NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In a pilot study of patients undergoing on-pump coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), adding clopidogrel to aspirin did not reduce overall graft occlusion,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Adults who are admitted to the hospital solely because of an acute bout of dizziness are three times more likely to suffer a…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Acute hyperglycemia, even without diabetes, raises the risk of contrast-induced nephropathy and death in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) undergoing percutaneous coronary…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The most effective way to prevent a first stroke is not well established – what works for the primary prevention of myocardial infarction…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Low-dose naproxen given close to the dosing of aspirin interferes with aspirin’s antiplatelet effects, according to a report in the November 23rd online…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Taking levothyroxine on an empty stomach at bedtime, instead of in the morning before breakfast, significantly improves thyroid hormone levels and many patients…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Skeletal surveys are often critical to the diagnosis of physical abuse in children, researchers report in the December 13th online issue of Pediatrics.…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The combination of aspirin and clopidogrel is no better than aspirin alone for preventing saphenous vein graft (SVG) intimal hyperplasia after coronary artery…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Accidental hypothermia is common after major trauma and more than triples the risk of death, researchers from Australia report in the November 12th…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Smoking does not affect outcomes after early clopidogrel use in patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS), according to findings published in the November…