A recent study published in CJASN has investigated how 2011 changes to anemia care have impacted clinical outcomes among patients with kidney failure who are receiving hemodialysis. Anemia—a shortage of… read more.
Health screening and genetic tests might identify more than 1 million U.S. adults who carry a gene for familial hypercholesterolemia, a common genetic disorder that causes elevated low-density… read more.
Type 2 diabetes patients with cognitive impairment appear to be at increased risks of stroke, heart attack or death compared with non-diabetic patients. Researchers reported their findings on… read more.
Aspirin therapy, as opposed to statin use, for non-obstructive coronary artery disease does not reduce major cardiovascular events, according to a new study published in Radiology: Cardiothoracic Imaging. … read more.
Adjunctive dapagliflozin therapy appears to improve outcomes in heart failure patients without regard to frailty status at initiation of treatment. These findings appeared on April 26, 2022 in… read more.
It is estimated that about one in four adults worldwide has a liver condition that is a risk factor for heart disease, according to a new American Heart… read more.
Drinking coffee — particularly two to three cups a day — is not only associated with a lower risk of heart disease and dangerous heart rhythms but also… read more.
Canadian researchers report that troponin levels after cardiac surgery could be a significant marker for 30-day mortality risk. Their findings were published on March 2, 2022 in the… read more.
Heart transplantation can be a lifesaving operation for patients with end-stage heart failure. However, many patients experience organ transplant rejection, in which the immune system begins attacking the… read more.
Stroke can have many causes. An atherothrombotic stroke is caused by a clot that forms from plaques that build up within blood vessels in the brain. A new… read more.
A Scripps Research team developed a smartphone app that can calculate users’ genetic risk for coronary artery disease (CAD) — and found that users at high risk sought… read more.
Only 20 percent of patients being treated in the hospital for severe stroke received a palliative care consultation, and only 43 percent of patients who died in the… read more.
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