Cancer risk independent of folic acid supplementation
Folic acid supplementation does not increase or decrease the risk for cancer, suggests research published in The Lancet. (Source: MedWire News - Cardiology)
Source: MedWire News - Cardiology - January 28, 2013 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
Low-income groups slow to seek treatment for stroke
People with lower incomes are less likely to present at a hospital within 3 hours of stroke symptoms and thus have lower rates of thrombolysis therapy or post-stroke care than their more affluent counterparts, according to a retrospective analysis. (Source: MedWire News - Cardiology)
Source: MedWire News - Cardiology - January 22, 2013 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
Multiple vascular benefits in salt restriction
Restricting salt intake reverses vascular endothelial dysfunction in people with moderately increased blood pressure, shows a randomized study published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. (Source: MedWire News - Cardiology)
Source: MedWire News - Cardiology - January 22, 2013 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
Tree decline linked to cardiac and respiratory deaths
The spread of an infectious borer that has killed millions of trees in the USA is associated with greater risk for respiratory and cardiovascular mortality among local residents, say researchers. (Source: MedWire News - Cardiology)
Source: MedWire News - Cardiology - January 18, 2013 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
Prevention opportunity for postoperative cardiac arrest
Postoperative complications occur in more than three-quarters of patients who have a cardiac arrest, shows research that suggests an opportunity for intervention. (Source: MedWire News - Cardiology)
Source: MedWire News - Cardiology - January 17, 2013 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
Berries help women beat heart attack risk
Regular consumption of anthocyanin-rich strawberries and blueberries may help prevent heart attacks in young women, suggest study findings. (Source: MedWire News - Cardiology)
Source: MedWire News - Cardiology - January 16, 2013 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
Urgent research needed’ on emergency airway management
Research in JAMA adds to suspicions that advanced airway management techniques may do more harm than good in patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. (Source: MedWire News - Cardiology)
Source: MedWire News - Cardiology - January 16, 2013 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
Stroke need not delay bypass surgery
The time since a stroke need not determine when patients undergo elective coronary artery bypass grafting, say researchers. (Source: MedWire News - Cardiology)
Source: MedWire News - Cardiology - January 15, 2013 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
Arterial versus venous graft debate continues
Researchers say that there is no significant reduction in angiographic graft failure with arterial grafts compared with saphenous vein grafts in revascularization of the right coronary system. (Source: MedWire News - Cardiology)
Source: MedWire News - Cardiology - January 15, 2013 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
Research scrambles previous findings on health impact of eggs
Increased egg consumption is not associated with a higher risk for coronary heart disease or stroke in the general population, research suggests. (Source: MedWire News - Cardiology)
Source: MedWire News - Cardiology - January 14, 2013 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
Lifting the burden of vascular disease
African-American men could improve their vascular health by lifting weights, researchers say. (Source: MedWire News - Cardiology)
Source: MedWire News - Cardiology - January 8, 2013 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
Arterial elasticity link to lung function
People with reduced arterial elasticity may have impaired lung function, and vice versa, say US researchers. (Source: MedWire News - Cardiology)
Source: MedWire News - Cardiology - January 8, 2013 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
Real life experience of defibrillators lives up to clinical trial expectations
There is no significant difference in survival between clinical trial patients who receive an implantable cardioverter and clinical registry patients who receive a primary prevention ICD, researchers suggest. (Source: MedWire News - Cardiology)
Source: MedWire News - Cardiology - January 7, 2013 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
Poor awareness, misunderstanding hinder palliative care for heart failure
A lack of awareness among heart failure patients prevents them accessing palliative care services during the late stages of their disease, indicate US study findings. (Source: MedWire News - Cardiology)
Source: MedWire News - Cardiology - January 2, 2013 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
