June 20, 2025

Gut Bacteria Predict Chemotherapy-Related Heart Damage

Specific gut bacteria correlate with biomarkers indicating increased risk of cardiotoxicity in breast cancer patients before chemotherapy treatment.

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June 20, 2025

AI Screening Finds More Aneurysms In Breast MRI

An artificial intelligence system significantly increased detection of thoracic aortic aneurysms during routine breast MRI scans, identifying more cases than standard clinical readings.

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June 19, 2025

Heavy Drinking Consistently Linked To Heart Risks

New research finds that heavy alcohol consumption consistently raises cardiovascular risks, while evidence for protective effects of light drinking remains inconclusive.

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June 19, 2025

Plaque Calcification May Predict Future Hemorrhage Risk

New research tracked subclinical carotid plaque changes over six years and found that plaques with calcification were twice as likely to develop intraplaque hemorrhage, with men showing greater risk for complex plaque progression.

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June 19, 2025

Chronic Cannabis Use Linked to Vascular Impairment

A new cross-sectional study in healthy adults found that chronic marijuana smoking and edible THC use were linked to reduced endothelial function, an early marker of vascular disease risk.

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June 19, 2025

Is More Fiber the Heart’s Ally?

A long-term U.S. study found that greater adherence to a plant-based cholesterol-lowering diet was linked to lower cardiovascular, coronary heart disease, and all-cause mortality.

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June 18, 2025

SGLT2 Inhibitor Empagliflozin Preserves Kidney Function After Heart Attack

A secondary analysis of the EMPACT-MI trial, published in Nature Cardiovascular Research, shows that the sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT2) inhibitor empagliflozin stabilizes kidney function and reduces heart failure hospitalizations in patients who have recently experienced a heart attack.

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June 17, 2025

Proposed Budget Cuts to Medicaid May Result in More Than 16,500 Medically Preventable Deaths Annually

The enactment of the proposed budget bill making its way through Congress, which includes major cuts to Medicaid, could increase the number of uninsured Americans by 7.6 million and the number of medi...

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June 17, 2025

Global Study Maps Sex Differences in Care

A global study found sex differences in risk factors, care access, and mortality for hypertension, diabetes, and HIV, using comprehensive international datasets.

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