The beleaguered Guidant Corporation (Indianapolis, Indiana) has been on the defensive for months now, after reports of potentially serious malfunctions in some...
Elevated serum levels of inflammatory proteins -- lipoprotein- associated phospholipase A2 (Lp-PLA2) and C-reactive protein (CRP) -- are associated with an...
Intensive lipid lowering can not only lower the risk of heart disease, but also the risk of stroke, researchers reported here at the American Heart Association...
In patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI), high circulating gelatinase activity predicts left ventricular remodeling, Japanese cardiologists report....
Survival after first hospitalizations for heart failure is apparently better for South Asians than for white patients, according to a UK study reported in the...
Increasing the drop in insulin secretion associated with the development of hypoglycemia leads to an increased glucagon response, researchers report in...
Treatment with the growth hormone (GH) receptor antagonist pegvisomant in concert with somatostatin analogues appears to be effective in selected patients with...
Results of a population-based study of older adults suggest that subclinical hypothyroidism increases the risk of congestive heart failure but not the risk of...
Episodes of hypoglycemic seizure or coma at a young age in children with type 1 diabetes (T1DM) do not result in broad cognitive or behavioral impairment,...
Approximately one third of ischemic stroke patients arriving at the hospital in time to be treated with tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) do not receive the...
Among treated hypertensive patients, true resistant hypertension carries a higher risk of cardiovascular events than responder, masked, or false resistant...
Little-known heart therapy helps squeeze out chest pain Doctors can't say why it works, but some patients swear by the results. Robyn Shelton | Sentinel...
Initiating statin therapy soon after an acute coronary syndrome (ACS) improves both endothelium-dependent and independent vascular reactivity after 4 months,...
Americans' odds of surviving an acute MI seem to partially depend on which state they live in, according to researchers. Their study of hospital data from 11...
The investigational agent dronedarone shows efficacy in maintaining normal sinus rhythm in atrial fibrillation or flutter (AF) and has a better safety profile...
Dronedarone Efficacious for Control of Atrial Fibrillation, Safer Than AmiodaroneWhile several studies have demonstrated poorer cognitive function in older...
Moxifloxacin and levofloxacin are equally likely to cause cardiac rhythm disturbances in elderly patients hospitalized with community- acquired pneumonia...
New research supports the idea that that blunt trauma is a non- atherosclerotic mechanism that can lead to acute myocardial infarction (AMI). "A direct trauma...
Ultrafiltration with a recently approved device is a well-tolerated and effective method for achieving fluid removal in patients with decompensated heart...
Researchers from Italy report that blunted erythropoietin production and defective iron supply for erythropoiesis are "major causes" of anemia in patients with...
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Recombinant factor VIIa (rFVIIa) may offer hope for at least one in eight patients presenting with intracerebral hemorrhage. "The development of a potentially...
A UK study shows that while diabetes has an impact on pregnancy, outcomes are significantly worse in women from the Indian subcontinent with pre-existing...
Patients with chronic heart failure (CHF) who adhere to their medications are less likely to die than those who do not, researchers report in the December 7th...
People with sleep apnea are at a higher risk of having a stroke than those without the condition, Canadian and US researchers report in the December 1st issue...
HIV infection and its treatment does not appear to increase the risk of hypertension, according to a report by Spanish researchers in the November issue of the...
Intensive, home-based psychotherapy can significantly reduce diabetes-related stress in adolescents with type 1 diabetes, according to a report in the December...
Treatment with systemic imatinib does not reduce the risk of recurrence in patients with in-stent restenosis (ISR), German investigators report in the December...
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