March 4th, 2015
Genetic Screening Test Could Identify People More Likely To Benefit From Statins
Larry Husten, PHD
A genetic risk score can identify people at high risk for coronary disease, according to a new report in the Lancet. The score can also help find those who are most likely to benefit from statin therapy. The genetic risk score, derived from 27 single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), successfully identified individuals at highest risk for a cardiac event […]
March 4th, 2015
FDA: Testosterone Therapy May Pose Cardiovascular Risks
Physician's First Watch, CardioExchange Staff
Men who use testosterone products to treat low testosterone may be at increased risk for myocardial infarction, stroke, and death, the FDA cautioned on Tuesday. The agency is requiring a label change to warn of these risks and to clarify the approved uses for such products. The action — which updates a drug safety communication […]
March 2nd, 2015
Moderate Coffee Consumption Linked to Lower Coronary Calcium
Larry Husten, PHD
The relationship of coffee and cardiovascular disease has been difficult to assess. Although early studies found a possible increased risk associated with heavy coffee consumption, more recent studies have found the opposite. Now a new study published in Heart finds that people who consume moderate amounts of coffee may be less likely to have atherosclerosis. In […]
March 2nd, 2015
How Can We Care Better for Patients Even After They Leave the Hospital?
Joy Pollard, PhD, ACNP-BC
The CardioExchange Editors interview Joy Pollard about her research group’s findings in her recent paper studying the impact of regional collaboratives on improving heart-failure readmission rates.
March 2nd, 2015
Selections from Richard Lehman’s Literature Review: March 2nd
Richard Lehman, BM, BCh, MRCGP
This week’s topics include NSAID use in patients receiving antithrombotic therapy after MI, sauna bathing, Eugene Braunwald’s lecture on the war against heart failure, and more.
March 2nd, 2015
Hospitals, Like Vampires, Want Your Blood
Larry Husten, PHD
Anyone who has been in the hospital, either as a patient or a healthcare provider, is keenly aware that hospitals perform a lot of tests. It has even been suggested that some of those tests may not be necessary. Now a new study published in the Annals of Thoracic Surgery sheds light on just how excessive […]