Cardiology
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Death of pig heart transplant patient is more a beginning than an end
The landmark case will have much to teach; still, it “turns back the clock” to a time when immunosuppression was especially intense “because we...
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Verapamil might delay type 1 diabetes progression for at least 2 years
The oral blood pressure drug may delay type 1 diabetes progression, lower insulin requirements, and reduce proinflammatory cytokines.
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Guidance seeks to improve statin treatment adherence
A systematic review of trials estimated that between up to 78% of statin intolerance could be attributed to expectation alone.
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Big missed opportunities for BP control in premenopausal women
A new NHANES analysis found no improvement in hypertension control over the past decade and evidence of racial and ethnic disparities in these...
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Cardiologist pleads guilty to abusive sexual contact
The former head of cardiology at the Palo Alto VA Hospital from 1985 to 2018 pleaded guilty to one count of abusive sexual contact of a junior...
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Use of Urinalysis to Assess Adherence to Prescribed Cardiovascular Medications: Focus on Hypertension
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Resistance exercise may be best workout for a good night’s sleep
A head-to-head comparison with other types of exercise suggests resistance exercise may be particularly effective for sleep quality, efficiency,...
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Handheld ECGs ease AFib screening in the very elderly
But the use of handheld, single-lead electrocardiograms (ECGs) did not increase diagnoses of AFib overall in patients aged 65 and older.
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COVID-19 often more severe with congenital heart defects
“Hospitalized patients with heart defects are up to twice as likely to have critical outcomes of COVID-19 illness,” says author of a new study.
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Community genetic testing prompts behavior change in patients
“These two measurements – the change in blood pressure and increased kidney function tests – act as hallmarks for detecting beneficial lifestyle...
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Man who received first modified pig heart transplant dies
“This organ transplant demonstrated for the first time that a genetically modified animal heart can function like a human heart without immediate...
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Home blood pressure testing better than at clinics: Study
Individual measures of blood pressure are not as accurate as taking multiple readings over a day and averaging them.