People with HIV and cardiovascular disease have higher levels of the interleukin-1 receptor antagonist and soluble regulator sIL-1R1 up to 10 years before the first myocardial infarction.
A scientific statement from the American Heart Association was published in Circulation, with the purpose of providing a thorough review of available evidence on HIV-associated cardiovascular disease.
Cancer death rates decreased from 1999 to 2017; heart disease deaths dropped to 2011 and then increased.
Older adults have an increased risk for dementia after concussion, which is modestly reduced among patients using a statin.
The risk for suicide attempt is 14.9-fold greater for patients with 3 physical diseases compared with individuals with no physical diseases.
Individuals with moderate to very severe COPD and cardiovascular risk factors did not have an increased risk for all-cause mortality or major adverse cardiovascular event occurrence with the use of aclidinium.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is launching on April 25, 2019, its “Remove the Risk” campaign, aimed at promoting the safe disposal of unused opioids.
A new granule formulation of Prograf has been made available for the prophylaxis of organ rejection.
Milder strain of flu has been most common cause of cases this flu season
The number of potentially abused elders is staggering: in 2015, older adults — defined as people age 65 or above constituted nearly 15% of the US population — up by 1.6 million from 2014.
