Retinal Capillary Perfusion Tied to Cerebral Small Vessel Disease in Black Patients
Significant correlations seen for worse information processing, fluid cognition, and MRI biomarkers
Incident A-Fib Linked to Increased Risk of Mild Cognitive Impairment
Risk of MCI not increased for patients with incident a-fib receiving digoxin treatment or anticoagulant and amiodarone treatment
Second Person to Receive Pig Heart Dies Six Weeks After Transplant
Heart had been showing signs of rejection in the days before his death
Interventions to Redesign Patient Care Do Not Improve Outcomes
Nurses reported improvement in median teamwork climate score, but no improvement in hospitalized patient outcomes
Landiolol Does Not Reduce Organ Failure in Septic Shock Patients With Tachycardia
Mean Sequential Organ Failure Assessment score did not differ for those receiving landiolol and standard care
More Than Half of U.S. Adults Use Internet to Look for Health, Medical Information
Adults aged 30 to 44 years have highest use of internet for communicating with doctor, doctor's office
High BP Visit-to-Visit Variability Linked to Dementia Risk in Late Life
Higher blood pressure variability not associated with higher lifetime dementia risk at age 60, 70, or 80 years
Extreme Heat Projected to Cause More Excess Cardiovascular Deaths by Midcentury
Extreme heat projected to be associated with increase of 162 or 233 percent annual excess deaths under two scenarios
No Racial Disparities Seen in Long-Term MACE for Women With CAD
Despite having greater burden of cardiovascular risk factors, Black women with CAD have similar long-term MACE
Acupuncture Aids Outcomes After Heart Valve Surgery
Reduction seen in pain, nausea, stress, and anxiety, as well as incidence of atrial fibrillation
