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Insufficient cardiovascular response to mental stress linked to reduced blood flow in the heart among people with heart disease Imagine walking through a park and suddenly spotting a bear. Normally your heart starts beating faster and your blood vessels constrict. That’s the sympathetic nervous system preparing your body for a “flight or fight”...
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Planetary health and environmental justice at the forefront of an NHLBI workshop Some 55 years ago the poet and environmentalist Wendell Berry pondered the distressing harm to the planet that had resulted from the very modernization that seemed to be improving lives. “We have lived by the assumption that what was good for us would be good for the...
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NIH-funded study shows treatment of condition fell short; suggests need for improved strategies The prevalence of chronic hypertension in pregnancy in the United States doubled from 2007-2021, but only about 60% of those with the potentially life-threatening condition were treated with antihypertensive medications, according to a National...
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Xylitol, a sugar alcohol used in many low-carb and low-sugar food products, was linked to early signs of blood clotting in mechanistic studies and associated with an increased likelihood of future cardiovascular events in observational research.
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Insufficient cardiovascular response to mental stress linked to reduced blood flow in the heart among people with heart disease Imagine walking through a park and suddenly spotting a bear. Normally your heart starts beating faster and your blood vessels constrict. That’s the sympathetic nervous system preparing your body for a “flight or fight”...
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NHLBI in the Press
A Women’s Health Initiative study explores underlying cardiovascular health indicators that may help explain reduced associated risks for death among women who follow a Mediterranean-style diet.
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Could also lessen likelihood of errors in measuring oxygen levels in Black patients Each year at least 1.7 million adults in the United States and millions more worldwide develop sepsis, a life-threatening condition that occurs when the body’s immune system has an extreme response to an infection. The condition, which can be difficult to detect and...
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NHLBI in the Press
An observational study found that women ages 62 and older who engaged in the most physical activity, measured by moderate-to-vigorous exercise or by logging daily steps, experienced similar associated benefits with offsetting risks for heart disease and living longer.
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NHLBI in the Press
A race-neutral Global Lung Function Initiative reference range is projected to recategorize the number of Americans with lung conditions eligible for advanced medical treatment, certain workplace conditions, and military disability.
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Findings from NIH-supported clinical trial suggests the drug has the greatest benefit in the sickest patients A National Institutes of Health (NIH)-supported clinical trial has found that intravenous acetaminophen reduced sepsis patients' risk of having organ injury or developing acute respiratory distress syndrome, a serious condition that allows...
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A smart bra aims to better detect and prevent heart problems in women When Alicia Chong Rodriguez was an electrical engineering computer science student at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), she became immersed in using large systems and computational datasets for cardiovascular research. She quickly saw how data had the power to...