cardiovascular disease

Early Life Sugar Restriction and Its Lasting Impact on Adult Cardiovascular Health: Insights from a Natural Experiment

By MedXY 10/31/2025

Exposure to sugar rationing during the first 1000 days after conception correlates with significantly reduced cardiovascular disease risk and improved cardiac function decades later, highlighting early nutritional influences on long-term heart health.

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Obicetrapib’s Role in Modulating Alzheimer’s Disease Biomarkers in Patients with Cardiovascular Disease: A Landmark Clinical Study

By MedXY 10/21/2025

Obicetrapib, a CETP inhibitor, lowers Alzheimer’s biomarkers like p-tau217 in ASCVD patients, especially ApoE4 carriers, suggesting a potential preventive strategy for high-risk individuals.

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Statin Therapy in Older Adults with Chronic Kidney Disease: Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease and Safety Profile in Hypercholesterolemic Patients

By MedXY 10/20/2025

This study demonstrates that statin therapy effectively reduces cardiovascular risk and all-cause mortality in older adults with chronic kidney disease and hypercholesterolemia, without increasing major adverse events, even in very elderly patients.

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Clonal Hematopoiesis in Older Adults: Implications for Cardiovascular Risk, Bleeding, and Aspirin Use

By MedXY 10/15/2025

This study reveals that clonal hematopoiesis of indeterminate potential (CHIP) in adults aged 70+ does not increase cardiovascular risk but is associated with heightened bleeding risk. Aspirin showed no additional benefits or harms for those with CHIP in primary prevention of cardiovascular events.

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Enhancing Cardiovascular Health in Kidney Transplant Recipients: Updated Evidence on Physical Activity Interventions

By MedXY 10/12/2025

An updated meta-analysis of 23 RCTs reveals that physical activity improves cardiorespiratory fitness and HDL cholesterol in adult kidney transplant recipients, suggesting important cardiovascular benefits despite current study limitations.

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Early HIV Treatment and Cardiovascular Health: Insights from the START Study

By MedXY 10/09/2025

Early ART initiation in HIV-positive adults with high CD4+ counts shows no overall cardiovascular benefit, but reduced CVD events in women suggest potential sex-specific effects needing further study.

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Evaluating Cardiovascular-Focused Messaging to Enhance Influenza Vaccination Uptake in Diverse U.S. Populations

By MedXY 10/03/2025

A large randomized trial in the U.S. found no significant improvement in influenza vaccination rates with cardiovascular-focused messaging compared to usual care, despite prior positive findings in Denmark.

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Evaluating the 23-Valent Pneumococcal Polysaccharide Vaccine for Cardiovascular Event Prevention: Insights from a Landmark Randomized Trial

By MedXY 09/27/2025

A large randomized clinical trial demonstrated that the 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine (PPV23) did not significantly reduce fatal or nonfatal acute coronary syndrome and ischemic stroke among middle-aged adults at increased cardiovascular risk over seven years of follow-up.

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Citrate: The New Molecular Key to Reversing Vascular Aging and Combating Cardiovascular Disease

By MedXY 09/14/2025

Recent research reveals that citrate, a natural compound found in citrus fruits, may significantly reverse vascular aging and reduce the risk of cardiovascular diseases by restoring mitochondrial function and vascular elasticity.

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Early Childhood High Blood Pressure Predicts Premature Cardiovascular Mortality: Insights from a 50-Year Longitudinal US Cohort

By MedXY 09/07/2025

Elevated blood pressure at age 7 significantly increases the risk of premature cardiovascular mortality by mid-adulthood, underscoring the need for early-life blood pressure monitoring and intervention.

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Enhanced Protection in Heart Failure: High-Dose Influenza Vaccine Outperforms Standard Dose in the DANFLU-2 Trial

By MedXY 09/06/2025

The DANFLU-2 trial reveals that high-dose influenza vaccine significantly reduces hospitalization for influenza and cardiovascular events in older adults, including those with heart failure, compared to the standard-dose vaccine.

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Stalking, Restraining Orders, and Cardiovascular Health Risks in Women: Insights from the Nurses’ Health Study II

By MedXY 09/06/2025

A 20-year prospective study reveals that experiences of stalking and obtaining restraining orders are linked to increased risk of cardiovascular events in women, emphasizing violence as a critical factor in cardiovascular disease prevention.

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Bivalent RSV Prefusion F Protein Vaccine: A Potential Strategy to Reduce Cardiovascular Hospitalizations in Older Adults

By MedXY 09/01/2025

The DAN-RSV trial demonstrates that RSV vaccination significantly lowers all-cause cardiorespiratory hospitalizations among older adults, suggesting vaccines may reduce infection-triggered cardiovascular complications and benefit chronic disease management.

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Tongxinluo in Cardiovascular Disease: Mechanisms, Clinical Efficacy, and Future Directions

By MedXY 08/22/2025

This comprehensive review synthesizes evidence on Tongxinluo’s mechanisms and clinical benefits in myocardial infarction, acute coronary syndrome, and ischemia, highlighting patient subgroup analyses and current gaps in clinical evidence.

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Clinical Therapeutic Value of Curcumin Supplementation in Cardiovascular Disease, Diabetes, Cognitive Function, Aging, and Neurodegenerative Disorders: A Synthesis of Recent Evidence

By MedXY 08/18/2025

Current evidence supports curcumin supplementation for reducing cardiovascular risk factors and preventing type 2 diabetes progression, with emerging potential in cognitive decline and aging-related degenerative diseases.

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Evaluating Salt Warning Labels to Reduce High Salt Consumption in UK Out-of-Home Food Sector: Evidence from Online and Real-world Randomised Controlled Trials

By MedXY 08/15/2025

UK trials show salt warning labels on packaged foods and menus effectively increase awareness and discourage high salt intake, offering a promising policy to combat cardiovascular risk associated with excessive salt consumption.

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Healthy Eating for the Planet: Linking Sustainable Diets with Reduced Cardiovascular Risk and Longevity

By MedXY 08/15/2025

Observational evidence from over 13,000 US adults reveals that adherence to the environmentally sustainable EAT-Lancet diet is associated with significantly reduced risks of cardiovascular disease, cardiovascular mortality, and all-cause mortality over nearly 30 years.

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Microplastics, Nanoplastics and the Heart: Emerging Human Data Link Environmental Particles to Cardiovascular Risk

By MedXY 08/09/2025

Three prospective human studies report micro‑ and nanoplastic (MNP) detection in coronary blood, cardiopulmonary bypass–exposed blood, and carotid atheroma; associations with inflammation and adverse cardiovascular events raise biologic plausibility but do not yet prove causation.

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Physical Activity Trajectories Before and After Cardiovascular Disease: Insights from the CARDIA Study

By MedXY 07/29/2025

Longitudinal data from CARDIA reveal declining physical activity before and after CVD events, with pronounced disparities among Black women, highlighting the need for targeted interventions across the life course.

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Revealing the Role of Gut Microbiome Rhythms in Cardiovascular Health

By MedXY 07/27/2025

New insights highlight the relationship between gut microbiome rhythms and the stability of atherosclerotic plaques, offering novel strategies for cardiovascular disease prevention and management.