A comprehensive new study has found no evidence to support the conventional wisdom that electrocardiographic (ECG) abnormalities carry a lower risk of...
The long-term angiographic and clinical outcomes are similar for paclitaxel- and sirolimus-eluting stents, Dutch researchers report. Approximately 2 years of...
The findings from a study involving more than 14,000 patients suggest that the angiotensin receptor blocker (ARB) valsartan added to the angiotensin-converting...
Conjugated equine estrogen (CEE) appears to bear a slightly higher risk of ischemic stroke and MI compared with esterified estrogen (EE), results of a large,...
Among women who develop gestational diabetes mellitus, those who have had bariatric surgery do not have worse perinatal outcomes than women who have not...
Rare instances of recurrent hypoglycemic coma among adolescents may be induced by the patients who self-administer too much insulin, French investigators...
Thrombolysis during out-of-hospital cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) increases the rate of survival to hospital admission, according to a report in the...
A single oral dose of fluconazole 150 mg, a common treatment for vulvovaginal candidiasis, can raise prothrombin times to clinically relevant levels in women...
The long-term angiographic and clinical outcomes are similar for paclitaxel- and sirolimus-eluting stents, Dutch researchers report. Approximately 2 years of...
A comprehensive new study has found no evidence to support the conventional wisdom that electrocardiographic (ECG) abnormalities carry a lower risk of...
Oral contraceptives increase the risk of both migraines and non- migraine headaches among the women who take them, a large new population-based study shows. ...
Stem Cell Mobilization by Hyperbaric Oxygen Abstract http://209.157.64.201/focus/f-news/1549127/posts Skip to comments. Penn Study Finds Hyperbaric Oxygen...
The immediate and long-term outcome of enhanced external counterpulsation in treatment of chronic stable refractory angina. PH Loh, AA Louis, J Windram, AS...
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Beta-blockers may be more effective than other antihypertensive drugs in mitigating exercise-induced blood pressure rises in hypertensive men, according to a...
Suicide risk in alcoholics is reflected in a profile that does not include cholesterol level, according to a report in the March issue of Alcoholism: Clinical...
Patients with heart failure and inspiratory muscle weakness benefit considerably from the use of an inspiratory muscle-training device, Brazilian researchers...
In overweight, prediabetic women, intensive lifestyle intervention for diabetes prevention results in a lower risk of urinary incontinence compared with...
Intraabdominal fat is often measured to determine a person's risk of coronary heart disease and now, new research suggests that MRI measurement at the second...
Eating potatoes is associated with an increased risk for developing type 2 diabetes, according to the results of a prospective study reported in the February...
Syncope is a transient loss of consciousness and postural tone followed by spontaneous recovery without therapeutic intervention. It is a common clinical...
In January 2006, the ACC and AHA, in collaboration with the Heart Rhythm Society, released a joint scientific statement on the evaluation of syncope. The...
If the patient is reluctant to continue treatment or compliance is poor, the clinician may decide not to grant a written permit to drive. Restriction time...
As is apparent by the potential cardiac causes listed above, the causes of syncope are so varied ?and occasionally obscure ?that syncope can be an expensive...
Unrecognized subclinical hyperthyroidism and subclinical hypothyroidism are not associated with cardiovascular disease (CVD) or mortality in patients older...
Screening for subclinical thyroid dysfunction in the elderly is a controversial topic for which the evidence is mixed. A report by the USPSTF, authored by...
BAY 43-9006, an orally available investigational cytostatic agent known to inhibit various tyrosine kinases, may be a useful treatment for thyroid malignancies...
In overweight, prediabetic women, intensive lifestyle intervention for diabetes prevention results in a lower risk of urinary incontinence compared with...
A physical therapy technique that involves intense training of an arm impaired by stroke while restraining the contralateral limb improves use of the affected...