Cardiovascular disease

Jackson Heart Study appoints new director

September 25, 2021 GMT

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Dr. April Carson, an epidemiologist with a history of work focused on diabetes and cardiovascular disease research, is the next director of the Jackson Heart Study.

Beginning in 1998, the study is the largest and longest-running longitudinal study of cardiovascular health in African Americans.

KoreTrak Reviews - Is KoreTrak Fitness Tracker Watch Scam or Legit?

CDN NewswireSeptember 7, 2020 GMT

New York, NY - ( NewMediaWire ) - September 07, 2020 - KoreTrak is an advanced smartwatch + health and fitness tracker that can be comfortably worn on your wrist.

Heart disease main underlying condition in COVID-19 deaths

By ANDREW SELSKYApril 29, 2020 GMT

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — The number of known deaths from the coronavirus in Oregon topped 100 on Wednesday...

Eleusis Announces Published Research on Potential of Serotonin 2A Receptor Agonists to Impact Inflammation

September 17, 2019 GMT

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sep 17, 2019--

71-year-old heart study gets $38M grant for another 6 years

April 17, 2019 GMT

BOSTON (AP) — The nation's longest-running multigenerational study of cardiovascular disease has received a $38 million grant that will help researchers explore the biology of aging...

Nearly half of US adults have heart or blood vessel disease

By MARILYNN MARCHIONEJanuary 31, 2019 GMT

A new report estimates that nearly half of all U.S. adults have some form of heart or blood vessel disease, a medical milestone that's mostly due to recent guidelines that expanded how many people have high blood pressure...

Okla. man tased by police had heart disease, drugs in system

December 17, 2018 GMT

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — An autopsy report says a 25-year-old Oklahoma man who died after being tased by police more than two dozen times likely died of cardiovascular disease that was made worse by drug use and exertion...

Mayors at SC meeting taking stand against heart disease

September 29, 2018 GMT

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Dozens of mayors and the country's top health official are gathering in South Carolina to make a stand against heart disease...

Coroner: Comic died from high blood pressure, heart disease

December 6, 2017 GMT

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Medical examiners in Las Vegas have determined that comic Ralphie May's death was from high blood pressure and heart disease...