Oct 10, 2019

THURSDAY, Oct. 10, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- The number of Americans sickened with a severe lung injury tied to vaping just keeps rising, U.S. health officials said Thursday. "As of Oct. 8, 2019, 1,29...

Oct 10, 2019

THURSDAY, Oct. 11, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- The odds of developing autism spectrum disorder (AuSD) are increased for children with congenital heart disease (CHD), according to a study published online...

Oct 10, 2019

THURSDAY, Oct. 9, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Paclitaxel drug-eluting devices used for endovascular revascularization (EVR) of peripheral vessels do not appear to be associated with increased mortality o...

Oct 10, 2019

THURSDAY, Oct. 10, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- There is a dose-dependent relationship between diagnosis of osteoporosis and statin treatment, according to a study published online Sept. 26 in Annals of t...

Oct 08, 2019

TUESDAY, Oct. 8, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Dog ownership is associated with better outcomes after a major cardiovascular event as well as a reduced risk for all-cause mortality, according to a cohort s...

Oct 07, 2019

MONDAY, Oct. 7, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- A patient-centered behavioral economics intervention only yields short-term benefits for blood pressure (BP) control in a highly disadvantaged population, acco...

Oct 04, 2019

FRIDAY, Oct. 4, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Five-year rates of a composite outcome of death, stroke, and myocardial infarction are similar for patients with left main coronary artery disease following ei...

Oct 03, 2019

THURSDAY, Oct. 3, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- A novel machine learning-derived risk score can predict the risk for heart failure among outpatients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), according to a stu...

Oct 03, 2019

THURSDAY, Oct. 3, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Moderate therapeutic hypothermia for 24 hours is associated with improvement in favorable neurologic outcome at 90 days among patients with persistent coma w...

Oct 02, 2019

WEDNESDAY, Oct. 2, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- A smartphone-operated one-lead electrocardiography (1L-ECG) device with an integral algorithm can diagnose atrial fibrillation (AF) and atrial flutter (AFL)...

Oct 02, 2019

WEDNESDAY, Oct. 2, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Interactive interventions to improve medication adherence do not improve blood pressure (BP) control, according to a study recently published in the Journal...

Oct 01, 2019

TUESDAY, Oct. 1, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Medical devices that can connect to the internet might be at risk for hacking, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration warned Tuesday. This warning concerns se...

Oct 01, 2019

TUESDAY, Oct. 1, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Uptitration of drugs for chronic systolic heart failure stops farther away from the recommended dosage for drugs with higher versus lower recommended dosages,...

Sep 30, 2019

MONDAY, Sept. 30, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Childhood secondhand smoke exposure predicts an increased risk for adulthood atrial fibrillation (AF) after adjusting for other risk factors, according to a ...

Sep 30, 2019

MONDAY, Sept. 30, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Multiple mental illnesses are associated with an increased risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD) outcomes in veterans, with psychosis having the largest effe...

Sep 30, 2019

MONDAY, Sept. 30, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Heart disease is associated with an increased risk for hospital admission for allopurinol-associated severe cutaneous adverse reactions, according to a study...

Sep 30, 2019

MONDAY, Sept. 30, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Real-world evidence shows that rivaroxaban reduces the risk for recurrent venous thromboembolism (VTE) in morbidly obese patients, with similar safety and ef...

Sep 27, 2019

FRIDAY, Sept. 27, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Ticagrelor alone results in less bleeding than ticagrelor plus aspirin among high-risk patients who have undergone percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) a...

Sep 27, 2019

FRIDAY, Sept. 27, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- One in eight U.S. adults report using electronic cigarettes regularly, according to the American Society of Clinical Oncology's 2019 Cancer Opinions Survey. ...

Sep 27, 2019

FRIDAY, Sept. 27, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Products containing the marijuana chemical tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) appear to be a main driver behind the hundreds of U.S. cases of serious respiratory ill...