Gout was associated with increased risk for readmission for either a cardiovascular event or heart failure, and was associated with longer hospital stays in patients with acute coronary syndrome.
The unaffected siblings of patients with bipolar disorder have increased risks for dyslipidemia and ischemic stroke.
After 24 weeks of tofacitinib, increased HDL-c, but not increases in LDL-c or total cholesterol, appeared to be associated with lower future major adverse cardiovascular event risk in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.
The development of pulmonary arterial hypertension in patients with SLE is a poor prognostic factor, but systemic hypertension may be a predictive factor for PAH in the SLE population.
A large-scale bibliometric analysis underscores a lack of sex-related reporting in biomedical research, despite efforts to include more women in health-based studies.
Patients with depressive symptoms, however mild, face increased mortality risk long after an acute myocardial infarction.
In-hospital stethoscope cleaning practices may only be partially effective at eliminating bacterial DNA.
Public health misinformation is often amplified within information silos and echo chambers.
Dual antiplatelet therapy may be effective for the prophylaxis of recurrent arterial thrombosis in patients with antiphospholipid syndrome.
The US Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program (HRRP) has successfully reduced readmission rates for certain conditions.
