https://www.scmp.com/rss/523690/feed The latest news and top stories on the American Heart Association. A Texas-based non-profit organisation, the American Heart Association is dedicated to fighting heart disease and stroke. Its main areas of focus include funding cardiovascular medical research, educating the public on healthy living and advocating for public health policies. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Tribune News Service Tribune News Service The patient initially came to see Dr Mark Supiano in 2017 because her family was concerned about her short-term memory loss. While taking her history and vital signs, Supiano, a geriatrician at the University of Utah, in the United States, saw that her blood pressure was 148/86: above normal despite her taking two medications intended to lower it. “Clearly that was too high,” he says. Several factors could have contributed to the high reading, including the anti-inflammatory drug the 78-year-old... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/article/3349632/how-hypertensions-links-dementia-make-blood-pressure-control-even-more-important?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/article/3349632/how-hypertensions-links-dementia-make-blood-pressure-control-even-more-important?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 10 Apr 2026 23:15:07 +0000 Letters Letters Feel strongly about these letters, or any other aspects of the news? Share your views by emailing us your Letter to the Editor at letters@scmp.com or filling in this Google form. Submissions should not exceed 400 words The government’s new Action Plan on Weight Management aims to build a “healthier and more vibrant city” and its cross-sector approach is commendable. However, the citywide plan seems to be heavily anchored on a single Body Mass Index (BMI) data point. This risks sending a narrow... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/letters/article/3347711/hong-kongs-weight-management-plan-bmi-should-be-one-data-point-among-many?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/letters/article/3347711/hong-kongs-weight-management-plan-bmi-should-be-one-data-point-among-many?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 25 Mar 2026 03:30:08 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press Lori Sepich smoked for years and sometimes skipped taking her blood pressure medicine. But she never thought she would have a heart attack. The possibility “just wasn’t registering with me”, says the 64-year-old from Memphis, in the US state of Tennessee, who suffered two heart attacks 13 years apart. She is far from alone. More than 60 million women in the United States – and an estimated 275 million to 300 million women globally – live with cardiovascular disease, which includes heart disease... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/article/3344561/womens-heart-attack-symptoms-and-risk-factors-differ-mens-what-they-are?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/article/3344561/womens-heart-attack-symptoms-and-risk-factors-differ-mens-what-they-are?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 26 Feb 2026 09:15:12 +0000 Joseph Sipalan Joseph Sipalan Two-time former Malaysian prime minister Mahathir Mohamad was admitted to hospital on Tuesday to treat a fracture in his right hip after suffering from a fall in his home in Kuala Lumpur, his aide said. The centenarian fell around 7.30am while walking from the balcony to his living room, after which he was rushed to the National Heart Institute. “Tun is expected to be admitted for the next few weeks for treatment and observation,” Mahathir’s long-time press secretary Sufi Yusoff told the media,... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/people/article/3338860/malaysias-ex-pm-mahathir-hospital-after-fall-home-he-was-conscious?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/people/article/3338860/malaysias-ex-pm-mahathir-hospital-after-fall-home-he-was-conscious?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 06 Jan 2026 05:15:43 +0000 Tribune News Service Tribune News Service US President Donald Trump announced in July that Coca-Cola would switch to cane sugar for its US-made sodas. This followed criticism of the use of high-fructose corn syrup, which Coca-Cola currently uses as a sweetener, by US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Kennedy has called high-fructose corn syrup “just a formula for making you obese and diabetic”. The announcement by the US president – a famed fan of Diet Coke, which uses the artificial sweetener aspartame – was not immediately... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/health/article/3320624/coke-sugar-cane-or-high-fructose-corn-syrup-better-experts-break-them-down?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/health/article/3320624/coke-sugar-cane-or-high-fructose-corn-syrup-better-experts-break-them-down?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 04 Aug 2025 11:15:07 +0000