HHS unveils new national quality improvement strategy
Mar 22, 2011
The Department of Health and Human Services on Monday rolled out its “National Strategy for Quality Improvements in Health Care,” a “first-ever” plan to guide quality improvement...
Higher daily life movement cuts CVD risk in older women
Mar 09, 2022
Daily life movement includes things like performing housework or gardening
FDA reduces recommended salt levels in Americans’ food
Oct 13, 2021
The new, voluntary guideline aims to reduce average sodium intake from 3,400 to 3,000 mg per day in the next 2.5 years
Clinical ‘wake-up call’: Hispanics, Latinos remain undertreated for cardiovascular risk
By
Alicia Lasek
Mar 05, 2021
“I didn’t expect the numbers to be so dismal,” says the author of a study of stroke survivors from the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos.
Wolters Kluwer Health adds resident care planning help
Dec 16, 2014
Wolters Kluwer Health is adding components to the Lippencott Advisor in the long-term care setting, which will help nurses and clinicians develop better resident care plans, the company said.
Benefits of smoking cessation quantified in patients with ASCVD
Apr 08, 2022
About five event-free years gained through either quitting smoking or the use of three medications combined in persistent smokers
Guidance issued for reducing ASCVD risk in hypertriglyceridemia
Aug 03, 2021
Factors to consider include evaluation of secondary causes, optimization of diet and lifestyle interventions, implementation of statin therapy
Stealth heart attack symptoms often ignored, delaying care
By
Alicia Lasek
Sep 12, 2019
Mild, slow heart attack symptoms may sneak up on residents with multiple health problems, delaying time to treatment by five hours.
Adding oily fish to diet may protect against recurrent heart disease, scientists say
By
Alicia Lasek
Mar 10, 2021
Eating oily fish at least twice a week may help prevent major cardiovascular disease and death in individuals who are at high risk, including those who already have experienced heart disease or stroke,...
AHA advisory calls for regaining ‘lost ground’ in women’s heart health
May 10, 2022
Key indicators of women’s cardiovascular health are flagging, including blood pressure control, weight management and diabetes, AHA advisers say.