Patients with mitral annulus calcification at higher risk of heart valve and CVD Written By Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli3 Jun 2022 7:15 AM ISTA retrospective review of more than 24,000 patients who underwent an EKG at Mayo Clinic finds that nearly one-quarter of the patients had mitral...
AI-enabled ECGs may identify patients at greater risk of stroke, cognitive decline Written By Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli5 May 2022 9:00 AM ISTROCHESTER, Minn: Atrial fibrillation, the most common cardiac rhythm abnormality, has been linked to one-third of ischemic strokes, the most common...
Living kidney donor surgery is low risk for most patients, confirms Mayo Clinic study Written By Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli28 April 2022 9:00 AM ISTROCHESTER, Minn: The risk of major complications for people who donate a kidney via laparoscopic surgery is minimal. That is the conclusion of a...
DOACS Effectively Reduces VTE Recurrence in Cancer Patients Written By MD Bureau15 Feb 2022 9:00 AM ISTDirect oral anticoagulants (DOACs) are now considered the standard of care for the treatment of venous thromboembolism (VTE) in noncancer patients for...
Cancer drug Dasatinib also lowers blood glucose, finds retrospective study Written By Hina Zahid9 Dec 2021 9:00 AM ISTROCHESTER, Minnesota - Dasatinib, a drug that often is used to treat certain types of leukemia, may have antidiabetic effects comparable to...
Dasatinib a novel diabetic therapy for control of blood sugar and weight: Study Written By Medha Baranwal1 Dec 2021 9:00 AM ISTUSA: Treatment of type 2 diabetes (T2D) patients with dasatinib for a year led to a greater reduction in body weight and blood sugar versus those...
Antibiotics exposure below age of 2 tied to chronic illnesses in kids: Study Written By Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli17 Nov 2020 5:00 AM ISTROCHESTER, Minn. -- Researchers at Mayo Clinic have found in a retrospective case study that antibiotics administered to children younger than 2...
Many women with severe migraine might avoid pregnancy, but should they? Written By Hina Zahid16 Sept 2020 4:05 PM ISTRochester, MN, - A survey of 607 women who suffer from severe migraine found twenty percent of the respondents are currently avoiding pregnancy...
CAC score may help regulate statins in patients with borderline ASCVD risk Written By Medha Baranwal19 July 2020 9:00 PM ISTUSA: CAC score should be used in patients with borderline or intermediate ASCVD risk to assist in the decision of taking or withdrawing statin...
Spinal Cord Injury may Increase risk for Mental Disorders Written By Hina Zahid27 April 2020 5:15 AM ISTANN ARBOR, Mich. - Researchers from Michigan Medicine have found in a new study that adults with spinal cord injury are at a higher risk of developing...
COVID-19 patients may show false signs of acute MI: Mayo Clinic guidance Written By Hina Zahid13 April 2020 7:30 AM ISTROCHESTER, Minn. — Many studies have shown that people with cardiovascular disease are at greater risk of COVID-19. There also have been reports of...
Managing COVID-19 patients with signs of acute heart attack: Mayo Clinic guidance Written By Hina Zahid10 April 2020 7:00 PM ISTROCHESTER, Minn. -- Much remains unknown about COVID-19, but many studies already have indicated that people with cardiovascular disease are at...
