan-3-ol Intake Appears to Lower Systolic Blood Pressure
THURSDAY, Oct. 22, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Flavan-3-ol intake is associated with lower systolic blood pressure, according to a study published online Oct. 21 in Scientific Reports. Javier I. Ottaviani, Ph.D., from Mars Inc. in McLean, Virginia, and colleagues examined cross-sectional associations between biomarker-estimated flavan-3-ol intake and blood pressure and other cardiovascular disease risk markers...
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