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Beta-blocker use reduces daily physical activity
Beta-blocker use reduces daily physical activity
14 Jun 2022

Treatment with beta-blockers in hypertension may decrease daily physical activity but not maximal exercise performance, a study has found.

Beta-blocker use reduces daily physical activity
14 Jun 2022
Smokers who quit remain at risk of heart failure for decades
Smokers who quit remain at risk of heart failure for decades
11 Jun 2022

Cigarette smokers have an excess risk of heart failure (HF) with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) and HF with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF), confirms a recent study. Additionally, those who quit smoking show a reduction in HF risk, but the risk persists for a few decades.

Smokers who quit remain at risk of heart failure for decades
11 Jun 2022
ARIC: Uncontrolled diabetes ups risk of heart failure progression in older adults
ARIC: Uncontrolled diabetes ups risk of heart failure progression in older adults
10 Jun 2022

Uncontrolled diabetes among older adults with preclinical heart failure (HF) stages appears to increase the risk of HF progression, suggests a study.

ARIC: Uncontrolled diabetes ups risk of heart failure progression in older adults
10 Jun 2022
Youth-onset T2D patients at high risk of CVD, ESKD
Youth-onset T2D patients at high risk of CVD, ESKD
09 Jun 2022 byStephen Padilla

The risks of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) are elevated twofold in individuals with youth-onset type 2 diabetes (T2D), which is partly caused by the greater burden of obesity and other metabolic risk factors in this population, relative to those with type 1 diabetes (T1D), according to a Hong Kong study.

Youth-onset T2D patients at high risk of CVD, ESKD
09 Jun 2022