September 16, 2020
Pacemaker Need Higher in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 16, 2020 (HealthDay News) — The need for pacemakers is higher among patients with type 2 diabetes than the general population, according to a study published online Sept. 4 in Diabetes Care. Elina Rautio, from the Solna Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, and colleagues used data from the Swedish National Diabetes Registry to identify...
Spironolactone Not Tied to Breast Cancer Recurrence
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 16, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Spironolactone is not independently associated with increased breast cancer recurrence, according to a study published in the October issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology. Chapman Wei, from the George Washington University in Washington, D.C., and colleagues used the Humana Insurance database to identify breast...
Better Cardiovascular Health Linked to Lower Incident HTN
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 16, 2020 (HealthDay News) — For adults without hypertension, better cardiovascular health as measured by Life’s Simple 7 (LS7) is associated with a lower risk for incident hypertension, according to a study published online Sept. 16 in the Journal of the American Heart Association. Timothy B. Plante, M.D., from the Larner College of...
Financial Toxicity Common in Patients With Multiple Sclerosis
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 16, 2020 (HealthDay News) — For patients with multiple sclerosis (MS), financial toxicity is common and is associated with lifestyle-altering behaviors or care nonadherence, according to a study published online Aug. 18 in the Multiple Sclerosis Journal. Gelareh Sadigh, M.D., from Emory University in Atlanta, and colleagues surveyed adult MS patients visiting a...
Severely Obese Heart Donors Not Tied to Adverse Transplant Outcomes
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 16, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Severe obesity in organ donors is not associated with adverse heart transplant outcomes, according to a study published online Sept. 16 in Circulation: Heart Failure. Elizabeth D. Krebs, M.D., from the University of Virginia Health System in Charlottesville, and colleagues stratified single-organ first-time adult heart transplants from 2003...