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DALLAS, Oct. 5, 2026 — A distinguished leader in women’s heart health will be recognized by the American Heart Association at its annual Scientific Sessions in November. Emily S. Lau, M.D., M.P.H., FAHA, a cardiologist and investigator at Mass General Brigham in Boston, has been selected to receive the American Heart Association’s 2026 Dr. Nanette…

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skip to content What happens to the heart when you stop taking GLP-1 medicines (Photo: Magnific)

Many a pop song has nudged us to turn the lights down low, but for cardiovascular (heart) health, the better choice is to keep them off entirely it seems, with new research suggesting that pitch black is best of all for sleep

Sleep‑aligned fasting improves heart and blood‑sugar markers The Northwestern Medicine study found that among middle-age and older adults who are at higher risk for cardiometabolic disease, extending the participants’ overnight fast by about two hours, dimming the lights and not eating for three hours prior to bedtime improved measures of cardiovascular and metabolic health during…

(Feature Impact) When it comes to protecting your heart, supporting your kidney function and improving your metabolic health, you’ll find the advice for each one looks similar. That’s because your body’s systems are deeply interconnected: what affects one will have ripple effects across the others

March 26, 2026 ByJulie Corliss, Executive Editor, Harvard Heart Letter

Exercise is described as medicine for the heart, and for good reason. Regular physical activity can lower blood pressure, improve fitness and reduce the risk of heart disease and stroke. But there is a point where the question changes from “How much exercise is good?” to “Is the body getting enough time to recover?”That distinction…

Heart Surgeon Highlights Critical Importance of Sleep for Health | 2026-07-30 Heart Surgeon Highlights Critical Importance of Sleep for Health Dr Jeremy London emphasises the necessity of sleep for overall health, noting its impact on various bodily functions.

For doctors, this raises a difficult question: how can they record something that is not happening during an examination? A standard electrocardiogram (ECG) shows the heart’s activity only at a specific moment, while even longer-term monitoring does not always coincide with less frequent episodes of heart rhythm disorders. As a result, some arrhythmias, particularly short…