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Does Daylight Savings Time Cause Heart Attacks?Now that we've said goodbye to Daylight Savings Time for another 6 months, perhaps (according to researchers reporting in the New England Journal of Medicine last year), we'd be better off saying goodbye forever. That's because, they say, there is an association between switching to DST in the s... |
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Statins Might Be Helpful With Flu, and Other Serious InfectionsThis weekend at the Infectious Diseases Society of America in Philadelphia, researchers from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that statins (drugs prescribed for reducing cholesterol levels) may be associated with a reduced risk of dying from influenza. The study w... |
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Nine "New" Cardiac Risk Factors Are Found WantingIn an era when "preventive health" is all the rage, and we are all being urged to assess our risk factors for heart disease, developing and marketing new tools for cardiac risk assessment has become a big business. In fact, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) notes that mor... |
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More Evidence that Coronary Artery Disease Is Different In WomenFor several years, cardiologists have known that coronary artery disease (CAD) in women can be quite different than it is in men. Women's symptoms may be different, the diagnostic tests that are used for CAD can give the "wrong" answer in women, and the underlying disease itself can be ... |
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Medical Treatment for Coronary Artery DiseaseEvidence from clinical trials now indicates that in patients with stable angina, medical treatment can be as effective as the more invasive treatments we hear so much about, treatments like bypass surgery, angioplasty and stents. But what, exactly, is medical therapy for angina? It turns out th... |
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Three Runners Die Suddenly During Detroit MarathonOn Sunday, three apparently healthy and well-trained male runners (ages 26 to 65) collapsed and died while competing in the Detroit Marathon. At this point the precise causes of death have not been released for any of them. Fortunately, a cluster of sudden deaths - even a single sudden death - du... |
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