Cardiology
After a heart attack, return to work can be good medicine
After five weeks off recovering from her heart attack, Melissa Murphy looked forward to returning to her job.
Jul 25, 2018
0
1
Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes
Cardiology
Women and older people under-represented in drug trials for heart disease
Trying to determine how best to treat a patient, doctors often look to randomized clinical trials to guide their choice of what drug to prescribe. One of the most common illnesses is heart disease, and in recent years it's ...
Jul 25, 2018
0
3
Cardiology
Virtual counseling helps lower blood pressure
People with high blood pressure who get on the information highway can avoid roadblocks in their cardiovascular health, according to new research.
Jul 16, 2018
0
4
Cardiology
Safety-net clinics adapt integrated systems' best practices to manage blood pressure
Nearly a third of American adults have high blood pressure, also known as hypertension, putting them at higher risk for heart attacks, strokes, and death. A recent estimate from the Centers for Disease Control reports that ...
Jul 12, 2018
0
0
Cardiology
Multivitamins do not promote cardiovascular health
Taking multivitamin and mineral supplements does not prevent heart attacks, strokes or cardiovascular death, according to a new analysis of 18 studies published in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, an American ...
Jul 10, 2018
0
147
Cardiology
World Trade Center response crews may face higher heart attack, stroke risk
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) may increase the long-term risk for stroke and heart attack in blue-collar clean-up crews who worked in the aftermath of The World Trade Center plane attack on September 11, 2001, according ...
Jul 10, 2018
0
0
Cardiology
Patients unable to resume work after heart attack face depression and financial hardship
More people than ever are able to resume working after a heart attack, but those working less or unable to work reported lower quality of life with increased depression and difficulty affording their medication, according ...
Jun 8, 2018
0
4
Cardiology
Genetic testing for statin therapy not cost-effective
Current United States Preventive Service Task Force (USPSTF) guidelines call for screening all Americans between the ages of 40 and 75 years to determine eligibility for statins, a class of cholesterol-lowering medications. ...
Jun 4, 2018
0
6
Cardiology
Study examines how hospital payments for heart attack care may affect patient outcomes
In recent years, there has been a growing emphasis on improving the value of health care by incentivizing reduced spending and improved outcomes. One such effort is the Hospital Value-Based Purchasing Program administered ...
Mar 14, 2018
0
2
Cardiology
Patients do as well on generic antiplatelet drugs as more expensive brand-name product
Generic anti-platelet drugs seem to work as well as a brand name drug for heart patients, according to new research in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, an American Heart Association journal.
Mar 13, 2018
0
23
