Intensive LDL C lowering below 70 mg/dl reduces CV events after stroke: NEJM Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli2 Jan 2020 8:28 PM ISTStatins have been widely prescribed to lower cholesterol levels for preventing cardiovascular events in patients at high risk of cardiovascular...
Household insecticide use linked to all-cause and CVD mortality: JAMA Medha Baranwal Baranwal2 Jan 2020 7:30 PM ISTUSA: Long-term exposure to pyrethroid insecticides is associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular death and early death, suggests a recent...
Regular recreational cannabis use may increase risk of cardiac abnormalities Medha Baranwal Baranwal2 Jan 2020 7:25 PM ISTRegular cannabis users at increased risk of cardiac abnormalities. UK: People who regularly use cannabis are at increased risk of adverse changes in...
Low HDL cholesterol may help monitor long-term, average high triglyceride levels Medha Baranwal Baranwal1 Jan 2020 8:10 PM ISTDenmark: Low-HDL cholesterol is a stable marker of high triglycerides and remnant cholesterol, suggests a recent study published in the Journal of...
Pseudo-Wellens syndrome associated with acute pancreatitis: a case report Hina Zahid1 Jan 2020 6:00 PM ISTDr V. S. Effoe at Atlanta Veterans Health Care System, Decatur, GA, USA and colleagues have reported a rare case of Pseudo-Wellens syndrome associated...
1 in 5 hypertension patients in India have resistant hypertension: JAPI Medha Baranwal Baranwal31 Dec 2019 8:30 PM ISTJaipur, Rajasthan: One in five patients with hypertension (high BP) in India have resistant hypertension and need multiple drugs to control BP. The...
Rare case of Subacute combined degeneration induced by nitrous oxide inhalation Hina Zahid31 Dec 2019 6:00 PM ISTDr Huimin Zhao at Department of Neurology, The Second Affiliate Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China and colleagues have reported a rare case...
Cilostazol bests aspirin for stroke patients at high-risk for cerebral hemorrhage Medha Baranwal Baranwal30 Dec 2019 8:28 PM ISTKorea: Cilostazol is more beneficial than aspirin for ischemic stroke patients with multiple cerebral microbleeds (intracerebral hemorrhage) and mild...
Beta-blockers beneficial in heart failure patients with renal dysfunction Medha Baranwal Baranwal30 Dec 2019 7:25 PM ISTThe use of beta-blockers is beneficial in patients with heart failure, reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF), and kidney dysfunction. Delhi: The findings,...
Top Cardiology News: 2019 Medha Baranwal Baranwal29 Dec 2019 8:28 PM ISTThe year 2019 witnessed another active year for research and clinical advances in the field of cardiology. New drugs, devices, diagnoses, prognoses...
Transcendental meditation may prevent LVH and CVD in high-risk patients Medha Baranwal Baranwal27 Dec 2019 8:28 PM ISTTranscendental meditation (TM) may prevent LVH and associated CVD risk in high-risk African American patients. USA: Stress reduction achieved by...
Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia- case report Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli27 Dec 2019 6:00 PM ISTDr Helena Schotland and colleagues, at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI have reported a rare case of Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia....
