September 28, 2020
Exposure to Maternal Gestational Diabetes Tied to Higher CVD Risk
MONDAY, Sept. 28, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Intrauterine exposure to maternal gestational diabetes is associated with increased cardiovascular disease risk and risk factors in offspring up to age 35 years, according to a study published online Sept. 28 in CMAJ, the journal of the Canadian Medical Association. Laetitia Guillemette, Ph.D., from the Children’s Hospital Research...
Hydroxychloroquine Tied to Heart Problems Prior to Pandemic
MONDAY, Sept. 28, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Real-world, pre-COVID-19 adverse events data show hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) and chloroquine (CQ) are associated with cardiovascular adverse events (CVAEs), according to a study published online Sept. 22 in the British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology. Adam Goldman, from the Sackler School of Medicine at Tel Aviv University in Israel, and...
14 Novel Loci Identified for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
MONDAY, Sept. 28, 2020 (HealthDay News) — In a genome-wide association study (GWAS), published online Sept. 28 in Circulation, researchers identified 14 novel loci for abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA). Philip Tsao, Ph.D., from the Stanford University School of Medicine in California, and colleagues performed a GWAS in the Million Veteran Program testing about 18 million...