NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.—Preliminary results suggest a role for exercise-based, biofeedback-assisted behavioral therapy for preventing urgency urinary incontinence (UUI) in older patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD).
NEW ORLEANS—The combination of sustained-release naltrexone and bupropion leads to sustained clinically meaningful weight loss and improves markers of cardiovascular risk in obese patients, according to results released at the 60th Annual Scientific Session of the American College of Cardiology.
NEW ORLEANS—New data demonstrate that a computer-assisted decision support (CADS) tool can significantly reduce the number of medication errors and adverse events, particular major bleeding, that occur in patients with acute coronary syndromes (ACS) who require dialysis.
NEW ORLEANS—Chronic kidney disease (CKD), defined as a glomerular filtration rate of 60 mL/min/1.73 m2 or below, is an independent predictor of death in patients with peripheral vascular disease (PVD), researchers reported at the 60th Annual Scientific Session of the American College of Cardiology.
CHICAGO—Evidence-based cardiovascular preventive medications are underused in patients presenting with ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), investigators reported at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions.
Cutting intake by only 3 grams a day would greatly reduce the number of future cardiovascular events.
CHICAGO—Brazilian researchers report that acetylcysteine should no longer be used to prevent contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN) in patients undergoing coronary and vascular angiography.
The dipeptidyl peptidase (DPP)-4 inhibitor sitagliptin, which is approved for the treatment of adult patients with type 2 diabetes, may benefit adult type 1 diabetics
New results suggest that combination therapy with ezetimibe/simvastatin, when prescribed at the recommended starting and next higher doses, is more likely to improve lipids than atorvastatin alone in patients with metabolic syndrome.
CHICAGO—While the impact of football on health outcomes has focused largely on head injuries, new findings suggest that football training may also lead to pre-hypertension.
