AHA 2015: Women need more awareness of cardiovascular disease risks
by Bruce Sylvester: While heart disease and stroke are the greatest killers of women in the U.S., most women there claim to have no personal connection to cardiovascular… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester: While heart disease and stroke are the greatest killers of women in the U.S., most women there claim to have no personal connection to cardiovascular… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester: Thrombus aspiration preceding percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) failed to improve one-year clinical outcomes in patients with non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI), researchers from the TATORT-NSTEMI trial… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester: Transcatheter atrial septal defect (ASD) closure patients treated with clopidogrel and aspirin instead of aspirin alone have achieved a lower monthly frequency of migraine attacks,… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester: When compared to 30 minutes of low-intensity exercise, short-bursts of high-intensity exercise significantly improve cardiometabolic and fitness measures in persons with newly diagnosed Type 2… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester: Among patients with peripheral artery disease and intermittent claudication, treatment with endovascular revascularization followed by supervised exercise led to greater improvement in walking distances and… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester: Blood pressure drug dosing at bedtime instead of in the morning not only lowers blood pressure during sleep but significantly reduces the risk of type… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester: Botox injection into fat surrounding the heart helps prevent atrial fibrillation after bypass surgery, researchers reported on Oct. 20, 2015 in Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology.
by Bruce Sylvester: Men who have had a heart attack and then receive androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) for prostate cancer are at an increased risk of subsequent fatal… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester: Hypertensive patients have achieved a modest but therapeutic and durable response to acupuncture treatment, researchers from the Susan Samueli Center for Integrative Medicine at the… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester: Persons who work over 55 hours per week have a 33% increased risk of stroke and a 13% increased risk of developing coronary heart disease… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester: Persons with type 1 diabetes and who use an insulin pump have achieved half the mortality risk from cardiovascular disease compared to take those multiple… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester: A retrospective analysis of data on more than 83,000 US veterans showed that men whose low testosterone was restored to normal achieved a reduced risk… read more.