by American College of Cardiology Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Smoking and high blood pressure are independent cardiovascular risk factors that frequently coexist within patients. While the exact effect of smoking on blood pressure control is not fully understood, smoking is associated with lower rates of blood pressure control in patients taking medication for high blood pressure,...
by Institute of Cancer Research Credit: Ahmad Ardity via Pixabay A simple blood test can identify specific genetic mutations in patients’ breast tumors to help guide their treatment and assess how likely patients are to relapse, a study shows. By allowing clinicians to better understand the genetic characteristics of individual breast cancers, the blood test can be used to...
by Mandy Erickson, Stanford University Medical Center Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A new type of magnetic brain stimulation brought rapid remission to almost 80% of participants with severe depression in a study conducted at the Stanford University School of Medicine. The treatment, known as Stanford accelerated intelligent neuromodulation therapy (SAINT) or simply Stanford neuromodulation therapy, is an...
