NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Adherence to a healthy diet and lifestyle can reduce the lifetime risk of heart failure and the risk of incident hypertension, according to…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Although the rate of hysterectomy after cesarean delivery has declined over the past decade, the procedure remains an “uncommon, but not rare” complication…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Pitavastatin is equivalent to atorvastatin in its ability to reduce coronary plaque volume in patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS), Japanese researchers have…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – For patients with cerebral ischemia, treatment with tissue plasminogen activator (TPA) is known to confer substantial benefit when given within 3 hours of…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Intracoronary nicardipine before elective percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) does not reduce post-treatment cardiac enzyme leakage in low-risk patients, new research shows. Prior research…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – New research indicates that survival is similar for smokers and non-smokers who undergo liver transplantation. At least one large insurance company is denying…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – When patients with acute coronary syndromes receive non-drug-eluting, carbon-coated stents, the rate of binary angiographic restenosis rate at 6 months is low, according…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Findings from the Cardiovascular Health Study-Cognition Substudy suggest that angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors that cross the blood-brain barrier reduce the risk of incident…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The mortality risk associated with heart failure is increased in indigent patients with comorbid metabolic syndrome, new study findings indicate. “Metabolic syndrome is…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The radiation dose and, thus the cancer risk, during CT coronary calcification screening varies widely depending on the testing protocol used, according to…