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Cognitive impairment signals subclinical vascular disease

Posted on: 12/06/2015 - 21:10

VIENNA – Measuring cognitive function might help determine if an elderly patient is at risk for developing a host of vascular diseases, including stroke and transient ischemic attack, research...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

Digital handgrip helps self-recovery after stroke

Posted on: 28/05/2015 - 16:09

VIENNA – A digital handgrip developed by U.K. researchers allowed more patients with arm weakness caused by a stroke to self-rehabilitate than did the use of standard mobile device touch screen...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

Statins, fibrates lower stroke risk in elderly

Posted on: 19/05/2015 - 17:00

Both statin and fibrate therapies taken to improve lipid profiles decreased the risk of stroke by 30% in a community-dwelling population of elderly people, according to prospective European study...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

U-shaped relationship between exercise intensity and cardiovascular health

Posted on: 16/02/2015 - 21:00

Strenuous daily exercise actually increased the risk of coronary heart disease, venous thromboembolism, and cerebrovascular disease, compared with mod... More »

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

First expression of cardiovascular disease differs by gender

Posted on: 19/01/2015 - 19:33

CHICAGO – Two out of three 55-year-old men and women will develop some form of cardiovascular disease during their remaining lifetime, but the first... More »

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Chronic inflammatory disease patients at greater risk of major CV events

Posted on: 07/11/2014 - 16:45

Patients with rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, or psoriasis are at an increased risk of major adverse cardiovascular events when compared with the general population, according to findings...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Chronic inflammatory disease patients at greater risk of major CV events

Posted on: 07/11/2014 - 16:45

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

VIDEO: A fib screening finds 5% of elderly undiagnosed

Posted on: 16/09/2014 - 19:07

BARCELONA – Roughly 5% of people aged 75 years or older have undiagnosed atrial fibrillation, based on a population-based screening study in Sweden

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

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

OA-related walking disability on par with diabetes as CVD risk factor

Posted on: 01/05/2014 - 21:20

PARIS – Greater walking disability is an independent predictor of all-cause death and major cardiovascular events in patients with symptomatic hip or knee osteoarthritis, according to a...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

Cognitive impairment signals subclinical vascular disease

Digital handgrip helps self-recovery after stroke

Statins, fibrates lower stroke risk in elderly

U-shaped relationship between exercise intensity and cardiovascular health

First expression of cardiovascular disease differs by gender

Chronic inflammatory disease patients at greater risk of major CV events

Chronic inflammatory disease patients at greater risk of major CV events

VIDEO: A fib screening finds 5% of elderly undiagnosed

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

OA-related walking disability on par with diabetes as CVD risk factor

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