Apr 01, 2019

MONDAY, April 1, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Higher body mass index (BMI), especially before age 50, is associated with increased pancreatic cancer mortality, according to a study presented at the annual...

Apr 01, 2019

MONDAY, April 1, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Liquid meal replacements in weight loss diets lead to modest reductions in cardiometabolic risk factors for overweight and obese patients with type 2 diabetes...

Mar 29, 2019

By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) - People who have risk factors for heart disease like diabetes, high blood pressure and obesity may also be more likely to develop struct...

Mar 29, 2019

By Manas Mishra (Reuters Health) - The most common triggers of atrial fibrillation - an irregular heart rhythm that's a leading cause of stroke - are avoidable behaviors l...

Mar 29, 2019

FRIDAY, March 29, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- A simple point-of-care urine test can rapidly detect preeclampsia, according to a study published in the February issue of EClinicalMedicine. Kara M. Rood, ...

Mar 29, 2019

FRIDAY, March 29, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- The incidence and point prevalence of visual problems in acute stroke survivors are very high, according to a study published online March 6 in PLOS ONE. Fi...

Mar 29, 2019

FRIDAY, March 29, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- From 2012 to 2017, the proportion of U.S. adults who perceived electronic-cigarettes to be as harmful as or more harmful than cigarettes increased, according...

Mar 28, 2019

By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) - Roughly one-fourth of U.S. adults who fit the criteria to be on cholesterol-lowering drugs don't take them, often because doctors don't...

Mar 11, 2019

  Feature Article: Gout & MI in Older Adults Recent research has identified novel risk factors for CAD, including characteristics associated with metabolic syndrome, such as obesity, ...

Mar 01, 2019

Myocardial infarction (MI) is the most common, acute manifestation of coronary artery disease (CAD) and about 790,000 Americans have an MI each year. Recent research has identified novel risk factors ...

Feb 25, 2019

  Feature Article: Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction in Overweight & Obese Women Obesity and overweight affect more than two-thirds of adult Americans, increasing their risk for heart...

Feb 25, 2019

To determine the association of depressive and PTSD symptoms with cardiac arrest survivors' long-term recovery perceptions—after accounting for cognitive status, functional independence, and medical...

Feb 07, 2019

        Here is what's featured in the January edition of our Cardiology Practice poster: Feature Article: American Heart Association Conference Highlights New res...

Feb 07, 2019

By Chris Cole Managing Editor   New research was presented at AHA 2018, the annual American Heart Association Scientific Sessions, from November 10-12 in Chicago. The features below highli...

Jan 28, 2019

Coronary artery bifurcation stenosis is a technically challenging lesion subset that interventional cardiologists encounter on a routine basis. The optimal approach to this high-risk lesion subset rem...

Jan 28, 2019

Transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) is a foundational tool in the diagnosis and management of numerous cardiac conditions. An aging population and increasing prevalence of cardiac disease have increa...

Jan 23, 2019

By Andy Skean Senior Editor   Getting the diagnosis right is among the most fundamental of patient expectations. However, according to a 2015 report by the Institute of Medicine (IOM), how...

Dec 29, 2018

Patients diagnosed with psoriasis are often overweight, diabetic, or have high blood pressure and are resistant to psoriatic treatment in the presences of these conditions. However, research confirmin...

Dec 27, 2018

Studies have demonstrated that, among patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), being overweight or obese appears to be protective against adverse cardiovascular outcomes and mortality, with underweigh...

Dec 19, 2018

Despite cutting edge technologies and preventive medical therapies, myocardial infarction (MI)-associated mortality remains a major concern. Overlooked among the management of MI patients are the 5%to...