27 Nov Happy Thanksgiving!
November is the time to be thankful, a time to remember and to embrace those who enrich our lives. Wishing you a harvest of blessings, good health, and good times. Happy Thanksgiving! ...
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20 Nov Landmark SCHEMIA Study Finds Interventions for Stable Heart Disease No Better Than Taking Drugs
Researchers at NYU Grossman School of Medicine and Stanford University say that recently released findings from the landmark International Study of Comparative Health Effectiveness with Medical and Invasive Approaches (ISCHEMIA) study reveal that there is no evidence of lower cardiac event rates in patients with...
20 Nov Lung Cancer Awareness Month
November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month. It is the most common cancer worldwide. Lung Cancer is the number one cancer killer of women and men in the United States. It takes more lives every year than colon, prostate, ovarian and breast cancers combined. Early detection leads...
12 Nov Kaiser Permanente Researchers Find Epidemic of Deaths Due to Heart Failure in U.S.
Kaiser Permanente researchers put the spotlight on age 65 and over baby boomers and find that deaths due to heart failure are increasing in the United States. Their findings were published in the October 29 issue of JAMA Cardiology. The researchers say that heart failure is...
06 Nov National Alzheimer’s Awareness Month
The month of November is known as Alzheimer’s Awareness Month. President Ronald Reagan made that designation in 1983 and it is something that is still recognized today. According to the Alzheimer’s Association, at that time there were less than two million people with the disease. Alzheimer’s...
31 Oct Better Education Needed for Patients with Cardiac Implantable Electronic Devices
A new study reveals the need for increased patient education on cardiac implantable electronic devices (CIED). Although patients today have real-time access to data, a new survey shows significant gaps in patient understanding of device use and the impact on their health. The study was presented last...
24 Oct Researchers Find New Defensive Mechanism Against Bacterial Wound Infections
Wound inflammation which results in impaired wound healing can have serious consequences for patients. According to researchers from Charité -- Universitätsmedizin Berlin (C-UB), a new defensive mechanism has been discovered to enable our skin to actively kill bacteria. Central to this mechanism is a cellular...
24 Oct Study Takes a Look at Contemporary Use of Hybrid Revascularization
Yesterday researchers noted that Hybrid revascularization, combining percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) and coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), for the treatment of multivessel coronary artery disease, is used infrequently. According to findings published in the American Heart Journal, a new analysis, reveals that while the risk-adjusted...
10 Oct Researchers See Worrying Decline in Medication Use After Cardiac Surgery
At the combined ESC Congress 2019 and World Congress at Cardiology, held in Paris, France, late breaking results, from data gleaned from analyzing the SWEDHEART registry, were presented in a Hot Line Session. The research findings reveal that preventive medications are high early after heart...
08 Oct Study Finds Risk of Heart Valve Infections Increase in Hospitals
Rutgers University (RU) researchers report that people with heart disease or defective or artificial heart valves are at increased risk of developing a potentially deadly valve infection. Research findings reveal that new risk factors for this medical condition have been identified and that an increasing number...