Scientists report ‘rogue antibodies’ behind severe clotting with COVID-19
Feb 18, 2022
The study authors suggest that future research assess the potential benefits of screening COVID-19 patients for antiphospholipids and other autoantibodies.
Similar exercise benefits seen for weekend warriors, regular exercisers
Jul 08, 2022
All-cause and cause-specific mortality benefits from exercise were similar between weekend warriors and regularly active participants.
Rates of CV risk factors, disease projected to rise by 2060
Aug 02, 2022
In the United States, the prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors and disease is set to decrease for whites and increase for racial/ethnic minorities.
Doctors more likely to test for conditions recently diagnosed in other patients
Aug 17, 2021
When seeing patients with shortness of breath, testing for pulmonary embolism increases for 10 days after a diagnosis in a patient with the condition.
Hormone therapy not tied to type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular risk in postmenopausal women
Oct 07, 2021
No associations was observed in a large study of middle-aged, postmenopausal Korean women.
Leisure activities inversely linked to dementia, Alzheimer’s disease
Aug 11, 2022
Physical activities were inversely associated with the incidence of all-cause dementia, vascular dementia and Alzheimer’s disease.
Alexa will soon put users in touch with telehealth doctors
Mar 01, 2022
The cost will depend on the patient’s insurance.
Prasterone studied for treatment of urinary urge incontinence
Aug 01, 2022
The observational study suggests that the symptoms of urinary urge incontinence were reduced in postmenopausal women using prasterone.
Extreme heat tied to higher all-cause mortality
May 25, 2022
Greater increases in mortality rates were found for older versus younger adults.
BP genetic risk score linked to risk for CV events in type 2 diabetes
Apr 04, 2022
Each standard deviation increase in BP polygenic risk score was linked to a 12% increased hazard of adverse cardiovascular events.