(MedPage Today) -- Age alone shouldn't deter appropriate oral anticoagulant use in elderly atrial fibrillation patients, according to a review.
(MedPage Today) -- Overweight patients with cardiovascular risks who took the weight-loss drug sibutramine had an increased likelihood of experiencing a cardiac event, a large randomized trial found.
(MedPage Today) -- Sugar given to blunt pain in newborns undergoing invasive procedures may only mask signs of distress, researchers found.
(MedPage Today) -- Keeping mentally active may help stave off Alzheimer's disease, but once patients are diagnosed with the condition, \"brain exercise\" may actually speed up cognitive decline, researchers said -- adding that that may not be a bad thing.
STOCKHOLM (MedPage Today) -- After years of waiting for an alternative to warfarin (Coumadin), there are now three wending their way through the regulatory process. In this exclusive InFocus video report we review each of these new agents with leading cardiologists.
(MedPage Today) -- Patients with dementia had significant short-term improvement in functional and quality-of-life outcomes after four months of home-based behavioral intervention, investigators reported.
(MedPage Today) -- Emergency department visits for concussions occurring in children's and teens' team sports have risen sharply since the late 1990s, researchers said.
STOCKHOLM (MedPage Today) -- Dabigatran, an investigational oral anticoagulant, may be an ideal anticoagulant for atrial fibrillation patients, especially those in centers that are less adept at managing patients taking warfarin, according to a post-hoc analysis from the RE-LY trial.
STOCKHOLM (MedPage Today) -- A novel anticoagulant -- apixaban -- cut the rate of stroke in half among patients with atrial fibrillation unsuitable for vitamin K antagonist therapy, according to preliminary results from a phase III trial halted because of the clear benefit.
(MedPage Today) -- A newly discovered genetic contributor to Parkinson's disease implicates the immune system, according to results of a genome-wide association study.
(MedPage Today) -- Two separate studies have found genetic variations that may be associated with an increased risk of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) located on chromosomes previously linked to ALS -- particularly chromosome 9.
(MedPage Today) -- Significantly increased levels of multiple sclerosis (MS) disease activity can be seen in MRI scans during the spring and summer months, researchers found.
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