A variety of secondary prevention programs can improve the health outcomes of patients with coronary artery disease (CAD), even ones lacking an exercise...
Oral rapamycin prevents restenosis of coronary artery lesions treated with bare stents, according to a report in the November issue of Heart. Rapamycin eluting...
Initial emergency department blood pressure (BP) predicts survival after acute ischemic stroke, according to researchers at the Mayo Clinic. Dr. Latha G. Stead...
Although diabetes is a major factor in the development of chronic kidney disease (CKD), in pre-diabetics, coexisting vascular risk factors account for much of...
Lipid testing appears to be significantly underused in patients hospitalized because of myocardial infarction, according to Canadian investigators. "We found...
Treatment with the fibric acid derivative bezafibrate, which influences primary lipid metabolism, reduces the incidence and delays the onset of type 2 diabetes...
Testing positive for heparin/platelet factor 4 (HPF 4) is an independent predictor of complications associated with cardiac surgery, with or without...
Oral rapamycin prevents restenosis of coronary artery lesions treated with bare stents, according to a report in the November issue of Heart. Rapamycin eluting...
A variety of secondary prevention programs can improve the health outcomes of patients with coronary artery disease (CAD), even ones lacking an exercise...
Reconstitution of the sonic hedgehog (Shh) embryonic signaling pathway -- a crucial regulator of organ development during embryogenesis -- holds "considerable...
In diabetic patients with multivessel coronary artery disease (CAD), use of a sirolimus-eluting stent (SES) rather than a bare-metal stent cuts the risk of...
Metal allergy does not appear to affect the risk of in-stent restenosis (ISR) after initial stent placement, but it may make recurrence of ISR more likely,...
Colorectal cancer occurs in people with diabetes significantly more frequently than in healthy people, according to investigators who presented their findings...
A new pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic study has established weight-based dosing recommendations for sotalol in newborns, infants and children with...
Long-term use of L-thyroxin, used as a surrogate indicator of hypothyroidism, may reduce the risk of colorectal cancer perhaps by as much as 50%, according to...
Treatment with the fibric acid derivative bezafibrate, which influences primary lipid metabolism, reduces the incidence and delays the onset of type 2 diabetes...
Initial emergency department blood pressure (BP) predicts survival after acute ischemic stroke, according to researchers at the Mayo Clinic. Dr. Latha G. Stead...
The Babinski sign is not a reliable tool for identifying upper motor neuron weakness and should not be part of the routine neurologic examination, say two...
Thermal stimulation comprised of alternating application of heat and cold to the paretic hand and wrist enhances the recovery of sensory and motor functions in...
Exercise training markedly lowers plasma C-reactive protein (CRP) levels in healthy sedentary adults with high levels of this inflammatory marker. "The...
Congestive heart failure (CHF) and low wall motion index, a marker of left ventricular systolic dysfunction, identify a "relevant proportion" of myocardial...
Sonography of the Achilles tendon can identify xanthomas and thus differentiate familial hypercholesterolemia from other type of dyslipidemia, Spanish...
The oral endothelin antagonist bosentan has beneficial short- and mid-term effects on the clinical, exercise, and hemodynamic status of patients with pulmonary...
The long-lasting weight loss achieved with laparoscopic gastric banding can help in the prevention and remission of type 2 diabetes in morbidly obese patients,...
Diffuse islet neoplasia appears to be the primary mechanism underlying the hyperinsulinemia accompanied by extremely low blood glucose levels that occasionally...
I was looking at heart anatomy and found there are no valves for vena cava draining into right atrium and also no valve for pulmonary vein draining into lt...
Congestive heart failure (CHF) and low wall motion index, a marker of left ventricular systolic dysfunction, identify a "relevant proportion" of myocardial...
Sudden increases in exertion activate markers of hemostasis in patients with coronary artery disease, according to a report in the November issue of Heart. ...
The presence of high serum levels of the phosphorylated axonal form of the neurofilament subunit NF-H is an indicator of neuronal damage and degeneration,...
An increase in the 24-hour pulse pressure in patients who have undergone a first stroke indicates an increased risk of experiencing another within a year,...
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