Therapeutic Lifestyle Intervention in Church Helpful for BP Control
Intervention plus motivational interviewing better than health education alone for black adults
Pilot Studies May Shed Light on How to Treat Lymphedema
Improvement in histopathology, skin thickness seen with ketoprofen in exploratory studies in humans
Community Health Worker Intervention Beneficial
Low-income patients in intervention group reported higher quality of care, spent fewer days in hospital
Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors May Up Lung CA Risk
Higher risk seen with ACEIs versus angiotensin receptor blockers; risk linked to duration of use
Accepting Increased-Risk Donor Heart Tied to Higher Survival
Survival benefit persists through five years from the time of offer for an increased-risk donor allograft
Few Smokers With PAD Receive Adequate Cessation Support
Many patients with peripheral artery disease smoke; just 16 percent referred to cessation counseling
AMA Announces Initiative to Reinvent Physician Training
Competitive grant initiative aims to promote change in graduate medical education
Many Hospitals Noncompliant With Record Request Regulations
Researchers also find discordance in info provided to patients about medical records release processes
Cardiac Stem Cell Trial Halted Due to Concerns About Fake Data
CONCERT-HF trial on hold while data and safety monitoring board conducts review
Novel Troponin Assay, hs-cTnI Comparable in Ruling Out AMI
May be possible to rule out acute myocardial infarction with one point-of-care assay upon arrival to ED
