New collaborative research from the University of Sydney and the Montreal Heart Institute has shown that using a fan in hot and humid weather reduces cardiac strain in older people, contradicting recommendations from the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention in the US…
Cardiac amyloidosis is a rare condition defined by the abnormal production of proteins that bind together to form amyloid proteins. These amyloids can gather in different organs throughout the body, including the heart, liver and kidneys. When amyloids form in the heart, the condition is referred to as cardiac amyloidosis…
With tens of millions of euros in the offing, researchers across the European Union have eagerly taken up the gauntlet to find novel interventions for difficult-to-treat mental health and pain conditions. Their target is psychedelics, including classic compounds like psilocybin and atypical ones like ketamine and MDMA…
After a heart attack, aging adults face double or triple the risk of life-threatening complications—like a debilitating stroke or another heart attack—when they move forward with elective noncardiac surgeries too soon, according to new University of Rochester research published in JAMA Surgery…
MedPage Today) — For percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) on de novo lesions, the DynamX bioadaptor not only matched drug-eluting stents (DES) in early performance but seemed to keep stent-related events from accruing after 6 months, according…
SAN DIEGO — A strategy to improve the management of hospitalized patients with acute kidney injury (AKI) through rapid personalized recommendations made by a dedicated kidney action team facilitates testing and other measures, but ultimately falls short in improving clinical outcomes, a randomized, multicenter study shows…
The incidence of atrial fibrillation (AF) is on the rise, and recent joint guidelines from the American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association (ACC/AHA) stress the role of primary care clinicians in prevention and management. One in three White and one in five Black Americans will develop AF in their lifetime…
Inside the rookie shooter’s quest to play in the NBA, recover from a cardiac arrest, and manage the burden and blessing of sharing the court with you-know-who…
There are no significant differences in all-cause or cardiovascular mortality with the prescription of dialysate calcium 1.50 versus 1.25 mmol/L for patients undergoing hemodialysis, according to a study published online Oct. 4 in the Clinical Kidney Journal. Karlien J. ter Meulen, from Maastricht University Medical Centre in the Netherlands, and colleagues investigated the association between
Graphical abstract Geometric means (95 % confidence intervals) of (A) high-sensitivity cardiac troponin I (hs-cTnI, ng/L), a marker of cardiac injury, and (B) N-terminal pro-b-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP, pg/mL), a marker of cardiac strain, according to vitamin D3 supplementation assignment at baseline (Bl) and after 3-month, 12-month, and 24-month periods. Credit: American Journal of Preventive