May 20, 2019

MONDAY, May 20, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Older adults have an increased risk for dementia after concussion, which is modestly reduced among patients using a statin, according to a study published onli...

May 17, 2019

FRIDAY, May 17, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery may be a better treatment option than percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for most patients with more than one...

May 14, 2019

By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) - People having surgery may be more likely to experience cardiovascular problems afterward when they have a common nighttime breathing di...

May 14, 2019

TUESDAY, May 14, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- For low- to moderate-risk patients, home-based cardiac rehabilitation (HBCR) may be a reasonable alternative to center-based cardiac rehabilitation (CBCR), ac...

May 13, 2019

By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) - Some heart attack survivors may benefit from supervised home-based cardiac rehabilitation programs when hospital-based rehab isn't an o...

May 13, 2019

By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) - For people without heart disease, taking a daily aspirin to prevent heart attacks and strokes may increase the risk of severe brain ble...

May 13, 2019

TEL AVIV (Reuters) - Israel's Zebra Medical Vision said on Monday it received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its artificial intelligence-based chest X-ray triag...

May 13, 2019

MONDAY, May 13, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- When pharmacies close, people with heart disease stop taking widely used heart medications, such as statins, beta-blockers, and oral anticoagulants, according ...

May 13, 2019

MONDAY, May 13, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Children and teens who drink low-calorie sweetened beverages (LCSB) do not save calories versus those who drink sugary drinks, according to a study published o...

May 09, 2019

THURSDAY, May 9, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Statin use may lower the risk for primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG), according to a study published online May 2 in JAMA Ophthalmology. Jae H. Kang, Sc.D., ...

May 08, 2019

By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) - High cholesterol is associated with an increased risk of developing glaucoma, but a new study suggests taking statins to lower choleste...

May 08, 2019

WEDNESDAY, May 8, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- For patients with symptomatic pulmonary embolism (PE), the frequency of recent ischemic stroke is higher in those with patent foramen ovale (PFO), according ...

May 08, 2019

WEDNESDAY, May 8, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- For morbidly obese patients with atrial fibrillation (AF), those undergoing preablation bariatric surgery have reduced rates of recurrence, according to a st...

May 07, 2019

By Linda Carroll (Reuters Health) - Drinking water that is contaminated with even moderate levels of arsenic may lead to harmful thickening of the heart's main chamber wal...

May 07, 2019

TUESDAY, May 7, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Plant-based diets are associated with a lower risk for heart failure (HF) in adults without known heart disease, according to a study published in the April 30...

May 07, 2019

TUESDAY, May 7, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- In young American Indians, arsenic exposure is associated with an increase in left ventricular (LV) hypertrophy, according to a study published in the May issu...

May 07, 2019

TUESDAY, May 7, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- The burden of heart failure-related cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality is increased among young and middle-aged blacks, according to a research letter publ...

May 06, 2019

MONDAY, May 6, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Higher cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) is associated with a lower risk for incident lung and colorectal cancer and with a lower risk for all-cause mortality amo...

May 06, 2019

MONDAY, May 6, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Recommendations have been developed for managing heart disease during pregnancy; the "Pregnancy and Heart Disease" practice bulletin was published in the May is...

May 06, 2019

MONDAY, May 6, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Vyndaqel (tafamidis meglumine) and Vyndamax (tafamidis) capsules have been approved to treat adults with cardiomyopathy caused by transthyretin mediated amyloid...