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There appears to be a class effect among angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors in treatment of elderly patients who have had an acute myocardial...
Glucose control influences and can predict the glomerular filtration rate in diabetes with renal failure, researchers based in France report in the July issue...
The link between kidney disease and heart failure seems to be stronger in older blacks than in older whites, especially when kidney function is determined by...
Young women with a particular variation in a gene previously associated with an increased risk for ischemic stroke further increase their risk if they smoke. ...
Subclinical hypothyroidism appears to be tied to an increased risk of heart disease, according to a meta-analysis of studies published in the July issue of the...
A slowing of blood flow in the middle cerebral arteries, seen as white matter hyperintensities on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), may signal the onset of...
All nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory agents (NSAIDs), those that inhibit cyclo-oxygenase-2 (COX)-2 or the conventional, nonselective agents, raise the risk of...
Levels of free fat acids are associated with mortality in patients with coronary artery disease, Austrian and German researchers report. "Free fat acids are an...
Ranolazine added to maximal doses of amlodipine is more effective than amlodipine alone in reducing the frequency of angina and the need for nitroglycerin...
Physical exertion and anger may trigger the onset of chest pain and other symptoms in patients with acute coronary syndrome, UK investigators report in the...
Elderly people with severe sleep apnea have more than twice the risk for ischemic stroke as their counterparts with no or mild apnea, a new Spanish study...
Older age is associated with an increased risk of major bleeding, particularly intracranial hemorrhage, in patients with atrial fibrillation, regardless of...
The benefit that moderate alcohol use may have in cutting the risk of heart disease does not seem to involve an ability to reduce calcified plaques in the...
Levels of free fat acids are associated with mortality in patients with coronary artery disease, Austrian and German researchers report. "Free fat acids are an...
A study reported in the August issue of Diabetes Care supports the benefit of influenza vaccination for diabetic patients. "Influenza vaccine uptake remains...
To begin his review of recent clinical trials on dyslipidemia, W. Virgil Brown, MD, noted that cholesterol lowering has been studied under a variety of...
"The Heart Protection Study provided one of the first indications that just having an LDL-C level less than 100 mg/dL is inadequate," explained Dr. Virgil...
Dr. Virgil Brown then turned his review to triglycerides and a series of trials that have addressed this issue separately from LDL- C values.[15] "VA-HIT...
The final trial addressed by Dr. Virgil Brown, the GISSI-Prevenzione study, included 11,000 individuals in a 3.5-year open-label study. [17] "Patients had...
Insulin Insulin has two critical roles in the body that we cannot live without, yet it can be the root of many health problems, including diabetes. Insulin...
High-dose albumin appears to be safe and therapeutic if administered soon after onset of an acute ischemic cerebral infarction, according to results of a pilot...
Results of a study conducted in Japan indicate a J-shaped relationship between alcohol consumption and coronary artery calcium scores. "Epidemiologic studies...
High circulating levels of pregnancy-associated plasma protein (PAPP- A) are associated with an increased risk of acute coronary syndrome (ACS) and death in...
Hong Kong cardiologists report encouraging long-term safety data for a small trial of patients who underwent catheter-based targeted implantation of autologous...
Inhaled human insulin (Exubera) is as effective as glibenclamide as adjunctive therapy in patients with type 2 diabetes, according to a report in the August...
In the last 10 years, the US Food and Drug Administration has issued 52 safety alerts and recalls, collectively termed "advisories", for automated external...
An ankle brachial index (ABI) below 0.9 is associated with significantly increased risk of death and severe vascular events in primary care patients, according...