The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine have updated their intake recommendations for sodium and potassium, originally published in 2005.
Despite a lack of clear therapeutic indication, many patients receiving anticoagulation therapy with warfarin are also treated with aspirin. In a recent study, researchers sought to evaluate the frequency...
While several previous studies have investigated the effects of heavy smoking on spatial and color vision, samples sizes have been small and some variables were not controlled, according to the recent...
While statin therapy has been shown to reduce the risk of major vascular events and vascular mortality, its effects in older adults are less well understood.
New statistics from the American Heart Association highlight how recent guideline changes have affected CVD and the percentage of preventable deaths in the United States.
The American Heart Association, the American College of Cardiology, and the Heart Rhythm Society have released updates to their 2014 Guideline for the Management of Patients With Atrial Fibrillation.
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In order to examine the effects of elevated BP on gray matter volume changes in young adults without hypertension, researchers conducted a study of healthy adults from 4 previous unpublished cross-sectional...
