BP and Heart Rate Patterns Prognostic

A longitudinal cohort study in Italy suggested that non-dipping and reverse dipping blood pressure (BP) patterns are associated with an increased prevalence of cardiac autonomic neuropathy and reduced survival. The study recruited 349 diabetic patients (52% women, age 57.1±11.9 y, BMI 29.4±5.9 kg/m2, HbA1c 8.6±2.1%, 284 with type 2 diabetes) […]


MIND Diet Linked to Better Cognitive Resilience

A US longitudinal clinical-pathologic study revealed that healthy diet is associated with cognitive resilience (defined as performing better than expected given burden of neuropathology) independently of common brain pathology in older adults. The study included 569 decedents with valid dietary data, cognitive testing proximate to death, and complete autopsy data. […]


Cumulative LDL-C Linked to CVD

A pooled US cohorts study suggests that maintaining an optimal level of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) throughout young adulthood and middle age can minimize the lifetime risk for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (CVD). The study included data of 18 288 participants (mean age 56.4, 56.4% women) collected from 1971 to 2017 from […]


Healthy Sleep Patterns Linked to Lower Arrhythmias Risk

A prospective observational study indicated that a healthy sleep pattern was associated with lower risks of atrial fibrillation/flutter (AF) and bradyarrhythmia, independent of traditional risk factors, and the association of the healthy sleep pattern with the risk of AF was stronger among those with a lower genetic risk of AF. […]


How to Benefit from Everyday Anxiety

Professor Wendy Suzuki of neural science and psychology at New York University provided tips of emotional regulation to turn everyday anxiety (not necessarily clinical disorders) into something productive. Tip number one is deep breathing, an immediate soothing mechanism. Tip number two is moving your body to get the transformative power […]


Gut Microbiome Might Be the Link of Healthy Foods and Lower BP

A community-based cohort study in Germany suggested that the composition of the gut microbiome might explain the cross-sectional association of habitual flavonoid and flavonoid-rich food intake with blood pressure (BP). The study included 904 participants, and 16S ribosomal RNA was sequenced for the gut microbiome composition. Higher total flavonoid intakes […]