Clopidogrel is a commonly prescribed medication used to prevent further heart attacks after an initial event. It needs to be activated in the body to be effective. Studies of European populations show that 30% of individuals ...
Aug 21, 2023
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COVID-19 variants are to be known by letters of the Greek alphabet to avoid stigmatizing nations where they were first detected, the World Health Organization announced Monday.
May 31, 2021
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After months of telling the public not to use face masks, the United States is looking into revising its recommendations, following the example set by some Asian countries that have been more successful in fighting the coronavirus.
Apr 1, 2020
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Levels of triglycerides are routinely measured as part of a preventive cardiology work-up and lowering triglycerides with several classes of drugs is common medical practice. Yet, in a major randomized trial of the novel ...
Nov 7, 2022
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Policy-makers should engage more closely with social scientists to understand the socio-economic, cultural and political contexts behind the behaviors we need to change in response to global crises.
Feb 28, 2022
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Asian immigrants in the United States are a widely diverse group with heart health risk factors that vary depending on where they are from, new research shows.
Nov 13, 2020
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Americans of South Asian descent are twice as likely as whites to have risks for heart disease, stroke and diabetes, when their weight is in the normal range, according to a study headed by Emory University and UC San Francisco.
Apr 3, 2017
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Asian Americans are more likely to have better overall cardiovascular health than white Americans, but they lose that standing when the comparison is made using a lower, Asian-specific threshold for body mass index, according ...
Jun 26, 2019
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Matt Hancock, the former health secretary, has told the recently opened COVID-19 Inquiry that the UK's pandemic planning was "completely wrong." According to Hancock, the doctrine was "to plan for the consequences of a disaster" ...
Jul 3, 2023
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Numerous studies have documented racial differences in deaths from cancer among non-Hispanic whites and African Americans, but little has been known about survival outcomes for Asian Americans who have been diagnosed with ...
Mar 23, 2015
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