Cardiology

Take a vacation – it could prolong your life

Taking vacations could prolong life. That's the finding of a 40-year study presented today at ESC Congress and accepted for publication in The Journal of Nutrition, Health & Aging.

Cardiology

ACEI/ARBs up AMI outcomes regardless of renal status

(HealthDay)—For acute myocardial infarction (AMI) survivors, angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor (ACEI) and angiotensin receptor blocker (ARB) treatment is associated with improved long-term survival, according to research ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Medication improves measure of kidney disease in patients with diabetes

Among patients with diabetes and kidney disease, most receiving an angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor or an angiotensin receptor blocker, the addition of the medication finerenone compared with placebo resulted in improvement ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Generic heart disease medications offer promise for Ebola treatment

Generic medications used frequently in the management of heart disease patients also have the potential to bolster the immune systems of patients with Ebola virus and some other life-threatening illnesses, researchers report ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

High-value research of 2014 presented for peri-op medicine

(HealthDay)—Articles relating to perioperative cardiac medicine, perioperative β-blocker use, perioperative pulmonary medicine, venous thromboembolism prophylaxis, and perioperative medication management are included in ...

Neuroscience

Drug combo slows heart decline in muscular dystrophy

Early use of available heart failure drugs slows the progressive decline in heart function before symptoms are apparent in boys and young men with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), according to a new study published online ...

Cardiology

New treatment for Marfan syndrome shows promise

An investigational treatment for Marfan syndrome is as effective as the standard therapy at slowing enlargement of the aorta, the large artery of the heart that delivers blood to the body, new research shows. The findings ...

Cardiology

Not all acute coronary syndrome patients get appropriate tx

(HealthDay)—Nearly one in five eligible patients hospitalized for acute coronary syndrome do not receive American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association (ACC/AHA) class I guideline-recommended angiotensin-converting ...

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