World Health Matters – China: Most stroke patients have hypertension
by Gary Finnegan: Around three quarters of stoke patients in China have hypertension, according to data presented at the 26th Great Wall International Congress of Cardiology.
by Gary Finnegan: Around three quarters of stoke patients in China have hypertension, according to data presented at the 26th Great Wall International Congress of Cardiology.
by Gary Finnegan: Black women in Canada have substantially higher risk of preterm birth than white women, according to a new study which mirrors disparities previously reported in… read more.
by Gary Finnegan: Researchers in Denmark have found a small but significant increase in the risk of developing epilepsy among children who had hospital-diagnosed pertussis infections. While the… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester: Surgical resection is a safe and helpful treatment option for a broad range of patients with early-stage lung cancer, researchers reported online on Nov. 10,… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester: Diabetes-related amputations have declined significantly since the mid-1990s, researchers reported in November, 2015 in Diabetologia, the journal of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes.
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.