04.03.20152004
Light to moderate coffee drinking – less than 5 cups per day – is associated with decreased coronary artery calcium, and thus decreased risk of cardiovascular disease, according to an analysis of a large cohort published online March 2 in Heart.
03.03.20151465
Patients with vascular manifestations of Beh?et’s disease who received treatment with anticoagulants did not benefit from the therapy given in addition to immunosuppressant drugs, according to results from study of practices in Turkish rheumatology clinics.
02.03.20151531
Boehringer Ingelheim announced that it has submitted a biologics license application to the FDA requesting an accelerated approval pathway for idarucizumab, an antidote to dabigatran.
28.02.20151703
This retrospective cohort study suggested that acetylcholine (ACH) tests were associated with a higher rate of cardiac complications than ergonovine (ER) tests.
27.02.20151488
The use of statins decreased the risk for primary liver cancer, especially in patients with liver disease and diabetes, according to newly published data.
25.02.20151891
Patients with acute ischemic stroke who test positive for aspirin resistance had both larger stroke volume and increased severity, compared with patients without resistance, in an observational study of 311 patients at Korean centers.
24.02.20151606
In a study of patients assigned antithrombotic therapy after MI, concomitant use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs were associated with increased risk for bleeding and excess thrombotic events, regardless of treatment duration.