Bach Xuan Tran,1,2 Giang Thu Vu,3 Thu Hong Thi Nguyen,4 Long Hoang Nguyen,5 Dat Dinh Pham,4 Viet Quang Truong,4 Thao Phuong Thi Thai,6 Thuc Minh Thi Vu,7 Tuan Quoc Nguyen,8 Vu Nguyen,9 Trang Huyen Thi Nguyen,10 Carl A Latkin,2 Cyrus SH Ho,11 Roger CM Ho12 1Department of Health Economics, Institute for Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Hanoi Medical University, Hanoi, …

(Reuters Health) - Adolescents from low-income families are more likely than their affluent peers to have risk factors for cardiovascular disease like obesity, inactivity, poor nutrition and tobacco use, a U.S. study suggests. Income inequality has long been linked to disparities in heart disease risk among adults. The new study examined nationally representative data collected from 1999 to 2014 on …

Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death among women across the world  |  Photo Credit: Thinkstock New Delhi: Cardiovascular diseases or CVDs can affect people of all age groups. Worldwide, cardiovascular diseases are the number one cause of death. It is also the leading cause of death for women across the world. But with simple lifestyle modifications like healthy food …

Walking by the cardiology department one day last week I (Perry Jameson) observed Dr. Jake Jacobson, our cardiologist, examining a young Sheltie. About 10 years ago when we had no cardiologist in the Charleston area, I saw most of the heart patients. Remembering back to that time, I recalled that it was rare a Sheltie presented with a cardiac issue, …

Saro H. Armenian A wireless device designed to detect cardiovascular disease among childhood cancer survivors treated with anthracycline chemotherapy appeared accurate and displayed a low false-negative rate compared with cardiac MRI, according to researchers at City of Hope. “The pediatric oncology community is becoming increasingly aware that there are new issues faced by many cancer survivors that may not manifest …

Cardiac Arrest vs. Heart Attack infographic. Credit: copyright American Heart Association Firefighters who died from cardiac arrest were much more likely than those who died of other causes to show signs of both atherosclerotic and hypertensive heart disease at autopsy, according to new research in Journal of the American Heart Association, the Open Access Journal of the American Heart Association/American …

Texas Children’s Heart Center and Pulmonology rank 1st nationwide HOUSTON – (June 26, 2018) – Texas Children’s Hospital is proud to consistently be recognized as a leader in pediatric care, ranking fourth among the nearly 200 pediatric centers surveyed by U.S. News & World Report in their 2018-19 edition of Best Children’s Hospitals. Over the last decade, no other pediatric …

May 28, 2018 Among homeless individuals cardiovascular disease remains one of the major causes of death due to challenges in predicting initial risk, limited access to health care and difficulties in long-term management, according to a review published today in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. In the U.S., roughly 550,000 people are homeless on any given night, …