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Psoriasis risk rises in women with history of hypertension and beta-blocker use

Posted on: 02/07/2014 - 21:00

Women with a 6-year or longer history of hypertension, and women with a 6-year or longer use of beta-blocker medications to treat hypertension, may be at increased risk of developing psoriasis,...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

Increased risk of heart attack confirmed in Sjögren’s syndrome patients

Posted on: 01/07/2014 - 19:05

PARIS – Patients with Sjögren’s syndrome appear to have a higher risk of myocardial infarction, but not stroke or transient ischemic attack, than does the general population, based on an analysis of...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Women benefit from CRT at shorter QRS durations

Posted on: 24/06/2014 - 20:25

Women with mild heart failure and left bundle branch block benefit from cardiac resynchronization therapy at a shorter QRS duration – less than 150 milliseconds – than do men, according to a report...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

USPSTF: Women smokers might benefit from AAA screening

Posted on: 23/06/2014 - 22:00

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force says that women between ages 65 and 75 years who have smoked 100 or more cigarettes in their lives could benefit from one-time ultrasonography screening for...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Giant-cell arteritis patients face high aortic aneurysm dissection risk

Posted on: 23/06/2014 - 19:00

PARIS – The usual rule that the larger an aortic aneurysm grows the greater the risk it will undergo dissection or rupture doesn’t work in patients with giant-cell arteritis. Their aortic aneurysms...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Olmesartan can cause celiac disease mimicker

Posted on: 20/06/2014 - 20:35

CHICAGO – The antihypertensive agent olmesartan is associated with increased risk of a severe sprue-like enteropathy, as highlighted in a nationwide French cohort study. This olmesartan-related...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Resuming aspirin for cardioprotection after GI bleed tied to 38% cut in CV risk

Posted on: 18/06/2014 - 15:25

CHICAGO – New data shine a light on the trade-offs involved in resuming low-dose aspirin therapy for secondary cardiovascular prevention following a lower gastrointestinal bleeding event. Going...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

International RA risk tool for CVD comes closer to reality

Posted on: 13/06/2014 - 18:30

An international collaboration of experts has developed a cardiovascular risk calculator specifically for rheumatoid arthritis patients that has the potential to become part of routine rheumatology...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Statins linked to lower physical activity

Posted on: 09/06/2014 - 21:00

Initiating statin therapy in older men was associated with a modest but significant drop in physical activity, according findings from a large, observational study published online June 9 in JAMA...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

In diabetes, women far more likely to develop CHD than men

Posted on: 22/05/2014 - 23:00

Women with diabetes have a 44% greater chance of developing coronary heart disease than do men with diabetes, a large review and meta-analysis has shown. In a retrospective review of data...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

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