Archive for the ‘Cardiology’ Category
Monday, April 28th, 2008
There has been considerable press recently on the cholesterol lowering medicine Zetia, also known as Ezetimibe, since the release of a recent study known as the ENHANCE study. This study compared the cholesterol medication simvastatin, also known as Zocor, to the combination of Zocor and Zetia used together. It looked ...
Posted in Cardiology, Heart Attack, News, Pharmacology, stroke | 664 Comments »
Monday, January 14th, 2008
Physical activity is a well accepted treatment when prescribed for patients after orthopedic surgery or for rehabilitation after a stroke. Physical activity is also felt to reduce the risk of developing certain chronic diseases such as diabetes and cardiovascular disease. However, despite these accepted benefits, the percentage of adults ...
Posted in Cardiology, Heart Attack, Obesity, Preventative Medicine, Psychiatry | 168 Comments »
Thursday, January 10th, 2008
Drugs known collectively as "statins" are widely prescribed for lowering cholesterol (for example, Lipitor) and their benefits in reducing the risk of heart attacks is generally well accepted. However, a recent study conducted in veterans showed that patients on such drugs had a 25% lower incidence of cancer. This ...
Posted in Cancer, Cardiology, Gastroenterology, Heart Attack, Pharmacology, Preventative Medicine, Prostate Cancer | 40 Comments »
Tuesday, January 8th, 2008
A recent study reported in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology has linked the incidence of heart attacks to people with anxiety disorders. It has been known for some time that Type A personalities with personality traits of aggression and hostility have had a higher incidence of heart disease and heart ...
Posted in Cardiology | 29 Comments »
Tuesday, December 18th, 2007
CPR, also known as cardiopulmonary resuscitation, is well recognized as being a potentially life saving technique when performed quickly on somebody who has a sudden cardiac arrest(stopping of the heart). A simpler version of CPR where one administers only chest compressions without mouth-to-mouth resuscitation may be just as effective ...
Posted in Cardiology, Cognitive Dysfunction, Emergencies, Medical Training | 139 Comments »
Tuesday, December 11th, 2007
Recent studies done on the popular anti-acid medications such as Prilosec and Nexium raised a concern about a possible association between these drugs and the development of heart related problems such as heart attack. The Food and Drug Administration in early August released information about a formal drug review ...
Posted in Cardiology, GERD, Gastroenterology, Heart Attack, Pharmacology | 675 Comments »
Monday, December 3rd, 2007
The link between high cholesterol and heart disease is fairly well established and accepted in the medical community, however recent research has left investigators wondering about the relationship between cholesterol and stroke. A study just published in The Lancet found that in middle to older age patients, elevated cholesterol was ...
Posted in Cardiology, Diet, Heart Attack, Preventative Medicine, stroke | 432 Comments »
Saturday, December 1st, 2007
Researchers from McGill University in Montreal found that simply by having physicians discuss their patients' risks for heart disease and educate them on how to reduce them, a measurable improvement was seen. Patients were randomised to either receive "usual" care, or to have specific "ongoing feedback regarding their calculated coronary risk and ...
Posted in Cardiology, Diet, Heart Attack, Obesity, Pharmacology, Preventative Medicine, hypertension | No Comments »
Tuesday, November 27th, 2007
Death risk from stroke and heart disease may be linked to global warming, so say researchers at UC Irvine. The recent study showed that more heat and ozone, which come from global warming, appear to be strong factors in cardiovascular mortality. The researchers looked at the cardiovascular death rate in ...
Posted in Cardiology, Global Warming, Heart Attack, stroke, toxicology | 12 Comments »
Thursday, November 22nd, 2007
Many people have always needed motivation to exercise and according to a recent study in the Journal of the American Medical Association, wearing a pedometer is a good way to do so. Researchers looked at 26 mostly observational studies involving pedometer use in over 2000 people whose wearing them increased ...
Posted in Cardiology, Obesity | No Comments »