ACC 2013 Report – Telemedicine helps BP
A telemedicine program in under-served urban areas and usual care helped patients improve control of hypertension equally well, researchers reported here.
A telemedicine program in under-served urban areas and usual care helped patients improve control of hypertension equally well, researchers reported here.
Results from a landmark study of specially formulated niacin in 25,673 high-risk patients appears to have extinguished any clinical role for niacin to reduce the risk of cardiovascular… read more.
Patients in the cangrelor group had a significantly lower rate of the composite of all-cause death, myocardial infarction (MI), ischemia-driven revascularization, and stent thrombosis at 48 hours compared… read more.
The use of the direct renin inhibitor aliskiren failed to improve outcomes for patients with stable heart failure at 6 months or at 12 months, researchers reported here… read more.
Supplement helped control blood-sugar levels in obese youths. Childhood and adolescent obesity rates have increased dramatically in the past three decades. Being obese puts individuals at greater risk… read more.
Adolescent type 1 diabetes patients face greater risk for heart attacks, strokes, blindness and kidney failure later in life if their transition from paediatric to adult care is… read more.
By Bruce Sylvester – Even with good clinical management of type 2 diabetes, the risk of premature death increases significantly with the onset of kidney disease, researchers reported… read more.
Researchers have found that macrophages that play a key role in the immune response – also help to both produce and eliminate the body’s red blood cells (RBCs)…. read more.
Understanding the molecular underpinnings of an ancient Chinese therapy’s success could increase its acceptance by mainstream medicine. While acupuncture is used widely to treat chronic stress, the mechanism… read more.
Understanding the molecular underpinnings of an ancient Chinese therapy’s success could increase its acceptance by mainstream medicine. While acupuncture is used widely to treat chronic stress, the mechanism… read more.
Taken from the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) – by Bruce Sylvester – Patients experiencing intermittent claudication, pain in the calf while walking, who were treated… read more.
People who suffer from insomnia appear to have an increased risk of developing heart failure, according to the largest study to investigate the link. The study followed 54,279… read more.
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