Walking as good as running in heart conditions
American Heart Association Rapid Access Journal Report. Walking briskly can lower your risk of high blood pressure, high cholesterol and diabetes as much as running can, according to… read more.
American Heart Association Rapid Access Journal Report. Walking briskly can lower your risk of high blood pressure, high cholesterol and diabetes as much as running can, according to… read more.
A telemedicine program in under-served urban areas and usual care helped patients improve control of hypertension equally well, researchers reported here.
An infusion of glucose, insulin, and potassium (GIK) to patients on the way to the hospital for acute coronary syndromes won’t stop a myocardial infarction (MI) but may… read more.
Individuals who ingest the highest amounts of soy protein in a day appear to see a significant lowering of their systolic blood pressure, researchers reported here.
Results from a landmark study of specially formulated niacin in 25,673 high-risk patients appears to have extinguished any clinical role for niacin to reduce the risk of cardiovascular… read more.
Patients in the cangrelor group had a significantly lower rate of the composite of all-cause death, myocardial infarction (MI), ischemia-driven revascularization, and stent thrombosis at 48 hours compared… read more.
The use of the direct renin inhibitor aliskiren failed to improve outcomes for patients with stable heart failure at 6 months or at 12 months, researchers reported here… read more.
Recent guidelines suggest that NSTEMI patients with elevated troponin levels are recommended for early invasive treatment, but a substantial proportion are still managed without an early invasive procedure.
Atrial fibrillation feels worse for women, although men are more likely to die from the arrhythmia, a sub-analysis of the ORBIT AF registry showed.
Extra-extended dual antiplatelet therapy after placement of a drug-eluting stent won’t improve outcomes, Korean researchers affirmed in the DES-LATE trial.
Researchers suggest a different method of assessing risk after examining data on 1.3 million Americans. In what promises to be an eye-opener for many doctors and patients who… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester – In a study published in PLOS Medicine on January 29, 2013, researchers reported that an increasing risk of future cardiovascular disease and of premature… read more.
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