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June 17, 2013
OmniHeart Trial shows that composition of diet may be another way to up insulin sensitivity.
Moderate drinkers of alcohol have lower risk of cardiovascular disease than nondrinkers or heavy drinkers.
June 10, 2013
For participants with type 2 diabetes, correlation seen with development of CVD risk over four years.
It significantly decreased cardiovascular and all-cause mortality compared with calcium carbonate.
Lung congestion is highly prevalent and often asymptomatic among kidney failure patients.
It uses data commonly available in electronic health records.
Even blood pressure not considered hypertensive may reflect latent risk for adverse outcomes.
Systemic review suggests allopurinol can significantly improve estimated glomerular filtration rates.
April 25, 2013
GI, kidney, and cardiovascular adverse events may increase with analgesic dose
April 24, 2013
Link between CABG and reduced mortality greater for those with diabetes, tobacco use, heart failure
Consuming too much phosphorus increases the risk of left ventricular hypertrophy in women, study finds
April 15, 2013
Favorable changes seen in standard and novel lipoprotein and inflammatory risk factors.
April 08, 2013
Initiating use prior to coronary artery bypass grafting surgery may modestly reduce risks.
March 28, 2013
But analysis finds there is insufficient data to identify stroke association with specific dietary fiber sources
The absolute risk is small, but data may make a case for the use of low-potency statins when possible.
March 25, 2013
All-cause and cardiovascular risks two to three times more, especially for women with type 2 diabetes
It is associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular events and death, hypertension, and diabetes.
Clinicians should adopt systematic screening for LVH when assessing renal risk in hypertensive patients.
March 12, 2013
Combination treatment associated with excess of bleeding, increase in serious side effects.
The condition was found in nearly 32% of hemodialysis patients, compared with only 8% and 5% of peritoneal dialysis and kidney transplant patients.
High variability in systolic blood pressure is associated with a 26% increased mortality risk.
Its presence increases mortality risk, data show.
Risk is unaffected by orchiectomy, large Danish study finds.
March 01, 2013
Many but not all cohort studies examining the relationship between hyperuricemia and CKD outcomes suggest they may be intertwined.
Cytomegalovirus exposure prior to transplantation independently increases the risk for atherosclerotic events by 80%.
New study is the first to demonstrate this relationship.
Researchers find a 'nominally significant' decrease in the risk of a composite outcome of death and nonfatal major cardiovascular events.
A 13% decreased risk of death observed.
A 10-mm increment in SBP was associated with a 24% increased stroke risk for blacks compared with an 8% increase among whites.
The 90-day incidence of death, shock, and renal failure increases with decreasing kidney function.
