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About one in eight American adults have hypertension and Type 2 diabetes and face a significantly higher risk of all-cause and cardiovascular mortality.
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A study of people hospitalized for chest pain found that sedentary time in the months after discharge is associated with additional cardiac events and a greater risk of death.
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A new study shows sleep helps mice recover from heart attacks. Reanalyzed data from a Columbia sleep restriction study suggest sleep plays the same role in people.
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Adding a measure of psychological health to a predictor of mortality from heart disease improved predictions, particularly among Black and female populations.
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- January 12, 2023
Just five minutes of walking every half hour offsets harmful effects of prolonged sitting, a Columbia University study has found.
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- January 5, 2023
According to the American Heart Association, CPR can double or triple the chance of survival from an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. A Columbia cardiologist explains.
- January 4, 2023
Inspiration and guidance for success from health professionals.
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- December 14, 2022
VP&S and Bassett Healthcare Network in Cooperstown, New York are working together to address the issue of access to improve the health of rural populations.
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- December 14, 2022
Even if you’re a doctor, nurse, dentist, or other health care professional, we bet there’s something on this list that’s new to you, too.
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- December 12, 2022
Sam Prince, who received a heart transplant at Columbia at age 8, combines a passion for the New York Giants with his mission to save more lives through organ donation.
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- December 8, 2022
Commonly used drugs that reduce joint inflammation in patients with rheumatoid arthritis also reduce vascular inflammation and cardiovascular risk, finds a new study from Columbia University.
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- November 1, 2022
Cardiac surgeons from NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center are now seeing patients at ColumbiaDoctors’ multispecialty location in White Plains, New York.
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- October 10, 2022
TAVR, a procedure that was pioneered at Columbia and NewYork-Presbyterian and transformed cardiac care, celebrates its 20th anniversary.
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- September 27, 2022
Based on research from Columbia and others, the American Heart Association added sleep to its checklist of heart health essentials. Here's why.
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