Men who are cured of testicular cancer may face two key health risks ¡X hypertension and obesity ¡X years after treatment, especially if they underwent...
Atorvastatin therapy does not appear to impressively lower the risk of myocardial infarction or stroke in type 2 diabetic patients with end-stage renal disease...
As many as 30% of patients treated with cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) do not respond to treatment. The authors of a recent study add further weight...
Five years of tamoxifen in postmenopausal women with early breast cancer appears to reduce mortality due to coronary heart disease by more than 30% compared...
In elderly women, there appears to be no association between body mass index and obesity, and incident myocardial infarction (MI), researchers report in the...
Identifying patients with metabolic syndrome is no better than using established risk models in predicting whether a person will develop type 2 diabetes or...
Even in the absence of overt heart disease, obesity appears to have an adverse effect on left ventricular (LV) structure and function, according to a report in...
Antibiotics targeting Chlamydia pneumoniae do not reduce cardiac events or mortality in patients with ischemic heart disease, according to a report in the...
Although patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) are at increased risk of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular events, their outcomes after heart...
Home blood pressure measurements are lower than daytime ambulatory blood pressure in children and adolescents, according to a report in the October issue of...
At-home self-monitoring of foot skin temperatures may be an effective way of preventing foot complications in patients at high risk for diabetes-related...
Unilateral deep brain stimulation produces long-lasting, bilateral improvements in bradykinesia, tremor, rigidity, and force control in patients with advanced...
Severe periventricular and subcortical white matter lesions, common in elderly persons and associated with stroke and dementia, are more prevalent in...
Obesity and low physical activity are strong, independent risk factors for endometrial cancer, according to a report in the November 3rd issue of the Journal...
Severe periventricular and subcortical white matter lesions, common in elderly persons and associated with stroke and dementia, are more prevalent in...
If you are looking to slash all your expenses by 75% then you found the right place! This is how the television show began. The company has a website at...
Polymorphisms in the factor VII (FVII) gene appear to influence the risk of hypertension, according to a report in the November issue of Hypertension. FVII has...
Abiomed Inc. said on Friday the 14th patient to receive its AbioCor artificial replacement heart has died of multiple organ failure after surviving 166 days on...
Deaths from cardiac valvular disease aggregate in families, hinting that unknown genetic factors may be involved, according to findings from a study reported...
Underweight patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) have elevated levels of plasma ghrelin, according to researchers. The level of plasma...
The presence of anasarca can conceal the electrocardiographic diagnosis of left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH), according to a report in the October issue of...
Women with diabetes who maintain strict glycemic control during pregnancy are able to deliver infants that do not differ in weight or body composition from...
The oral anti-diabetic thiazolidinediones (TZDs), such as rosiglitazone and pioglitazone could offer a valuable complement to conventional chemotherapy for...
Abiomed Inc. said on Friday the 14th patient to receive its AbioCor artificial replacement heart has died of multiple organ failure after surviving 166 days on...
Results of a survey suggest that a "surprisingly" large percentage of patients with myasthenia gravis experience significant levels of pain from their illness....
Mutations in the gene for PINK1, a protein kinase that seems to protect mitochondria from damage, appear to be a cause of autosomal recessive Parkinson's...
The Framingham Risk Estimation may not detect true risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) in women because it fails to take into account family history of...
Results of a randomized, crossover study in sedentary adults suggest that both concentric and eccentric muscle exercise have beneficial effects on lipid and...
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