Published: Sep 30, 2013 | Updated: Oct 1, 2013 By Michael Smith Full MedPageToday Article: http://www.medpagetoday.com/OBGYN/HRT/41965 Action Points For postmenopausal women, conjugated equine estrogens (CEEs) use was associated with a higher risk of incident venous thrombosis and possibly myocardial infarction than estradiol use. Note that CEEs were not associated with an increased risk of ischemic stroke […]
The Prevention of Renal and Vascular End-Stage Disease Study Michel M. Joosten Observational studies on dietary or circulating magnesium and risk of hypertension have reported weak-to-modest inverse associations, but have lacked measures of actual dietary uptake. Urinary magnesium excretion, an indicator of intestinal magnesium absorption, may provide a better insight in this association. We examined […]
A Review of the Evidence Kristal J. Aaron, BS, MSPH Mayo Clinic Proceedings Volume 88, Issue 9 , Pages 987-995, September 2013 Abstract The objective of this review was to provide a synthesis of the evidence on the effect of dietary salt and potassium intake on population blood pressure, cardiovascular disease, and mortality. Dietary guidelines […]
PubMed Reference: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/20807278/ Authors Lomuscio A, et al. Show all Journal J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol. 2011 Mar;22(3):241-7. doi: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2010.01878.x. Epub 2010 Aug 30. Affiliation Cardiologia Medicina Interna VI, Osp. San Paolo, Dipartimento di Medicina, Chirurgia e Odontoiatria, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy. Abstract INTRODUCTION: In traditional Chinese medicine, stimulation of the Neiguan spot has been utilized to […]
An effective non-pharmacological tool? Federico Lombardi Abstract In Traditional Chinese Medicine, stimulation of the Neiguan spot has been utilized to treat palpitations and symptoms related to different cardiovascular diseases. We evaluated whether acupuncture might exert an antiarrhythmic effect on patients with paroxysmal or persistent atrial fibrillation (AF). Two sets of data are reviewed. The first […]
Janis C. Kelly Sep 26, 2013 Knee pain decreased and function increased significantly in overweight or obese adults with knee osteoarthritis (OA) who lost at least 10% of their baseline body weight, and those who combined diet and exercise had better outcomes than those who used diet or exercise alone in a large randomized trial. The final […]
by Alvin Powell Full Story: http://medx.cc/news/2013-09-whys-obesity.html Harvard nutrition expert Walter Willett compared the marketing of junk food to kids with an earlier era’s child labor practices, saying that young people have been “exploited” by both systems. He said such food marketing is an important factor in America’s obesity epidemic. “Children are being exploited, same as […]
By Peter Waldman, David Armstrong & Sydney P. Freedberg – Sep 25, 2013 11:01 PM CT Full Story & Map: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-09-26/deaths-linked-to-cardiac-stents-rise-as-overuse-seen.html When Bruce Peterson left the U.S. Postal Service after 24 years delivering mail, he started a travel agency. It was his dream career, his wife Shirlee said. Then he went to see cardiologist Samuel […]
Ronald Grisanti D.C., D.A.B.C.O., D.A.C.B.N., M.S. Is it possible that a species of bacteria that commonly causes colds, sinus infections, bronchitis, asthma or pneumonia can also be a silent cause of atherosclerosis? Atherosclerosis (also known as arteriosclerotic vascular disease or ASVD) is a specific form of arteriosclerosis in which an artery wall thickens. Many people […]
Published: Aug 27, 2013 | Updated: Aug 28, 2013 By Kristina Fiore, Staff Writer, MedPage Today Full Story: http://www.medpagetoday.com/Endocrinology/GeneralEndocrinology/41225 Action Points Metabolic health in patients who are obese may be explained by low levels of inflammation. Point out that the findings suggest that screening patients to identify those who are not metabolically fit may be […]
Eur Urol 2013 Aug 23;[EPub Ahead of Print] G Gandaglia, A Briganti, G Jackson, RA Kloner, F Montorsi, P Montorsi, C Vlachopoulos ABSTRACT Context: Erectile dysfunction (ED) is considered a vascular impairment that shares many risk factors with cardiovascular disease (CVD). A correlation between ED and CVD has been hypothesized, and ED has been proposed […]
Published: Sep 24, 2013 By Crystal Phend, Senior Staff Writer, MedPage Today Full Story: http://www.medpagetoday.com/Orthopedics/Orthopedics/41832 Action Points Note that this randomized trial demonstrated that subjective knee osteoarthritis measures improved more among subjects in the diet and exercise arm than in the diet alone or exercise alone arm. Be aware that objective measures of loading and […]
Published: Sep 23, 2013 | Updated: Sep 24, 2013 By Michael Smith, North American Correspondent, MedPage Today Full Story: http://www.medpagetoday.com/PublicHealthPolicy/PublicHealth/41805 Chronic exposure to arsenic, even at low levels, is associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease and death, researchers reported. In a prospective cohort study, over almost 20 years of follow-up, low levels of […]
An underappreciated highway danger which has been shown to cause sudden cardiac arrest or clotting off of a coronary artery…
Vitamin B supplementation may modestly help reduce stroke risk….
Artur Mierzecki, Karolina Kłoda, Hanna Bukowska, Kornel Chełstowski, Magdalena Makarewicz-Wujec, Małgorzata Kozłowska-Wojciechowska Med Sci Monit 2013; 19:733-739 Background Folic acid (FA) is one of the B complex vitamins. It is thought that FA deficiency promotes atherosclerosis formation in arterial endothelium. FA, acting through reducing homocysteine (Hcy) levels, may contribute to decreased cholesterol (Ch) synthesis. The […]
What makes matters worse is 71% of patients with this condition did not even receive medication within 30 days of diagnosis.
So what condition am I referring too?