🆕 ACC Scientific Statement: Exercise is a foundational component of #CVD prevention & treatment. The biggest drop in CV risk happens when sedentary people become more active. Exercise prescriptions should be safe, personalized, achievable, & sustainable. https://bit.ly/4hxfedX #JACC #CardioSky

Christina Bohannan is running for Congress (Iowa District 1), tackling the high cost of living and lowering prices will be her top priority in Congress. She plans to do this by cracking down on corporate price gougers and their corrupt anti-competitive practices… bohannanforcongress.com/priorities/

🆕 ACC Scientific Statement: A healthy, balanced dietary pattern, not individual nutrients or foods, is 🔑 to heart health. Emphasize minimally processed plant foods, healthy fats & proteins, while limiting refined starches, added sugars, sodium & unhealthy fats. https://bit.ly/46XHwYW #CVD #cvPrev

Sarah Trone Garriott is running for Congress (Iowa District 3), as a state senator her legislative record includes sponsoring measures to cap prescription drug prices, preserve state food bank support, and expand childcare subsidies for working parents. She … iowastartingline.com/news/electio...

Individuals with hypertensive pregnancy disorders face 2–4x higher CVD risk. New AJPC research explores risk factors and prevention. Read more: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666667726003934 #CardioSky #MedSky

Democratic candidate for Congress (Virginia District 2) Elaine Luria unveiled her plan for healthcare reform. She is pledging to crack down on what she describes as predatory medical debt collectors, pharmaceutical monopolies, and Wall Street firms … www.wavy.com/news/politic...

Nocturnal Blood Pressure Dipping in Adults: A Comparison Between Cuffless and Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring academic.oup.com/ajh/advance-... #HotOffThePress

Paige Cognetti, Mayor of Scranton, is running for Congress in Pennsylvania District 8, she says she will fight to "break up the huge monopolies that hurt our small businesses and raise costs,” arguing that Big Box monopolies “drive small businesses … www.spotlightpa.org/news/2026/09...

#HotOffThePress #OpenAccess Concordance between awake blood pressure on home and ambulatory blood pressure monitoring in older adults academic.oup.com/ajh/advance-...

Concordance between awake blood pressure on home and ambulatory blood pressure monitoring in older adults

AbstractBackground. Determining the agreement between ambulatory blood pressure (BP) monitoring (ABPM) and home BP monitoring (HBPM) can inform their use.M

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Idaho candidate for US Senate Todd Achilles plans to help lower healthcare costs by strengthening antitrust enforcement to block healthcare mergers that raise costs or reduce patient choice and pursue healthcare insurance industry reforms that increase competition, transparency …

New research shows the DASH diet 🥗🌾🥛🐟🧂 helps manage stage 1 hypertension, delaying medication. Read more: https://ow.ly/kfsW50YWMhh

New Hampshire Congressman Chris Pappas is focused on lowering costs in his campaign for US Senate. This past May he had two bills he co-leads and an additional bill he was a cosponsor of pass the House as part of the House’s amended 21st Century Renewing Opportunity in the American Dream (ROAD) …

New research links cadmium and lead exposure to higher cardiovascular mortality — while mercury shows a surprising inverse association. See how environmental heavy metals impact heart health. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666667726000826 #CardioSky #MedSky

Democrat Roy Cooper pledges to ‘make stuff cost less’ in his North Carolina Senate campaign. He outlined goals to help reduce the price of food and groceries including working to block corporate mergers of grocery chains, banning algorithmic … ncnewsline.com/2026/03/04/f...

🗣️ New @ucsfchildrens.bsky.social study in @ajpcardio.bsky.social! Among a sample of adolescents in @theabcdstudy.bsky.social, greater neighborhood disadvantage was linked to lower LE8 cardiovascular health scores, driven mainly by behavioral factors. 🔗 Read here: tinyurl.com/NbhHeart

Former Alaska Congresswoman Mary Peltola Unveils Plan to Tackle Affordability Crisis in U.S. Senate Campaign. The plan looks at corporate practices that Peltola says have driven up costs. Her proposal would ban price gouging during emergencies … 🇺🇸 nativenewsonline.net/currents/mar...

📝 Narrative Review: #RightVentricle metrics, such as strain, fractional area change, and ejection fraction, offer mechanistic insight in cardiovascular trials but remain underused due to acquisition variability and lack of standardization. ja.ma/4wDRKIr

Right Ventricular Metrics as End Points in Clinical Trials

This narrative review discusses the current and emerging role of right ventricular–focused imaging and hemodynamic parameters as end points in clinical trials and a comprehensive framework for their development, validation, and broader implementation.

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Senator Jon Ossoff made affordability the main focus of his economic plan for Georgians, he backed a bipartisan infrastructure law and federal manufacturing incentives to increase jobs and economic development in Georgia… www.ajc.com/politics/202...

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A previously healthy female teenager presents with chest tightness and syncope after exertion. Electrocardiogram results showed ST-segment elevation in leads V1 through V4, aVL, and aVR troponin T levels. What would you do next? ja.ma/4sxxvLB

Exposure to natural daylight has important and salutary impact on our metabolism, and that's especially noted in people with Type 2 diabetes cell.com/cell-metabol...

New research highlights the value of bundled measurement of LDL-cholesterol, lipoprotein(a), and high-sensitivity C-reactive protein across the cardiovascular risk spectrum for more comprehensive risk assessment. 🔗 https://ow.ly/PQNc50XR90C #CardioResearch #PreventiveCardiology #CardioSky #MedSky

Among patients with #AtrialFibrillation, elevated BMI, and 1 or more additional cardiometabolic risk factors, aggressive risk factor management reduced arrhythmia recurrence over the 12-month period after catheter ablation. ja.ma/4snlYOX

Initial testing choice between coronary CTA and stress testing for suspected CAD showed no difference in all-cause or cardiovascular mortality among patients with stable symptoms. ja.ma/3LdrnaE