August 5th, 2013
Deja Vu All Over Again: Study Links Calcium-Channel Blockers to Breast Cancer
Larry Husten, PHD
A new observational study raises the possibility that calcium-channel blockers (CCBs) may be associated with a higher risk for breast cancer. Although previous studies examining this relationship have failed to turn up convincing evidence of a link, the authors of a paper published in JAMA Internal Medicine state that their study is the first to look at […]
August 5th, 2013
Faint PRAISE: 13-Year Delay in Publication of a Major Clinical Trial Sparks Criticism
Larry Husten, PHD
Thirteen years after first being presented, the results of the PRAISE-2 trial finally have been published in JACC: Heart Failure. The trial itself is now largely irrelevant to current clinical practice, as the hypothesis it tested has long been abandoned, but the long delay in publication may serve to bring even more awareness to the issue […]
August 5th, 2013
Selections from Richard Lehman’s Literature Review: August 5th
Richard Lehman, BM, BCh, MRCGP
This week’s topic is an association between severe hypoglycemia and an approximate doubling of CV events in patients with type 2 diabetes.
August 1st, 2013
Ask the Experts: Low SCD Incidence Among High School Athletes
William O Roberts, MD, MS, Steven D Stovitz, MD, MS and Erica Sarah Spatz, MD, MHS
CardioExchange’s Erica Spatz asks William O. Roberts and Steven D. Stovitz about their research, published in JACC, on the incidence of sudden cardiac death among high school athletes in Minnesota. THE STUDY Researchers retrospectively assessed the incidence of sudden cardiac death (SCD) during Minnesota State High School League (MSHSL) games and practices. Among nearly 4 million […]