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Hot news flash: Menopause can impact a woman’s heart health

Written by | 21 Oct 2024

The risk of heart disease increases with age for most people, however, for women that may be even more true. The menopause transition, those years leading up to […]

Innovative Remote Care Model Combines Tech and Pharmacists to Tame Stubborn Hypertension

Written by | 25 Sep 2024

Up to 74% of adults with treatment-resistant high blood pressure were able to get their blood pressure below 140/90 mm HG within one year through a program combining […]

Remote monitoring and pharmacist helped improve hard-to-control blood pressure

Written by | 8 Sep 2024

Up to 74% of adults with treatment-resistant high blood pressure were able to get their blood pressure below 140/90 mm HG within one year through a program combining […]

Quitting smoking nearly halves heart attack risk, cutting down does little

Written by | 3 Sep 2024

According to research presented today at ESC Congress 2024,1 patients with stable coronary artery disease who quit smoking at any timepoint after their diagnosis reduced their risk of […]

UCalgary study identifies a key role for pharmacists in stroke risk reduction

Written by | 7 Aug 2024

Atrial fibrillation (Afib) is the most common heart rhythm disorder encountered in clinical practice according to Dr. Roopinder Sandhu, MD, MPH, and the leading cause of stroke in […]

Most blood thinner dosing problems happen after initial prescription

Written by | 6 Aug 2024

Millions of Americans take anticoagulants, commonly known as blood thinners. These medications work to prevent blood clots that cause heart attack and stroke. More than two-thirds of those people […]

Why the most prescribed chemotherapy drug can cause serious heart damage

Written by | 23 Jul 2024

There’s still much to learn about how doxorubicin, a 50-year-old chemotherapy drug, causes its most concerning side effects. While responsible for saving many lives, this treatment sometimes causes […]

Women with heart disease are less likely to receive life-saving drugs than men

Written by | 29 Apr 2024

Women with heart disease are less often treated with cholesterol-lowering drugs than men, according to research presented today at ESC Preventive Cardiology 2024, a scientific congress of the European […]

Equivalency of drug and non-drug therapy for depression in heart failure

Written by | 3 Feb 2024

To treat depression in heart failure, patients can receive with similar efficacy either behavioral activation psychotherapy or antidepressant drug therapy, researchers report. The findings appeared on Jan.17, 2024 […]

Both virtual and in-person nutrition visits help to lower cholesterol, study finds

Written by | 13 Dec 2023

Despite an end to the national public health emergency in May 2023, the use of telehealth remains high, with over 20% of American adults taking appointments online. These visits include […]

Appropriate statin prescriptions increase sixfold with automated referrals

Written by | 22 Nov 2023

The odds of prescribing the appropriate dose of statins—a medicine used to lower “bad” cholesterol levels—increased sixfold when automated referrals were made to pharmacy services, instead of relying […]

Expanding pharmacists’ role for patients with hypertension could prevent 15 million heart attacks and save $1.1 trillion over 30 years, VCU-led study finds

Written by | 7 Nov 2023

If pharmacists had a larger role in prescribing medications to control blood pressure, they could prevent more than 15 million heart attacks, nearly 8 million strokes and more […]

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