cardiovascular
4 stories tagged "cardiovascular"
Fluoride and Kids' Hearts: The Reassuring Study Tested Water Below What US Taps Are Told to Add
Researchers measured fluoride and heart risk in 161 Iranian children, and the main analysis found no significant link. But they drank water below the level US taps are told to add, and a different adjustment flipped the numbers.
Brain & AgingEurope's Wildfire Smoke Has a Second Blast Radius: Stopped Hearts and Mood-Disorder ER Visits Far From the Flames
When California's wildfire PM2.5 climbed, depression ED visits rose 15 percent and mood-disorder visits 29 percent up to a week later, and per microgram that smoke was tied to larger health effects than ordinary city smog.
Metabolic & WeightSleep apnea's heart damage may run through the gut, not the airway
Researchers at UCSD report that knocking out a single bile-acid receptor abolishes the arterial plaque sleep-apnea conditions would otherwise drive in mice. The mechanism fits the CPAP era's underwhelming trial record better than the airway story ever did.
Drugs & FDAThe FDA Approved a Better Penile Implant. For Most Men, ED Is the Heart Warning Them First.
The FDA approved Coloplast's Titan Prime inflatable penile prosthesis on June 3, 2026. For the men whose vasculature is past saving, it is a meaningful device upgrade. For most men with new ED, the more useful conversation is what the small arteries are failing to do years before the coronaries noti