Credit: AI-generated image Flinders Health and Medical Research Institute researchers, along with colleagues in the UK and U.S., have linked brighter night-time light exposure to elevated risks of five major cardiovascular diseases. Circadian rhythms govern fluctuations in blood pressure, heart rate, platelet activation, hormone secretion, and glucose metabolism. Long-term disruption of those rhythms in animal
TOPLINE: In a US study of patients without cardiac arrest who required prehospital intubation, rapid sequence intubation (RSI), involving the use of a sedative and paralytic, was associated with increased odds of first-pass success compared with intubation without medication. METHODOLOGY: Researchers performed a retrospective observational analysis using the 2022 Emergency Services Organization Data Collaborative dataset
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An approach to treating childhood depression, developed by researchers at WashU Medicine, involves therapists coaching caregivers in helping to build a nurturing and supportive environment for the child. This specialized therapy leads to long-term remission and other benefits, according to a new study. Credit: Sara Moser/WashU Medicine Depression affects 1–2% of children younger than 13
TOPLINE: The STOP-or-NOT study of patients undergoing major noncardiac surgery found no difference in the postoperative risk for death or major complications in those who continued or discontinued treatment with renin-angiotensin system inhibitors (RASi) prior to the procedure. A new post hoc analysis of the randomized controlled trial found stratification of preoperative cardiovascular risk does
MedPage Today) — Children with infantile-onset Pompe’s disease experienced motor function and cardiac improvements after receiving an adeno-associated virus serotype 9 (AAV9)-mediated gene therapy, a pilot study showed. Among four pediatric…
TOPLINE: A multicenter study found that a 2-hour monitoring period was sufficient for most children who presented to the emergency department with an acute allergic reaction treated with epinephrine. However, children with cardiac involvement needed 4 hours of monitoring, but the risk of repeat dosing beyond this period was low…
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Cannabis use is linked to a doubling in the risk of dying from cardiovascular disease, with significantly heightened risks of having a stroke or acute coronary syndrome—sudden reduced or blocked blood flow to the heart—finds a pooled analysis of real-world data, published online in the journal Heart. The authors of a
TOPLINE: Compared with unvaccinated pregnant women, those who had received an mRNA COVID vaccine in the first trimester did not have a significantly increased risk for major congenital malformations. However, potential links to specific birth defects, such as cardiac anomalies, could not be ruled out. METHODOLOGY: Researchers in Germany conducted a prospective cohort study to
An app that alerts bystanders trained in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) to a nearby out-of-hospital cardiac arrest can increase survival if volunteer responders arrive before emergency medical services (EMS), according to an Australian study. The analysis of more than 9000 out-of-hospital cardiac arrests in Victoria, published in the Medical Journal of Australia…