MedPage Today) — Sion Roy, MD, was on cardiac ICU service at Harbor UCLA Medical Center last week when he got a call from someone in his Big Rock neighborhood of Malibu. The neighbor said, “You should leave,” he told MedPage Today. “This does…
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14 Jan: Polypill treatment for heart disease offers high value in low-income, underserved population
Polypill treatment for cardiovascular disease prevention is of high value in a low-income, underserved population, according to research published in JAMA Cardiology. Ciaran N. Kohli-Lynch, Ph.D., from the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University in Chicago, and colleagues simulated clinical and economic outcomes of the Southern Community Cohort Study (SCCS) Polypill Trial from a
Inclusion of measures of depression and anxiety in the American Heart Association Predicting Risk of Cardiovascular Disease Events (PREVENT) prediction model has little additional impact on risk classification of cardiovascular disease (CVD), according to a study published online Jan. 13 in the Canadian Medical Association Journal. Shinya Nakada, M.P.H., from the University of Glasgow in
TOPLINE: Empathetic telephone calls by laypeople may improve glycemic control in patients with uncontrolled diabetes and low income, particularly in those with subclinical depressive symptoms. METHODOLOGY: Patients were stratified by baseline depressive symptom scores ≥ 5 (a cutoff that includes subclinical depressive symptoms) and < 5 and randomly assigned to an intervention group (n =
For millennia in medicine, alcohol, particularly red wine, carried a health halo; in small doses, it has historically been thought to have cardioprotective benefits. Michael Farkouh, MD, a professor of cardiology at Cedars-Sinai, estimates half the physicians still accept people having a drink or two a day…
TOPLINE: The cardiovascular benefits observed with intensive blood pressure (BP) control in patients with hypertension and elevated cardiovascular risk from the Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial (SPRINT) can be largely replicated in real-world settings among patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), highlighting the advantages of adopting intensive BP targets…
TOPLINE: Endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty (ESG) combined with lifestyle changes leads to significant weight loss and improves liver health in patients with metabolic dysfunction–associated steatohepatitis (MASH) and obesity over 72 weeks. METHODOLOGY: A prospective randomized trial was conducted in four centers in Spain from April 2018 to December 2020 to assess the effectiveness and safety of
For seven years, the cardiac surgical team has leveraged computational fluid dynamics software to provide consistent preoperative planning for pediatric congenital heart disease patients and improve outcomes. Sharing workflows is reaching more patients…
MedPage Today) — A cognitive behavioral intervention eased chronic pain for people with kidney failure on maintenance hemodialysis, a randomized clinical trial found. After 12 weeks, pain coping skills training (PCST) reduced the interference…
A recent study published in Epidemiology and Infection has revealed that a 2019 Canadian policy targeting Salmonella contamination in frozen breaded chicken products has significantly reduced the prevalence of the bacteria and human salmonellosis cases. Researchers estimate that the intervention led to a 23 percent decrease in Salmonella infections nationwide…