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Medically reviewed by Dr. Kimberly Langdon Cull, M.D. on July 25, 2023 Insomnia increases the risk of coronary heart disease. Moreover, insomnia at different ages has a different effect on coronary heart disease risk among menopausal women. The menopausal transition is associated with a myriad of vasomotor and non-vasomotor symptoms. Postmenopausal women also exhibit an...

FRIDAY, Feb. 26, 2021 (HealthDay News) — From 2008 to 2017, the rates of recurrent myocardial infarction (MI), recurrent coronary heart disease (CHD) events, heart failure hospitalization, and mortality declined in the year after MI, with greater reductions seen for women than men, according to a study published in the Feb. 16 issue of Circulation....

Relationship between redlining and heart failure risk strongest in most socioeconomically disadvantaged communities. Among Black Medicare beneficiaries, historical redlining, a marker of structural racism, is associated with heart failure risk, according to a study published online July 17 in Circulation. Amgad Mentias, M.D., from the Cleveland Clinic, and colleagues examined the association of redlining with...

African American breast cancer survivors in the Deep South experience disproportionately high mortality from cardiovascular disease. Risk factors for cardiovascular disease such as hypertension and obesity are highly prevalent among this population. This study aimed to assess the association between heart disease knowledge and cardiovascular health metrics in Black female breast cancer survivors of the...

FRIDAY, Jan. 15, 2021 (HealthDay News) — In the eight weeks following the first reported U.K. death due to COVID-19, there was a decrease in referral of patients with acute heart failure, with a corresponding significant increase in mortality, according to a study published online Jan. 6 in ESC Heart Failure. Gemina Doolub, from the...

Among patients with an acute heart failure exacerbation, treatment with colchicine for a gout flare is associated with significantly lower in-hospital mortality, according to a study published in Clinical Cardiology. Mary E. Roth, Pharm.D., from the University of Virginia Health in Charlottesville, and colleagues used data for 1,047 patients hospitalized with acute heart failure (March...

TUESDAY, Dec. 8, 2020 (HealthDay News) — For patients with heart failure, environmental exposures to three of four phases of unconventional natural gas development (UNGD) are associated with increased risk for hospitalization, according to a study published in the Dec. 7 issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. Tara P. McAlexander, Ph.D.,...

TUESDAY, Nov. 3, 2020 (HealthDay News) — History of heart failure is associated with an increased risk for mechanical ventilation and mortality among patients hospitalized with COVID-19, according to a study published online Oct. 28 in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. Jesus Alvarez-Garcia, M.D., Ph.D., from the Icahn School of Medicine at...

WEDNESDAY, Sept. 16, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Severe obesity in organ donors is not associated with adverse heart transplant outcomes, according to a study published online Sept. 16 in Circulation: Heart Failure. Elizabeth D. Krebs, M.D., from the University of Virginia Health System in Charlottesville, and colleagues stratified single-organ first-time adult heart transplants from 2003...

Women taking β-blockers for hypertension have an increased risk for developing heart failure when they present to the hospital with acute coronary syndrome, according to a study published online July 10 in Hypertension. Raffaele Bugiardini, M.D., from the University of Bologna in Italy, and colleagues examined whether the effect of β-blocker therapy varies according to the...