Statins may protect the heart from chemotherapy treatment of early breast cancer
Statins may protect women’s hearts from damage caused during chemotherapy for early-stage breast cancer, according to new research published in the Journal of the American Heart Association, an…
COVID-19 infection linked with higher death rate in acute heart failure patients
Patients with acute heart failure nearly double their risk of dying if they get COVID-19, according to research published in ESC Heart Failure, a journal of the European…
Back to basics: Researchers find simple exercises are a practical, time-efficient way to boost fitness
Kinesiologists at McMaster University who examined the effectiveness of old-school physical training have found that simple bodyweight exercises, when performed vigorously over short periods, improve cardiorespiratory fitness.
Vaping combined with smoking is likely as harmful as smoking cigarettes alone
Smoking traditional cigarettes in addition to using e-cigarettes results in harmful health effects similar to smoking cigarettes exclusively, according to new research published today in the American Heart…
Stopping RAS inhibitors tied to worse outcomes in patients with advanced chronic kidney disease
Small studies have suggested that RAS inhibitors may be harmful in persons with advanced chronic kidney disease, and physicians therefore often stop the treatment in such patients.