ACC
- Genes that drive glucose levels also drive heart diseaseMUNICH – A group of 12 genes that influence blood sugar appears to help drive the risk of heart disease, independent of type 2 diabetes. The genome-wide association study determined that every 1 ...
- Medical quality beats patient comfortA good way to survive an acute myocardial infarction is to go to the best hospital. Some patients seem to have found out where those are. For those of us who want to know where to go and ...
- GAO report calls out HHS for misdirecting ACA reinsurance fundsThe Health and Human Services department is failing to properly administer a reinsurance program under the Affordable Care Act by unlawfully diverting funds intended for the U.S. Treasury, according... ...
AHA
- Too little sleep may raise risk of death in people with cluster of heart di...Sleeping less than six hours was associated with higher risk of death in people with metabolic syndrome, a cluster of several heart disease and diabetes risk factors. This effect was particularly strong in those with elevated blood pressure or poor ...
- Companies Rally to Raise Funds to Fight Nation’s Leading Cause of Death t...This summer, eight national companies are raising money to help fight cardiovascular diseases and stroke. Between now and August 2017, these companies are encouraging customers to donate to the American Heart Association’s Life Is Why We Give™ fundraising campaign through ...
- President’s budget deals a devastating blow to medical research and preve...Washington, D.C., May 23, 2017 – American Heart Association President Steven Houser, Ph.D., FAHA. issued the following comments today on President Trump’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2018: ...
- Fitness trackers ‘poor at measuring calories burned’But they are accurate at measuring heart rate, a study of seven devices finds. ...
- Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus: Ethiopian wins top WHO jobDr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus chosen as new boss of the World Health Organization ...
- Assaults between care home residents reported dailyMore than one assault a day was reported to police between 2014 and 2016, File on 4 found. ...
- ST Segment Elevation in Lead aVR and Duke Treadmill ScoreWagener et al.1 reported that ST-elevation in lead aVR during exercise testing indicates inducible myocardial ischemia independently of ST-depressions in lead V5 and clinical factors, and also predicts major adverse cardiac events (MACE) during followup.1 ...
- Robert E. Lee’s Right Ear and the Relation of Earlobe Crease to Coron...Relation of a diagonal earlobe crease (ELC) to coronary artery disease (CAD) was first reported by Sanders Frank in 1973 more than 100 years after the death of Robert E. Lee. Lee provides a rich description of his symptoms in his ...
- Risk of Death is Higher After Stent Post-Dilation in Patients With Acute Co...Karjalainen and colleagues performed a post hoc analysis of the BASE ACS trial, a prospective randomized trial of titanium-nitride-oxide-coated bioactive stents versus everolimus-eluting stents in acute coronary syndrome (ACS). The primary endpoint was the first occurrence of MACE: a composite ...
