Results of a randomized open-label trial suggest that the use of minocycline 6 to 24 hours after an acute ischemic stroke is associated with significantly...
The US FDA has approved a new 300-mg tablet of clopidogrel (Plavix, Sanofi-aventis/Bristol-Myers Squibb) for use as a loading dose in acute coronary syndrome...
A new combination antihypertensive, amlodipine and olmesartan medoxomil (Azor, Daiichi Sankyo), has been approved by the US FDA for the second-line treatment...
Enhanced External Counterpulsation and Future Directions Step Beyond Medical Management for Patients With Angina and Heart Failure J Am Coll Cardiol,...
Diabetes is a predictor of poor outcome in patients who have hepatocellular carcinoma related to hepatitis C virus infection (HCV), Japanese investigators...
Low levels of education appear to independently increase dementia risk regardless of other potential contributors, including demographic, socioeconomic, and...
Mildly elevated levels of uric acid (UA) have been linked to a high volume of white-matter hyperintensities (WMH) in aging adults, a finding that confirms the...
Pregnant women with features of metabolic syndrome may be at increased risk of having a child with a neural tube defect, according to a population-based,...
Pre-emptive isolation appears to be an effective means of preventing (MRSA) cross-transmission in patients hospitalized with diabetic foot ulcers, according to...
A new prospective cohort study shows that negative aspects of a close relationship--such as not confiding and not getting emotional support--can increase the...
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is making available a database of genetic and clinical data from large population-based studies, starting with the...
A new report published this week hints at another possible therapeutic use for statins [1]. Investigators showed that the cholesterol-lowering drugs reduced...
New research has come up with a possible answer (and a potential solution) as to why blood transfusions are often not associated with the benefit expected and...
Physicians in Belgium are warning colleagues about a misdiagnosis they say may be relatively common, particularly among young patients, but easily prevented...
A syndrome that included exercise intolerance and a kind of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy was identified in several children in a family of Syrian descent, many...
People with serious mental illness lose 25 years of life expectancy as compared with the general population, and this loss is due primarily to an increased...
A high level of crowding in the emergency department (ED) was predictive of a higher rate of later cardiovascular complications in patients with potential ACS,...
Dutch researchers are hoping to publish a new risk calculator for pregnancy in women with congenital heart disease, listing already known and newly identified...
Canadian surgeons have performed the first prospective, double- blind, randomized controlled trial comparing use of a novel cell- saver device with cardiotomy...
The FDA has approved a test that can help predict a person's likelihood of developing ischemic stroke. The assay, called the F5/F2/MTHFR Nucleic Acid Test...
More than one mutation can cause the mitochondrial disease that results in deafness and diabetes, according to a British research team reporting in the...
Measuring waist circumference (WC) and triglyceride levels may identify patients at risk for CV disease who would otherwise be misclassified, says Dr...
Kidney impairment raises levels of N-terminal pro¡VB-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP), a finding that may mean that the tests for this neurohormone lose...
Pregnancy-related deaths are usually the result of peripartum cardiomyopathy, preeclampsia, HELLP syndrome, fatty liver of pregnancy, and amniotic fluid...
Two newly identified genes, ARTS1 and IL23R, may be associated with 4 major autoimmune disorders, according to the results of a study published online October...
¡§The much-needed alternative to drug-eluting stents may not be the next-generation drug-eluting stents.¡¨ Such was the message conveyed here yesterday at...
In a classic example of too little, too late, results of the EUROSTAR II trial show that the now-defunct paclitaxel-eluting CoStar stent is significantly...
Selective use of transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) appeared to be as effective at preventing embolic events as routine use in a cross-Canada study looking...
The codevelopers of prasugrel (Daiichi Sankyo, Eli Lilly), the antiplatelet agent on an investigational trajectory to compete with clopidogrel (Plavix,...
A new study suggests diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) may help to differentiate between patients who will have a good vs a poor outcome among those who remain...
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