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Aerobic Fitness Measures Predict Post-AAA Complications
Cardiopulmonary exercise measures predict cardiac, pulmonary complications, not 30-day mortality
CCTA Reclassifies CAD Risk for Most Patients With Chest Pain
Reclassification of 83 percent of patients with intermediate pretest probability of CAD
Car Crash Risk Up for New Users of Sedating Sleep Meds
Temazepam appears to have the least risk for crashes
Poison Control Calls Up Steeply Due to Synthetic Cannabinoid
Calls to poison control centers jumped more than 300 percent from January to April
Length of Lookback Period Important in Incident AMI Trends
However, lookback period length does not seem to influence results of trends in survival
Fermented Food Intake May Help Protect Against Social Anxiety
Consumption of fermented foods interacts with neuroticism to predict social anxiety
Venous Thromboembolism Rates Low After Colorectal Surgery
No decrease in rates despite increased use of perioperative, in-hospital VTE chemoprophylaxis
Lysosomal Proteins May Benefit Alzheimer’s Diagnosis, Treatment
Could offer possible ways to diagnose, treat disease sooner, researchers say
Aerobic Exercise Tied to Improvement in Asthma
Improved airway function in those who had more vigorous workouts
Higher Breast CA Risk Seen for Obese Postmenopausal Women
Researchers report the increased risk may be as high as 58 percent
