Exercise might not be the key to weight loss, but its health benefits are often as good as medication in conditions ranging from heart failure to arthritis, a New York Times columnist notes.
Clinicians reported effective use of thrombolysis with no complications in a stroke patient on dabigatran (Pradaxa) reversed with idarucizumab (Praxbind) in the clinic.
Heart disease rates are declining among middle-aged and older U.S. adults, NHANES data showed.
Men overweight as teens were more likely to develop heart failure in middle age, a large Swedish study showed.
Gastric bypass improved cholesterol and triglyceride levels, although not to the same degree across types of procedures, a meta-analysis showed.
Rising serum levels of a protein key to blood vessel formation in the lungs might predict worsening pulmonary arterial hypertension, a study found, opening up the possibility of non-invasive testing to guide treatment.
The Enroute transcarotid artery revascularization system had a 2.3% rate of 30-day stroke or death but no strokes in survivors followed to 1 year, researchers reported at the Society for Vascular Surgery meeting.
Another study from that conference showed significant shrinkage of the aneurysm sac in 60% of patients with highly-angulated aortic necks treated with the Aorfix bifurcated stent graft at 5 years.
The FDA approved single-dose packets of sublingual nitroglycerin powder (Gonitro) for acute relief of angina.
European regulators approved the Magmaris magnesium-based bioresorbable coronary scaffold stent.
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