Association Between Educational Inequality and Income Inequality With Metabolic Diseases and Cause-Specific Mortality

Clin Cardiol. 2025 Jul;48(7):e70173. doi: 10.1002/clc.70173.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Educational attainment and economic status are important socioeconomic characteristics and are associated with metabolic diseases and premature death risk. However, their relative importance and contributions to prematur

Sesame oil improves biomarkers of glycemic control in women with metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease: a randomized, double-blind, controlled clinical trial

BMC Nutr. 2025 Jul 5;11(1):134. doi: 10.1186/s40795-025-01123-0.ABSTRACTAIM: This study aimed to investigate whether sesame oil (SO) consumption could improve biomarkers of glycemic control, inflammation, and oxidative stress in women with metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MA

Barriers to physical activity in women from ethnic minority groups: a systematic review

BMC Womens Health. 2025 Jul 5;25(1):330. doi: 10.1186/s12905-025-03877-y.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Physical activity (PA) is essential for preventing chronic diseases and improving mental health, yet global PA levels remain suboptimal, with women generally engaging in less PA than men. This gender dispari

Portal vein thrombosis and Esophageal-Gastric variceal bleeding in cirrhosis: shared risk factors and causal relationship

BMC Gastroenterol. 2025 Jul 5;25(1):500. doi: 10.1186/s12876-025-04094-5.ABSTRACTOBJECTIVE: This study aims to investigate the shared risk factors and the causal relationship between esophageal varices bleeding (EGVB) and portal vein thrombosis (PVT) in cirrhotic patients.METHODS: A retrospective an

Ursodeoxycholic acid alleviates aortic aneurysm and dissection through the intestinal farnesoid X receptor/ceramide synthase 2 axis

Commun Biol. 2025 Jul 5;8(1):1009. doi: 10.1038/s42003-025-08403-2.ABSTRACTAortic aneurysm and dissection (AAD) are severe cardiovascular conditions that carry significant risks and currently lack an effective treatment. Ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA) can delay the onset of various metabolic diseases s

Discrete non-calcified plaque is associated with increased major adverse cardiovascular events in a high cardiovascular risk population with low coronary artery calcium scores (0-100)

J Cardiovasc Comput Tomogr. 2025 Jul 4:S1934-5925(25)00378-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jcct.2025.06.014. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Patients with coronary artery calcium (CAC) scores of 0-100 and non-calcified plaque (NCP) on coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) have traditionally be

Clinical characteristics and mortality in novel subgroups of adult-onset diabetes in an Australian population-based cohort of men

Prim Care Diabetes. 2025 Jul 4:S1751-9918(25)00116-0. doi: 10.1016/j.pcd.2025.06.007. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTAIMS: To determine the prevalence of the novel diabetes subgroups in a population-based study, and investigate clinical characteristics and mortality in these subgroups compared to par

Impacts of supplementation with pomegranate on cardiometabolic risk factors: A systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis

Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis. 2025 May 28:104154. doi: 10.1016/j.numecd.2025.104154. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTAIMS: It has been suggested that supplementation with pomegranate (PO) may improve the risk factors related with cardiometabolic syndrome (CMS). This systematic review and dose-response me

Finding the right dose of acetylsalicylic acid for secondary prevention of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease

No abstractRev Port Cardiol. 2025 Jul;44(7):423-426. doi: 10.1016/j.repc.2025.06.002.NO ABSTRACTPMID:40617624 | DOI:10.1016/j.repc.2025.06.002

Coronary atherosclerosis screening in asymptomatic adults using coronary artery calcium for cardiovascular prevention: a systematic review of randomised controlled trials and prospective cohorts

BMJ Open. 2025 Jul 5;15(7):e101472. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2025-101472.ABSTRACTOBJECTIVES: To review the available evidence of screening for atherosclerosis in adults in a primary prevention setting with coronary artery calcium scoring (CACS) on the impact on cardiovascular (CV) risk factor control, h

Physicochemical compatibility investigation of ciprofol injection with eight cardiovascular drugs during simulated Y-site administration

J Pharm Sci. 2025 Jul 3:103897. doi: 10.1016/j.xphs.2025.103897. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe intravenous pharmacotherapy in patients with critically ill and perioperative intravenous anesthesia is extremely challenging due to the large number of drugs administered. In-line incompatibility rema

Development of the Nordic Nutrition Recommendations 2023 food-based diet score and its association with all-cause mortality in two Swedish cohorts

J Nutr. 2025 Jul 3:S0022-3166(25)00419-5. doi: 10.1016/j.tjnut.2025.06.030. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: The 2023 Nordic Nutrition Recommendations (NNR23) presented a dual focus on disease prevention and planetary health. We aimed to develop a food-based diet score measuri

Population Pharmacokinetics of Edoxaban in Geriatric Patients with Atrial Fibrillation

J Thromb Haemost. 2025 Jul 3:S1538-7836(25)00412-X. doi: 10.1016/j.jtha.2025.06.023. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Atrial fibrillation affects nearly half of geriatric inpatients, with edoxaban frequently used for stroke prevention. However, geriatric patients are underrepresented in dru

Evaluating the Performance and Potential Bias of Predictive Models for Detection of Transthyretin Cardiac Amyloidosis

JACC Adv. 2025 Jul 4;4(8):101901. doi: 10.1016/j.jacadv.2025.101901. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Delays in the diagnosis of transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM) contribute to the significant morbidity of the condition, especially in the era of disease-modifying therapies. Scr

Procedural and clinical risk factors of infective endocarditis - A nationwide case-control study in South Korea

J Infect Public Health. 2025 Jun 20;18(10):102876. doi: 10.1016/j.jiph.2025.102876. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Infective endocarditis (IE) causes high mortality and morbidity, posing a significant burden on healthcare systems. Although the incidence of IE is rising globally, its risk

Various Cases of Venous Thrombembolism

Pril (Makedon Akad Nauk Umet Odd Med Nauki). 2025 Jul 5;46(2):15-21. doi: 10.2478/prilozi-2025-0009. Print 2025 Jun 1.ABSTRACTVenous thromboembolism (VTE) with its two forms: deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE) occurs due to interacting genetic and environmental risk factors. The

Health Literacy in Patients With Acute Stroke Is Associated With Carotid Intima-Media Wall Thickness: A Cross-Sectional Study

Physiother Res Int. 2025 Jul;30(3):e70087. doi: 10.1002/pri.70087.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: The recurrence rate in patients with stroke is high, and arteriosclerosis is a significant risk factor for recurrent strokes. Health literacy, the ability to access, understand, and use information to p

Motherhood role concerns in young women with breast cancer: a mixed-methods study

BMC Womens Health. 2025 Jul 4;25(1):313. doi: 10.1186/s12905-025-03870-5.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Young breast cancer patients play a key role in parenting and emotional support as core family members. However, breast cancer diagnosis and treatment often interrupt motherhood role function and trigger con

Small intestinal necrosis caused by the embolism of the superior mesenteric artery after percutaneous vertebroplasty: a case report and analysis of the causes

BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2025 Jul 4;26(1):625. doi: 10.1186/s12891-025-08848-w.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Percutaneous vertebroplasty (PVP) is a minimally invasive procedure frequently employed to treat osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures in the elderly. However, bone cement leakage is a complica

The effect of in vitro fertilization on the cardiac health of mice

BMC Cardiovasc Disord. 2025 Jul 4;25(1):480. doi: 10.1186/s12872-025-04944-w.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: The cardiovascular health of offspring born through in vitro fertilization (IVF) remains unclear, with limited comparative data. This study aimed to evaluate the cardiac structure, function, a

The impact of continuous positive airway pressure therapy on the recurrence of atrial fibrillation in patients with obstructive sleep apnea after pulmonary vein isolation

BMC Cardiovasc Disord. 2025 Jul 4;25(1):473. doi: 10.1186/s12872-025-04846-x.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: While obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is recognized as a risk factor for atrial fibrillation (AF) recurrence following pulmonary vein isolation (PVI), the preventive efficacy of continuous positive airway

A systematic review to compare adrenalectomy and mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists in patients with unilateral primary aldosteronism

Hypertens Res. 2025 Jul 4. doi: 10.1038/s41440-025-02273-1. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTTo date, no systematic review has examined whether adrenalectomy (ADX) or mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist (MRA) treatment is more effective in patients with unilateral primary aldosteronism (uPA). Compari

Performance of the American Heart Association's PREVENT risk score for cardiovascular risk prediction in a multiethnic population

Nat Med. 2025 Jul 4. doi: 10.1038/s41591-025-03789-2. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe Predicting Risk of Cardiovascular EVENTS (PREVENT) equations, created and endorsed by the American Heart Association, provide cardiovascular risk estimates for the general population, but have not yet been tested

O-GlcNAcylation promotes angiogenic transdifferentiation to reverse vascular ischemia

Nat Cardiovasc Res. 2025 Jul 4. doi: 10.1038/s44161-025-00673-7. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe restoration of the microvasculature is essential to cardiovascular regeneration. Our previous work demonstrated that angiogenic transdifferentiation of fibroblasts into endothelial cells facilitates va