Credit: Pixabay from Pexels A new initiative by The Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions (SCAI) proposes a new framework and call to action for managing cardiogenic shock (CS), establishing lactate clearance potentially as the standardized, time-based marker of patient trajectory to improve outcomes in one of the deadliest cardiovascular emergencies. “SCAI Door to Lactate

MedPage Today) — A shift toward supraglottic airway (SGA) device use for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) resuscitation among lower-performing emergency medical service (EMS) agencies was associated with improved outcomes, a cross-sectional…

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Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Blood pressure matters at all ages. Children with higher blood pressure at age 7 may be at an increased risk of dying of cardiovascular disease by their mid-50s, according to preliminary research presented at the American Heart Association’s Hypertension Scientific Sessions 2025, held in Baltimore, September 4–7, 2025. The study is

MedPage Today) — Preschoolers with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) were often prescribed medication shortly after diagnosis, despite guidelines that recommend 6 months of behavior therapy before pharmaceutical interventions, according…

MedPage Today) — MADRID — Paclitaxel coating added no benefit to balloons and stents for endovascular peripheral arterial disease (PAD) intervention in the SWEDEPAD 1 and 2 trials — and in fact, researchers said they could not ignore a…

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain The first study of its kind to compare cardiovascular risk in type 1 diabetes (T1D) and type 2 diabetes (T2D) in both men and women shows that younger men with T2D have worse mortality and cardiovascular disease (CVD) outcomes than those with T1D, whereas for women of all ages, almost all

For pediatric patients with epilepsy, sleep apnea (SA) is associated with an increased risk for sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) and cardiac dysrhythmia, according to a study published online Aug. 19 in Pediatrics…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain New research, led by Queen Mary University and published in the journal Clinical Psychological Science, has revealed that highly sensitive people (HSP) are more likely to experience mental health problems compared to individuals who are less sensitive. Findings suggest that these individuals could benefit more from interventions such as mindfulness and

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A large international study has found that spironolactone, a medication for high blood pressure and heart failure, does not reduce the risk of heart-related death or hospitalizations in people with kidney failure receiving dialysis, despite earlier smaller studies suggesting benefit. The findings are published in The Lancet and were presented at