Even among older adults, a healthy lifestyle, one that includes physical activity, healthy dietary habits, smoking cessation, and light or moderate alcohol...
Having 5 or more children might put a woman at risk for shortened survival if she later needs a heart transplant, according to new research presented here at...
More evidence that a coordinated regional approach to the treatment of STEMI patients, with prehospital triage and cath-lab activation, leads to a consistent...
Older people are less likely to receive high-quality stroke care compared with younger patients, researchers warn. And this is despite evidence suggesting that...
A new analysis from the Rotterdam Scan Study shows that cerebral microbleeds on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) are more prevalent in elderly subjects who use...
Results of a randomized trial show no overall benefit from treatment with acetaminophen (paracetamol) in improving outcomes after an acute stroke. The...
A year of treatment with valsartan (Diovan, Novartis) in patients initially in sinus rhythm after at least one prior episode of atrial fibrillation (AF) failed...
One of the first studies to examine eating patterns of multiple ethnic groups has shown that nutritional advice--in this case accordance with the Dietary...
Myocardial scintigraphy, a simple nuclear imaging test that evaluates the integrity of the sympathetic nerves supplying the heart, can identify which...
Diabetic patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) are at a significantly greater risk of adverse clinical outcomes than those without AF, a new analysis has...
Adult patients with asthma who are receiving statin therapy for other comorbidities have a 33% lower risk for hospitalization or emergency-department visits...
Evidence is mounting that metabolic and neurological diseases share common risk factors. According to several reports in the March issue of the Archives of...
Evidence for health benefits from eating more servings of oily fish is not conclusive--especially for primary prevention of coronary events--and must be...
Bioabsorbable stents have been billed as a "now-you see-it-now-you-don't" solution to problems like stent thrombosis and delayed vessel healing: two-year...
A phase 2 study of the novel antiplatelet drug SCH 530348 (Schering-Plough), suggesting it may be able to reduce ischemic events without increasing bleeding in...
A new analysis from the Familial Intracranial Aneurysm (FIA) Study suggests that small unruptured aneurysms in patients with a family history are more likely...
Vascular risk-factor burden is associated with a substantially increased risk for poor memory performance in individuals with coronary artery disease (CAD). ...
Minimally invasive endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysm can be safely performed with low reintervention rates, comparable to open surgical repair,...
A model derived from a trial treating psoriatic arthritis has proven predictive of success in a broader psoriasis trial that did not measure arthritis. The...
In 2002 the National Kidney Foundation Kidney Disease Outcomes Quality Initiative (KDOQI) Work Group defined chronic kidney disease (CKD) as the 3-month...
Results from the Avoiding Cardiovascular Events in Combination Therapy in Patients Living with Systolic Hypertension (ACCOMPLISH) trial, a large morbidity and...
An assay aimed at myocardial intercellular adhesion proteins appeared to be highly accurate in identifying cases of arrhythmogenic right ventricular...
If African Americans don't fare as well after an acute MI as whites do, as a lot of evidence shows, it's not so much because of any differences in how they are...
More evidence published this week suggests that the concomitant use of clopidogrel (Plavix, Bristol-Myers Squibb/Sanofi-Aventis) and proton-pump inhibitors...
One of the largest studies to date to assess the safety and efficacy of cholesterol-lowering drugs in HIV-infected people shows that statins and fibrates...
A possible new pathway in the development of heart failure has been suggested, by the observation that plasma levels of the novel protein resistin are raised...
Contrary to prevailing opinion, new research indicates it is not depression that raises blood pressure but the drugs used to treat depression ¡X a finding...
Even low to moderate alcohol consumption significantly increases the risk for cancer, both overall and at specific sites, according to results from the Million...
The risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE) associated with air travel is low, a new review on medical issues associated with commercial flights concludes [1]. ...
Background: There is uncertainty about the benefit of a higher loading dose (LD) of clopidogrel in patients with non-ST elevation acute coronary syndrome...
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