Search results for "Cardiovascular events"
New research creates debates on calcium's benefits vs. risks
It has been a longstanding assumption in medicine that calcium, to paraphrase the milk commercial, does a body good.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2011/01/calcium.htm
1 Jan 2011
Cognitive behavioral therapy improves outcomes in CHD
Cognitive behavioral therapy reduces the risk of repeat cardiac events in patients with coronary heart disease, a new trial found.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2011/02/01/6.htm
1 Feb 2011
Why and how to monitor hypertension at home
Home measurement of high blood pressure overcomes variability inherent in office measurements, delivers better assessment of systolic pressure (and hence, of possible cardiovascular events) and offers a better chance of discontinuing drug therapy.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2011/03/home.htm
1 Mar 2011
Chlorthalidone appears better than hydrochlorothiazide for high-risk patients with hypertension
Court rules physicians not subject to red flags rule Medicare adjusts Faslodex claims edit
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2011/03/15/5.htm
15 Mar 2011
Less microalbuminuria but more CV deaths with olmesartan
Low cognition at discharge may impede elderly patients' self-care
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2011/03/15/4.htm
15 Mar 2011
An easy screen for an overlooked disease
Despite poor awareness and a lack of training on handling peripheral artery disease, internists can and should be able to recognize the symptoms and manage 95% of cases. Experts advise how to diagnose and treat the condition.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2011/04/PAD.htm
1 Apr 2011
Consensus document advises treating hypertension in those age 80 or older
Major medical organizations last week released an expert consensus document to help clinicians manage older patients with or at risk for hypertension.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2011/05/03/2.htm
3 May 2011
Higher-salt diets didn't increase mortality in European study
Higher sodium consumption was associated with increased systolic blood pressure, but not greater mortality or cardiovascular events, in a new prospective analysis of Europeans' sodium excretion.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2011/05/10/1.htm
10 May 2011
Warning about varenicline in patients with CVD
A warning will be added to smoking cessation aid varenicline (Chantix) to indicate that the drug may be associated with a small increased risk of certain cardiovascular adverse events in patients who have cardiovascular disease, the FDA announced last week.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2011/06/28/6.htm
28 Jun 2011
43% of ischemic stroke patients discharged with high blood pressure
Forty-three percent of patients hospitalized with acute ischemic stroke were discharged with elevated blood pressure, and 33% had uncontrolled blood pressure six months later, a new analysis found.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2011/06/28/5.htm
28 Jun 2011