A team of researchers says it has linked sensitivity to an allergen in red meat to the buildup of plaque in the arteries of the heart. While high saturated fat levels in red meat have long been known to contribute to heart disease for people in general, the new finding suggests that a subgroup of the population may be at heightened risk for a different reason – a food allergen. The study, which is supported by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, part of the National Institutes of Health, appears in Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology (ATVB), a peer-reviewed journal of the American Heart Association.

Medication management platform Medisafe released data showing that, on average, hypertensive patients increase their prescription refills by almost 10 percent after they start using the company's mobile app.

Cardinal Health announced that its Incraft Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) Stent Graft System has received a favorable recommendation on its premarket approval application from a key U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) panel. The FDA Circulatory System Devices Panel of the Medical Devices Advisory Committee voted 11 to 4 in favor of the benefits of the device.

Whole-body magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) found a surprisingly high prevalence of atherosclerosis in people considered at low to intermediate risk for cardiovascular disease, according to a study appearing online in the journal Radiology. Almost half of all study participants had at least one narrowed artery.