How does laughter influence health outcomes; including muscle tension, cardio-respiratory functioning and various stress physiology measures? Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine: eCAM
A study looking at the relationship between being fat, being fit, and living longer found that lower fitness is an independent predictor of all-cause mortality, even after adjustment for adiposity. Medscape Medical News
ISH08: Three major clinical trials -- ADVANCE, ONTARGET, and ASCOT -- have helped to redefine antihypertensive therapy, and now results from important substudies further refine those insights. Medscape Cardiology
The ADVANCE trial suggests that aggressively targeting glucose and blood pressure levels reduces nephropathy and renal events, and also reduces the risk for cardiovascular death by almost 25%. Medscape Medical News
Two large, observational studies have found that patients who received aprotinin while undergoing cardiac surgery had higher mortality rates. Medscape Medical News
Results of a phase 2 trial showed safety with microplasmin in patients with acute ischemic stroke treated between 4 and 12 hours, with no increase in bleeding vs placebo. Medscape Medical News
