Jul 17, 2019

WEDNESDAY, July 17, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Early electroencephalography (EEG) reliably predicts the outcome of comatose patients after cardiac arrest, according to a study recently published in the ...

Jul 17, 2019

WEDNESDAY, July 17, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Cholesterol levels that are too low may increase the risk for hemorrhagic stroke, according to a study published online July 2 in Neurology. Chaoran Ma, M...

Jul 17, 2019

WEDNESDAY, July 17, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Subclinical cardiovascular disease (CVD) appears to be an independent risk factor for falls in older adults, according to a study published online July 10 ...

Jul 17, 2019

WEDNESDAY, July 17, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Overall, 16.6 percent of patients with takotsubo syndrome (TTS) have malignancy, and long-term mortality is higher in patients with malignancy, according t...

Jul 16, 2019

TUESDAY, July 16, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Young adult exposures to elevated systolic and diastolic blood pressure (SBP and DBP) and low-density lipoprotein (LDL) are associated with increased risks f...

Jul 16, 2019

TUESDAY, July 16, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Among those receiving alirocumab in addition to statin therapy to reduce the risk for another cardiovascular event after a recent acute coronary syndrome, ab...

Jul 16, 2019

TUESDAY, July 16, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- State-mandated protocolized sepsis care is associated with a greater decrease in sepsis mortality compared with that seen in states not implementing sepsis r...

Jul 15, 2019

MONDAY, July 15, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- For individuals living in multistory houses (MH), residential exposure to air pollutants is associated with an increased risk for arterial hypertension (AH), ...

Jul 12, 2019

FRIDAY, July 12, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Prolonged television viewing, but not occupational sitting, is associated with an increased risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD) events and all-cause mortali...

Jul 11, 2019

THURSDAY, July 11, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- The cumulative effect of elevated systolic blood pressure appears to be associated with an increased risk for major valvular heart disease, according to a s...

Jul 11, 2019

THURSDAY, July 11, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- For patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), the prevalence of uncontrolled hypertension and diabetes is high and has not improved over time, according t...

Jul 10, 2019

A study of nearly 20,000 patients with type 2 diabetes and severe obesity found that bariatric surgery significantly lowered the risk of macrovascular events at 5 years. Clinicians should engage patie...

Jul 10, 2019

WEDNESDAY, July 10, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Children and young adult patients with congenital heart disease (CHD) have an increased risk for developing cancer, according to a study published online J...

Jul 08, 2019

MONDAY, July 8, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Certain nutritional supplements and dietary interventions may reduce the risk for some cardiovascular outcomes in adults; however, the overall effect of nutrit...

Jul 08, 2019

MONDAY, July 8, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- The prevalence of infective endocarditis (IE) is about 26 percent among patients with Enterococcus faecalis bacteremia, according to a study published in the J...

Jul 03, 2019

WEDNESDAY, July 3, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- For postmenopausal women with normal body mass index (BMI), higher percent trunk fat is associated with elevated cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk, while hi...

Jul 02, 2019

TUESDAY, July 2, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- A scientific statement with recommendations for follow-up care in patients with Fontan circulation surviving into adulthood was published online July 1 in Cir...

Jul 02, 2019

TUESDAY, July 2, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- There may be a dose-dependent relationship between statin therapy and new-onset diabetes across the duration of statin use, according to a study recently publ...

Jul 01, 2019

MONDAY, July 1, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Low vitamin D status and trajectory in early life are associated with increased risk of elevated systolic blood pressure (SBP) during childhood, according to a...

Jul 01, 2019

MONDAY, July 1, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Machine learning models of vessel features from coronary computed tomography (CT) angiography better discriminate patients with versus without subsequent death...