by British Medical Journal Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Vitamin D supplements may reduce the risk of major cardiovascular events such as heart attacks among people aged over 60, finds a clinical trial published by The BMJ. The researchers stress that the absolute risk difference was small, but say this is the largest trial of its kind to...
by Monash University Incidence of major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) in men and women dispensed either a sodium glucose co-transporter 2 inhibitor (SGLT2i) or glucagon-like peptide receptor 1 agonist (GLP-1RA) 60-days after their index discharge date. Follow up of people is until 30th June 2018. Symbols on curves indicate competing risk events (i.e. non-MACE related...
by Lancet Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Testosterone replacement therapy appears safe in the short-to-medium term to treat a condition caused by deficiency of the male sex hormone, according to the most comprehensive analysis of the treatment to date, published in The Lancet Healthy Longevity journal. The findings suggest that men given testosterone to treat hypogonadism...
AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION Embargoed until 4 a.m. CT/5 a.m. ET Thursday, March 31, 2022 DALLAS, March 31, 2022 — People who survive an ischemic stroke are much more likely to develop major heart complications during the first month after their stroke, and, as a result, they also have an increased risk of death, heart attack or another stroke within...
Researchers from the University of California, Irvine have conducted a statistical analysis that predicts more than 70,000 heart attacks, strokes and other adverse cardiovascular events could be prevented each year in the U.S. through the use of a highly purified fish oil therapy. Led by Nathan D. Wong, PhD, professor and director of the Heart...
Researchers from the University of California, Irvine have conducted a statistical analysis that predicts more than 70,000 heart attacks, strokes and other adverse cardiovascular events could be prevented each year in the U.S. through the use of a highly purified fish oil therapy. Led by Nathan D. Wong, PhD, professor and director of the Heart...
