Patients with rosacea are more likely than others to have dyslipidemia and hypertension, and they are at increased risk for coronary artery disease independently of cardiovascular risk factors,...
ROME – The interval for assessing cardiovascular disease risk in patients with at least one inflamed joint can be as long as 5 years, depending on the patient, according to revised recommendations...
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...
MANCHESTER, ENGLAND – Results of the Trial of Atorvastatin for the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Events in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis... More »
For women in midlife, an earlier age of onset of vasomotor symptoms – hot flashes and night sweats – was linked to impaired endothelial function, ... More »
Among elderly adults with limited mobility, even very short periods of light daily exercise might significantly cut 10-year risk of heart attack or co... More »
Strenuous daily exercise actually increased the risk of coronary heart disease, venous thromboembolism, and cerebrovascular disease, compared with mod... More »
CHICAGO– The “timing hypothesis” of estrogen’s ability to slow progression of atherosclerotic disease in relatively young postmenopausal women received a boost in results from a randomized trial with...
Mental stress triggered significantly more myocardial ischemia in younger women with stable coronary heart disease than in younger men with CHD, according to a study presented at the American Heart...
Rheumatoid arthritis patients treated with the biologic tocilizumab and the Janus kinase inhibitor tofacitinib had significant changes to their lipid levels in a meta-analysis of randomized,...