- ICU evaluations prior to cardiac arrests improved survival rates by 15 percent among Black patients, preliminary research found.
- People in large urban areas may be less likely to take prescribed medications for high blood pressure and less likely to have a primary care provider than those living in rural communities, according to an analysis of data from more than 11,000 people in the 2020 National Health Interview Survey.
- Marital stress, especially when severe, may impede physical and mental recovery in younger adults following a heart attack, which increases likelihood for chest pain and readmission, data from 1,593 adults ages 18 to 55 showed.
- People can lower their risk of dementia by keeping their blood pressure levels under control for long periods of time, according to an analysis of 8,415 people in a systolic blood pressure intervention trial.
- Social vulnerabilities such as living in poverty or a single-parent household, not having transportation or being described as a minority, could be linked to increased cardiometabolic risk during pregnancy, an analysis of 19 million pregnancies found.
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