Cardiology
Laws Promoting Flu Shot for Hospital Workers Can Cut Deaths
FRIDAY, Jan. 8, 2021 (HealthDay News) — State laws promoting hospital worker vaccination against influenza may be effective for reducing monthly pneumonia and influenza mortality rates, especially among the elderly, according to a study published online Jan. 5 in the Annals of Internal Medicine. Mariana Carrera, Ph.D., from Montana State University in Bozeman, and colleagues...
Review Confirms Interarm SBP Difference, Mortality Link
FRIDAY, Jan. 8, 2021 (HealthDay News) — The associations between interarm differences in systolic blood pressure and all-cause mortality, cardiovascular mortality, and cardiovascular disease have been confirmed in a review published online Dec. 21 in Hypertension. Christopher E. Clark, M.B., Ch.B., Ph.D., from the University of Exeter Medical School in the United Kingdom, and colleagues...
Statins May Protect Heart From Chemo for Early Breast Cancer
THURSDAY, Jan. 7, 2021 (HealthDay News) — For women with early breast cancer treated with anthracyclines, statin exposure is associated with a lower risk for hospital presentation for heart failure, according to a study published online Jan. 6 in the Journal of the American Heart Association. Husam Abdel-Qadir, M.D., Ph.D., from the Women’s College Hospital...
Drug Makers Raise Prices on 500 Prescription Drugs
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 6, 2021 (HealthDay News) — With the new year comes another round of prescription drug price hikes, CBS News reported Tuesday. The data come from 46brooklyn Research, a nonprofit company that aims to improve access to drug pricing information. AbbVie, Bristol Myers Squibb, GlaxoSmithKline, Pfizer, and other major pharmaceutical companies are raising their...
Postpartum Trajectory Differs by Race After Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 6, 2021 (HealthDay News) — There are significant racial differences in postpartum blood pressure trajectories in women with hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, according to a study published online Dec. 22 in JAMA Network Open. Alisse Hauspurg, M.D., from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, and colleagues assessed the racial differences in blood...
eGFR Variability Linked to All-Cause Mortality Risk
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 6, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Among people with hypertension who are at high risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD), greater estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) variability is independently associated with all-cause mortality, according to a study published online Dec. 14 in the American Journal of Kidney Diseases. Rakesh Malhotra, M.D., M.P.H., from the University...
Intradialytic Hypotension Tied to Peripheral Artery Disease
TUESDAY, Jan. 5, 2021 (HealthDay News) — More frequent intradialytic hypotension (IDH) during hemodialysis is associated with a higher incidence of subsequent peripheral artery disease (PAD) diagnosis, according to a study published online Dec. 11 in the American Journal of Kidney Diseases. Eun Young Seong, M.D., Ph.D., from the Pusan National University School of Medicine...
U.S. Health Care Spending Increased 4.6 Percent in 2019
TUESDAY, Jan. 5, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Health care spending in the United States increased 4.6 percent in 2019, which was a similar rate of growth as that seen in 2018, according to a report published online Dec. 16 in Health Affairs. Anne B. Martin, from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services in Baltimore,...
Fitness Apps, Trackers Boost Physical Activity
TUESDAY, Jan. 5, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Interventions using apps or trackers seem to be effective in promoting physical activity, according to a review published online Dec. 21 in the British Journal of Sports Medicine. Liliana Laranjo, M.D., Ph.D., from the University of Sydney, and colleagues conducted a systematic literature review to identify randomized, controlled...
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