Low-molecular-weight-heparin (LMWH) prophylaxis in nonsurgical patients at increased risk for venous thromboembolism (VTE) should be extended for about a month...
University of Texas researchers say they have uncovered a key mechanism by which protease inhibitors promote atherosclerosis and cardiovascular disease in HIV+...
A new study that queried health lines at US hospitals using a classic stroke symptom scenario shows that nearly one-quarter of responders directed them to call...
A distinct genetic basis for a syndrome involving rapid-onset obesity with central hypoventilation and hypothalamic dysfunction remains to be established,...
A new analysis of the Framingham Offspring Cohort has found that individuals with reduced estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) and microalbuminuria are...
1: Cardiovasc J S Afr. 2007 May-Jun;18(3):154-6.Effects of enhanced external counterpulsation on anginal symptoms and improvements in objective measures of...
Please Forward Widely *Unite For Sight Fifth Annual International Health Conference* *Building Global Health For Today and Tomorrow* *April 12-13, 2008* *Yale...
Among women exposed to high levels of dioxin -- or more specifically, 2,3,7,8,-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) -- those with the highest serum levels had...
Sex steroid levels in men do not appear to be related to all-cause mortality. However, an apparent relationship with mortality from respiratory disease and...
Patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) appear to be at a 3- to 4-fold increased risk of intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) compared with patients without DM,...
A large, population-based case-control Danish study found an increased risk for suicide in patients with epilepsy, especially in those who were newly...
Results of a study published in the June 25th issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine suggest an association between obesity and a lower risk of active...
The risk of colon cancer increases with body mass index (BMI) in a nearly linear manner for men, according to results of a study published in the July issue of...
Intima-media thickness (IMT) measurement can be used to detect subclinical atherosclerosis in diabetic children, according to findings published in the June...
A special focus issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology probing what's known and unknown about stent-thrombosis risk with drug-eluting...
Cardiac surgery can safely be performed on patients with mild to moderate cirrhosis of the liver, but mortality is high in those with severe disease, a new...
According to the authors of the current study, 20 million people in the United States have diabetes and another 50 million have hypertension, and diabetes and...
In patients with type 2 diabetes and resistant hypertension, primary aldosteronism has a prevalence of 14%, according to the results of a study published in...
1: Clin Cardiol. 2007 May;30(5):223-8. Links Portable enhanced external counterpulsation for acute coronary syndrome and cardiogenic shock: a pilot study.Cohen...
Patients with HIV infection on most highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) regimens have an increased incidence of new-onset type 2 diabetes mellitus,...
For patients with atrial fibrillation, taking adjusted-dose warfarin reduces the risk of stroke by approximately 60%, and antiplatelet agents reduce the risk...
The International Diabetes Federation (IDF) has developed a new definition of metabolic syndrome to help identify children at risk of developing the syndrome....
A small but clinically relevant change appears to be coming to the management of patients with diabetes mellitus. Hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) levels, used to assess...
Lack of sun exposure is widely accepted as the primary cause of epidemic low vitamin D status worldwide. It may not only contribute to the development of...
In many individuals, vitamin D level can remain low despite abundant sun exposure, according to a report in the June issue of The Journal of Clinical...
While the self-monitoring of blood glucose levels for people with non¡Vinsulin-treated diabetes is often recommended, a new study presented and published last...
Not unlike a prizefighter battered and bruised, rosiglitazone (Avandia, GlaxoSmithKline) continued to take it on the chin this week, with a new analysis from A...
As the rosiglitazone (Avandia, GlaxoSmithKline [GSK]) controversy continues, some policy implications of the whole affair, focusing on reform of the FDA, have...
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