Drs. Ferraris, Levy, and Hammon explore identifying patients who are at high risk of bleeding in cardiothoracic surgery and discuss multimodal interventions for reducing bleeding and blood transfusion. Medscape Cardiology
How does laughter influence health outcomes; including muscle tension, cardio-respiratory functioning and various stress physiology measures? Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine: eCAM
About 10% of apparently healthy middle-aged adults have experienced silent cerebral infarcts, according to the latest results from the Framingham Offspring Study. Medscape Medical News
An analysis comparing drug-eluting vs bare-metal stents shows that drug-eluting stents reduce the risk for repeated procedures without increasing the risk for death or myocardial infarction. Medscape Medical News
Patients with hypertension who monitored their blood pressure from home and received Web-based pharmacist care showed greater improvement in blood pressure control than patients who had usual care. Medscape Medical News
A study shows that women who eat a diet rich in vegetables, fruits, legumes, whole grains, fish, and poultry may reduce their risk for death from cardiovascular disease and from all causes. Medscape Medical News
Early research suggests the potential anticancer therapeutics might be especially risky for patients with prior or ongoing heart disease. Medscape Medical News
Among those heart-failure patients in whom the value of cardiac resynchronization therapy is not yet clearly established, the presence of mechanical dyssynchrony as measured by simple Doppler echo can help predict responders, a new study finds. Heartwire
