Laura Stiles

Researchers tested whether semen quality and reproductive function could be a marker of general health in men.

FDA released a safety alert that gout medication shows increased risk for heart-related death.

Treating patients with Parkinson’s disease with levodopa may help decrease central aortic pressure.

After intracerebral hemorrhage, both acute renal failure and deep venous thrombosis have increased.

Patients in the highest hs-cTnT tertile were more likely to have cerebral microbleeds and deep or infratentorial cerebral microbleeds, after adjustments.

Infectious endocarditis hospitalizations have increased among young adults, particularly in whites and women.

Adults with congenital heart disease experienced at least one stroke before age 65, with considerably higher risks than the general population.

The anticoagulant apixaban was found to increase life expectancy at a higher rate than aspirin in patients with low risk for stroke.

A link between common air particles and an increased risk for death has been confirmed, even at lower air pollution levels than those seen in the United States since 2000.

Cardiologists’ salary reached $542,000 in 2014 but still fell short of the $548,000 high in 2012.