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March 16, 2021

Three things women should know about their heart health

Cardiovascular disease is the No. 1 killer of women worldwide and a leading cause of illness and death. Each year it affects more than half a […]
September 16, 2020

What’s a Better Indicator of Cardiovascular Risk—Coronary Calcium or Arterial Stiffness?

When it comes to determining overall cardiovascular health and the risk for cardiovascular disease, which factors are the most predictive of outcomes? This key question is […]
August 31, 2020

COVID-19 and Heart Damage: Latest Studies

As researchers, clinicians, and the general public struggle to understand the nature and direction of COVID-19, new clues and insights are emerging all the time. Case […]
June 25, 2020

Assessing Cardiovascular Risk in the Face of COVID-19

It has been many years since the global healthcare system faced a challenge on the scope and scale of COVID-19, which is caused by severe acute […]
April 16, 2020

COVID-19 and Hypertension: Should You Still Be Taking Your Meds?

In view of the often confusing and conflicting conversations surrounding the use of hypertensive medication during the COVID-19 pandemic, we’d like to address those concerns.  In […]
March 18, 2020

Can Central Blood Pressure Predict Alzheimer’s and Dementia?

A recent study that reported on a comparison between central blood pressure (CBP) and brachial blood pressure (BBP) when it comes to determining cerebrovascular disease found […]
January 6, 2020

Arterial Stiffness and Alzheimer’s Disease – What’s the Link?

Alzheimer’s disease is one of the most challenging and disconcerting medical conditions known to humans. It has this distinction not because it is physically painful (although […]
December 17, 2019

What is Vascular Aging?

Consider two men, both 60 years old, but one of them looks about a decade younger than the other. Why? Many factors can be involved, ranging […]
August 18, 2019

Measuring Brachial Blood Pressure vs Central Blood Pressure and Arterial Stiffness – What Works Best?

It’s no secret: high blood pressure is currently the most reliable and strongest modifiable risk factor known to medicine for cardiovascular disease. In fact, evidence suggests […]