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Single blood pressure (BP) measurements are not reflective of the average BP 20% of the time. A series of BPs should be averaged for medical decision making. A series of home BP recordings is more accurate than those in the office for assessing the control of BP among hypertensive patients.
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Since two-thirds of americans are overweight or obese, most of us should probably be trying to better understand why.
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A third oral antiplatelet inhibitor has been approved by the FDA to reduce the rate of thrombotic cardiovascular events in patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS). Ticagrelor is an adenosine diphosphate receptor P2Y12 inhibitor similar to clopidogrel and prasugrel. It is marketed by AstraZeneca as Brilinta.
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The authors advocate that cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging using specific criteria may be useful as a diagnostic tool for patients with stress cardiomyopathy at the time of acute clinical presentation.
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In a shocking series of findings, this well-done prospective study showed that in men older than age 55 years a higher proportion of serum omega-3 fatty acids, specifically DHA, actually may increase the risk for high-grade prostate cancer.
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The Black Women's Health Imperative in Washington, DC, has found that a two-pronged program that targets teen-age African American girls and their mothers or other family members has the potential for being a very successful, intergenerational HIV prevention approach.
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By 2007, the prevalence of fluoroquinolone resistance among N. gonorrhoeae had become so widespread in the United States that the CDC recommended against use of drugs of that class in the treatment of gonorrhea.
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Young black men who have sex with men (MSM) had a 48% increase in new HIV infections between 2006 and 2009, according to the latest data reported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) of Atlanta, GA.
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