Serum levels of complement factors C3 and C4 were predictors of stroke risk over two years in a cohort of men referred for coronary angiography, with C4...
The risk of dying remains high after discharge in patients treated for acute dissection of the descending aorta, but it's far worse when the resulting false...
New research shows that using echocardiography to screen schoolchildren for rheumatic heart disease in developing countries yields 10 times more cases than are...
A new observational study shows that venous thromboembolism (VTE) in hospitalized patients and in outpatients is inextricably linked, and that efforts are...
Statins used in patients with extremely low LDL cholesterol levels are safe and may lead to improved survival, according to the results of a new study [1]....
More than ten years after they were first published, the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) and the American Heart Association (AHA) have updated their...
Many patients with type 2 diabetes have hypothalamic-pituitary- adrenal (HPA) hyperactivity and declarative memory deficits, researchers report. Dr. Antonio...
A new study shows that among individuals with the same body mass index (BMI), men with lower cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) levels had almost twice as much...
A 3-year follow-up of patients randomized to early vs delayed treatment with interferon beta-1b (Betaseron, Bayer HealthCare) in the Betaseron in Newly...
New onset diabetes in patients with chronic heart failure is more likely to develop with metoprolol than with carvedilol, according to findings published in...
The largest ever study to look at the effects of lowering BP in those aged 80 and over--the Hypertension in the Very Elderly Trial (HYVET)-- has been halted...
Statin therapy is safe and effective for children with heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (HeFH), according to findings published in the August issue...
Intensive atorvastatin therapy is associated with regression of carotid atherosclerotic disease and reduction of C-reactive protein (CRP) levels, according to...
The man who chaired the recent FDA advisory panel hearing on rosiglitazone summarizes the sorry saga as follows: "A new 'wonder drug,' approved prematurely and...
When Dr Steven Nissen and Kathy Wolski (Cleveland Clinic, OH) published their 42-trial meta-analysis in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) examining...
Results of the Birmingham Atrial Fibrillation Treatment of the Aged (BAFTA) trial show that among patients over age 75 years with atrial fibrillation (AF),...
Osteocalcin, a protein produced by bone cells, influences beta-cell proliferation, insulin secretion, and insulin sensitivity in mice, according to a report in...
Comparison of two prognostic models shows that one appears to be particularly effective in predicting short-term mortality in patients with acute pulmonary...
The FDA is warning physicians and consumers to steer clear of several "cholesterol-lowering" supplements that may illegally contain lovastatin [1]. FDA testing...
Disappointing results of the Stroke Acute Ischemic NXY-059 Trial (SAINT II), a randomized study of the investigational neuroprotectant NXY-059 (Cerovive,...
The addition of clopidogrel (Plavix, Sanofi Aventis) to aspirin therapy may increase the risk of cardiovascular death in patients with multiple CV risk factors...
Standard scanning parameters for cardiac-gated multislice computed tomography (MSCT) angiography need to be optimized before the imaging test is widely used in...
Chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is associated with glucose intolerance and, despite that, a favorable lipid pattern, according to findings published...
The results of a study published in the July issue of the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry suggest an association between non-affective psychotic disorders and...
Migraine headaches, particularly migraine with aura, have been associated with an increased risk for ischemic stroke. Research has suggested that younger...
New research suggests that women who have recent onset of migraine with visual aura have an almost 7-fold increased risk for ischemic stroke. Results from the...
Intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIg) therapy can markedly reduce severe symptoms associated with diabetic neuropathy, according to a case report by Japanese...
So-called aspirin resistance raises the risk of recurrent cardiovascular events almost four times in patients taking aspirin for secondary prevention, suggests...
In a study of type 1 diabetics, the highest glycosylated hemoglobin levels compared with the lowest levels were associated with more than double the mortality...
The incidence of schizophrenia in patients with type 1 diabetes is less than half that seen in people without diabetes, according to findings published in the...
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