Few Smokers Hospitalized With CHD Get Smoking Cessation Meds
Overall, 22.7 percent received smoking cessation pharmacotherapy, most often the nicotine patch
Higher BMI in Childhood Linked to Adult Stroke Risk
Increased risk of early adult ischemic stroke with increase in BMI z score from ages 7 to 13 years
Lower SBP Target for Blacks May Benefit Cognitive Function
Researchers find that healthy reductions may benefit blacks even more than whites
Hours Worked Impacted by Kids for Female, Not Male Doctors
Findings from a national sample of dual-physician couples
Moderate, Severe OSA Linked to Elevated Blood Coagulability
Increases in prothrombin time in seconds and as international normalized ratio for OSA vs controls
Radioiodine Therapy for Thyroid Cancer Doesn’t Up Stroke Risk
I-131 therapy group showed no significantly higher risk of ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke
Intensive Blood Pressure Tx Aids Those With Prediabetes
Beneficial effects seen for cardiovascular disease outcomes, all-cause mortality
Evolocumab Doesn’t Affect Cognition When Added to Statins
No significant between-group difference for patients receiving evolocumab or placebo added to statins
Study Highlights Readmit Factors Post Atrial Flutter Ablation
Readmission rate found to be 18.19 percent
On-Pump CABG Leads to Higher Rates of Five-Year Survival
Study compared coronary-artery bypass grafting surgery, with/without cardiopulmonary bypass
