Interatrial block was associated with elevated risk for stroke and other poor outcomes in patients with no history of atrial fibrillation, according to a retrospective study. “Interatrial block (IAB) is an electrocardiographic pattern defined by a P-wave duration 120 ms, typically signifying delayed conduction between the right and left atria through Bachmann’s bundle. Although
Abbott announced the FDA has approved its novel below-the-knee, bioresorbable, drug-eluting scaffold for people with chronic limb-threatening ischemia. The approval is based on the results…
ATLANTA — A home-based exercise intervention with protein supplementation improved physical performance at 12 weeks for older patients with frailty who underwent transcatheter aortic valve…
In a meta-analysis of studies covering more than 400,000 people, climbing stairs was associated with reduced risk for all-cause mortality and death from heart disease.“If…
Climate change has resulted in higher pollution levels, more wildfires and warmer temperatures, all of which come together and increase the risk for asthma, according…
More than 70% of the overall U.S. population is estimated to have subclinical cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic syndrome, according to a research letter published in the Journal of…
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has finalized standards lowering mercury and toxic metal emissions, as well as carbon pollution from power plants, according to a…
Climate change has resulted in higher pollution levels, more wildfires and warmer temperatures, all of which come together and increase the risk for asthma, according…
DENVER — Prior studies have shown that many diseases are tied to the gut microbiome, including metabolic disorders such as obesity, according to Sahil Khanna,…
DENVER — It is important for clinicians to check for nutritional deficiencies in patients with obesity, a speaker at the Obesity Medicine Association conference noted.Patients…
Hepatocellular carcinoma screening in at-risk patients was linked to reduced mortality after accounting for lead-time and length-time biases, as well as improved early tumor detection…
