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Cardiovascular health

Blood pressure cuff hanging on doctor's office wall

Health care

Study highlights shortcomings in telemedicine

Published Oct 13, 2020

Despite large increases in remote consults during COVID-19 pandemic, the number of blood pressure checks cut in half and cholesterol checks dropped by more than a third

Medicine

Hopkins celebrates 75 years since historic 'blue baby' operation

Published Nov 26, 2019

The transformative medical milestone was first performed at Johns Hopkins Hospital in 1944 and ushered in a new era of cardiac surgery

Heart health

Most women with cardiovascular disease don't get enough exercise

Published April 23, 2019

Physical activity is a known prevention strategy for heart disease and can advance recovery from heart attack or stroke

The Precursors Study

Charting a lifetime

Published March 25, 2019

For more than 70 years, a group of Hopkins Medicine School graduates have filled out an annual medical survey, contributing to one of the world's oldest longitudinal studies

Under pressure

Published Spring 2019

Study of a remote South American tribe reveals that high blood pressure doesn't have to be a side effect of aging / Johns Hopkins Magazine

Heart health

Exercise (or lack of it) can alter heart failure risk

Published May 15, 2018

Consistently participating in recommended amount of physical activity in middle age can reduce heart failure risk by as much as 31 percent, review finds