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Prematurity, family environment linked to lower rate of school readiness
Pediatricians should monitor and screen children for early academic readiness, since these factors are associated with later academic outcomes.
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Cardiorespiratory fitness key to longevity for all?
Risk for all-cause death was four times greater for U.S. veterans with lowest vs. those with highest cardiorespiratory fitness levels, regardless...
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Ezetimibe plus statin: Attractive bypass to high-dose monotherapy
Early initiation of this approach should be considered in patients with challenging lipid disorders who are at increased risk of atherosclerotic...
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‘Striking’ disparities in CVD deaths persist across COVID waves
Black Americans have almost threefold higher rates of excess cardiovascular disease mortality than Whites, according to a national analysis of...
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Boosting hypertension screening, treatment would cut global mortality 7%
Targeted BP control could reduce all-cause mortality by up to 7% globally by 2050, averting up to 130 million deaths and slowing the rise of...
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‘Stunning variation’ in CV test, procedure costs revealed at top U.S. hospitals
Should an echocardiogram cost $200 or $2,500? Such costs varied more than tenfold in some cases, not only among hospitals but also at individual...
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Early cardiac rehab as effective as later start after sternotomy
Cardiac rehabilitation can start 2 weeks after sternotomy rather than waiting the usual 6 weeks, a randomized noninferiority trial suggests.
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Doxycycline bests azithromycin for anorectal chlamydia in women
Researchers suggest that doxycycline should be the first-line therapy for chlamydia infection in women.
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Report Shows Implanted Cardioveter-defibrillators Carries High Risk
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Implanted cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) carry a high risk of long-term complications, especially for younger...
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Metal-on-Metal Hip Replacement Devices Implanted after 2006 have a High Revision Rate
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Certain metal-on-metal (MoM) hip replacement devices implanted after 2006 have an "unacceptably high" revision rate,...
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Study Shows Certain Elderly Patients on Warfarin Therapy are at Greater Risk for Traumatic Intracranial Bleeding
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Certain older patients on warfarin therapy are at greater risk than others for traumatic intracranial bleeding,...