Doctors Need to Know If Patients Are Skipping Pills: JAMA Study supriya kashyap kashyap13 May 2016 3:01 PM ISTMany doctors don't have a good way of knowing whether patients are skipping medication doses, new research suggests.The physicians in the study agreed...
Routinely Measured Lipids Show Contrasting Associations with CAD: JAMA supriya kashyap kashyap7 Aug 2016 12:40 PM ISTAn analysis using genetics finds that increased low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), and...
Menopause before 45 tied to heart risk, early death supriya kashyap kashyap18 Sept 2016 10:56 AM ISTWomen who enter menopause before the age of 45 are more likely to have cardiovascular problems and to die younger than women who enter menopause later...
HIV patients at twice the risk for heart attack than general population supriya kashyap kashyap24 Dec 2016 12:16 PM ISTCurrent methods to predict the risk of heart attack and stroke vastly underestimate the risk in individuals with HIV, which is nearly double that of...
Fenofibrate may reduce heart disease risk in diabetic patients: JAMA supriya kashyap kashyap30 Dec 2016 12:19 PM ISTWashington : A study finds that a drug may reduce the risk of heart attacks, stroke in patients with type 2 diabetes, who have high levels of fat...
Most younger adults with high cholesterol levels do not take a statin: JAMA supriya kashyap kashyap5 Jan 2017 3:03 PM ISTDespite recommendations, less than 45 percent of adults younger than 40 years with an elevated low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) level of...
Higher risk of stroke after noncardiac surgery: JAMA Cardiology supriya kashyap kashyap7 Jan 2017 9:15 AM ISTIn a study published online by JAMA Cardiology, Sripal Bangalore, M.D., M.H.A., of the New York University School of Medicine, New York, and...
Monthly High-Dose Vitamin D Supplementation Does Not Prevent Cardiovascular Disease supriya kashyap kashyap6 April 2017 12:48 PM ISTResults of a large randomized trial indicate that monthly high-dose vitamin D supplementation does not prevent cardiovascular disease, according to a...
Adherence to High-Intensity Statin Drops-off For Many Following Heart Attack: JAMA supriya kashyap kashyap19 April 2017 12:02 PM ISTA substantial proportion of patients prescribed high-intensity statins following hospitalization for a heart attack did not continue taking this...
Lower targets for systolic blood pressure suggested: JAMA Cardiology Anjali Nimesh Nimesh1 Jun 2017 9:42 AM ISTA new study conducted by researchers from Tulane University finds reducing target systolic blood pressure below current recommendations significantly...
Outcomes of TAVR Performed for Off-Label Indications : JAMA Study Anjali Nimesh Nimesh29 Jun 2017 9:12 AM ISTApproximately 1 in 10 transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) procedures in the U.S. were for an off-label indication, with similar 1-year...
Higher BMI linked with increased risk of high BP, CVD, type 2 diabetes- JAMA Cardiology Anjali Nimesh Nimesh7 July 2017 9:11 AM ISTResults of a new study add to the evidence of an association between higher body mass index (BMI) and increased risk of cardiometabolic diseases such...
