An elevated level of gamma-glutamyltransferase (GGT) is an independent risk factor for death from cardiovascular disease, according to a report in the October...
The presentation and natural history of chronic hepatitis C differs between patients with and without end-stage renal disease (ESRD), according to a report in...
Dietary guidelines for children have been updated by the American Heart Association (AHA) and published in the Sept. 27 issue of Circulation. "Since the AHA...
Clinical Context According to the current authors, recent research has shown an increase in overweight and obese children with an increase in risk factors for...
The various marketed formulations of the 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl co-enzyme A reductase inhibitors, or statins, have undoubtedly revolutionized the...
Practice guidelines[2,3] firmly advocate the implementation of global risk assessment, complemented by an equally broad treatment strategy aimed at the panoply...
Interpretation of the epidemiologic relationship between plasma triglyceride and cardiovascular disease is still hotly debated many years after the association...
Although landmark epidemiologic projects like the Framingham Heart Study established an independent role for triglyceride in promoting cardiovascular risk, and...
Guidant Corp., which is facing a government investigation over how it handled potentially dangerous defects in some its older implantable heart devices, on...
In view of the alarming statistic that an estimated one third of U.S. adults meet the criteria for obesity, physicians must jump on the fast-track to try to...
Treatment with rosiglitazone may improve myocardial glucose uptake in patients with coronary artery disease and type 2 diabetes, European researchers report in...
Unlike primary angioplasty, thrombolytic therapy increases the risk of cardiac rupture in patients 75 years of age or older with a first acute myocardial...
A significant number of young patients with steroid-sensitive nephrotic syndrome (SSNS) will experience relapses in adulthood, according to Swiss researchers. ...
Impaired insulin sensitivity independently predicts mortality in patients with otherwise stable chronic heart failure (CHF), according to a report in the...
Sirolimus-eluting stents are more effective than bare-metal stents in preventing restenosis after angioplasty in diabetic patients with de novo coronary...
In view of the alarming statistic that an estimated one third of U.S. adults meet the criteria for obesity, physicians must jump on the fast-track to try to...
Implementation of guidelines for acute MI care at several hospitals across southeastern Michigan was associated with a substantial drop in MI mortality among...
Data from the Framingham Offspring Study provide more evidence that increasing levels of homocysteine are associated with lower cognitive functioning in adults...
Intermittent pneumatic compression (IPC) significantly decreases the risk of asymptomatic deep vein thrombosis (DVT) in patients with acute intracerebral...
Patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) may also have gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), which may provoke myocardial ischemia, Polish researchers...
A polymorphism of the lipoprotein lipase (LPL) gene appears to be protective against target vessel revascularization after percutaneous coronary intervention...
Left ventricular hypertrophy promotes rather than prevents systolic dysfunction and heart failure in patients with isolated aortic stenosis, Finnish...
Impaired insulin sensitivity independently predicts mortality in patients with otherwise stable chronic heart failure (CHF), according to a report in the...
Thirty-six million lives could be saved globally by 2015 if mortality due to chronic diseases fell by an additional 2% annually, according to one of a series...
Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are at increased risk of death after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), according to...
The use of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) can be acceptably cost-effective, researchers report in the October 6th issue of the New England...
Patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) may also have gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), which may provoke myocardial ischemia, Polish researchers...
Left ventricular hypertrophy promotes rather than prevents systolic dysfunction and heart failure in patients with isolated aortic stenosis, Finnish...
Adiponectin levels correlate with insulin sensitivity in children and adolescents and are lower among African Americans, according to a report in the September...