African Americans and Caucasians in the general population have a similar prevalence of coronary atherosclerosis, according to new study findings. Most...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday approved Guidant Corp.'s less-invasive treatment for clearing clogged carotid arteries, a leading cause of...
Particularly in boys, childhood asthma seems to be associated with high serum leptin levels. The finding, reported by Turkish researchers, "may partly explain"...
A long-acting form of Bayer's antihypertensive drug Adalat (nifedipine) prevents myocardial infarctions and strokes in angina patients and reduces the need for...
Cold weather snaps can trigger MIs, particularly in people with high blood pressure, researchers said on Monday. A 2-year study of 700 people admitted to...
Evidence continues to mount that HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors (statins) have significant blood pressure-lowering effects independent of their beneficial...
More than 98% of U.S. hospitals are now reporting quality-of-care data for treating myocardial infarction, heart failure and pneumonia, the Centers for...
In the first head-to-head study comparing drug-eluting stents to balloon angioplasty for treatment of in-stent restenosis, two drug- eluting stents were...
The angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor perindopril (Servier) may impede progression of atherosclerosis by making the endothelium more resistant to...
Treatment with subcutaneous insulin lispro is a safe and effective treatment for uncomplicated diabetic ketoacidosis, new research suggests. Because this...
Forearm blood flow, measured by near-infrared spectroscopy, is reduced in children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes who have no other clinical signs of...
The antioxidant N-acetylcysteine is more effective than the dopamine- 1 receptor agonist fenoldopam mesylate in protecting patients against contrast...
The amount of increase in plasma creatinine kinase MB (CK-MB) and other biomarkers of heart damage after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) correlates with...
Up to 15% of patients with unexplained syncope have significant asymptomatic arrhythmias, according to a report in the August issue of the American Heart...
Low chromium levels as measured in toenail clippings are associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) for patients with diabetes,...
Too many questions remain unanswered regarding the long-term effects of low carbohydrate diets for clinicians to recommend them to their patients, according to...
Findings from a new study show that metabolic syndrome is not limited to obese individuals and, in fact, it is relatively common among individuals of normal...
The cytoplasmic protein A20, which is required to keep inflammatory responses in check, also controls the innate immune response through more than one...
People who drink alcohol frequently in middle age are twice as likely as less regular drinkers to develop mild cognitive impairment in later life, a report in...
Intravenous tissue plasminogen activator (t-PA) is beneficial for the acute management of ischemic stroke, according to a reevaluation of the National...
Study Highlights The original randomized, placebo-controlled study analyzed data in two parts. The reanalysis panel treated the two studies as a single, large...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved an implantable metal rod for children with thoracic insufficiency syndrome, desloratadine for...
Mild to moderate atheromatous disease in the ascending aorta is associated with an increased risk of ischemic brain infarcts after cardiac surgery, according...
Patients at high risk for cardiovascular events are often not prescribed aspirin for secondary prevention after acute myocardial infarction (AMI). Furthermore...
Left ventricular volumes improve after successful percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) even in the absence of changes in left ventricular ejection...
The results of a study published in the September 1st issue of the American Journal of Medicine suggest that low levels of circulating insulin-like growth...
Even after being treated with the most advanced interventions to treat ischemic heart disease, those with a "type D personality," or "distressed personality,"...
Mild to moderate atheromatous disease in the ascending aorta is associated with an increased risk of ischemic brain infarcts after cardiac surgery, according...
About 58% of diabetes patients given an experimental transplant of pancreatic cells are able to live without insulin injections a year later, Canadian and U.S....
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