 The American Heart Association recently updated their definition of cardiovascular health, CVH. This new definition, known as life's essential eight, includes eight key components, diet, physical activity, nicotine exposure, sleep health, body mass index, blood lipids, blood glucose, and blood pressure. In this study, researchers examined the association between these eight components and all-cause and cardiovascular disease, CVD, specific mortality later in life. They found that achieving a higher CVH score according to the new life's essential eight was associated with a reduced risk of both all-cause and CVD specific mortality. Furthermore, public health and healthcare efforts targeting the promotion of higher CVH scores could provide considerable benefits to reduce the mortality burden later in life. This article was offered by Jiahong Sun, Yinji Li, Minit Zhao, and others. We are article.tv, links in the description below.