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NHS urged to offer single pill to all over-50s to prevent heart attacks and strokes

Medical Xpress - Cardiology

The NHS could prevent thousands more heart attacks and strokes every year by offering everyone in the UK aged 50 and over a single "polypill" combining a statin and three blood pressure lowering drugs, according to academics from UCL.

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Study: Children with hypertension at higher long-term risk for serious heart conditions

Medical Xpress - Cardiology

Youth with high blood pressure are nearly four times more likely to be at long-term risk of serious heart conditions including stroke and heart attack, according to a new study. The research, led by McMaster University, will be presented at the Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) 2024 Meeting, held May 2–6 in Toronto.

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Bridging the Gap: Enhancing Stroke Recovery Through Digital Health Solutions

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Stroke recovery is a challenging process that extends for months after hospital discharge. Navigating Post-Stroke Recovery at Home: One Patient's Experience A ”mildly impaired” stroke patient with atrial fibrillation who was discharged reported, “I knew my local pharmacist, and they knew my prescriptions.

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Abstract TMP16: Is Lipoprotein(a) Being Measured in Ischemic Stroke Patients?

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Stroke, Volume 56, Issue Suppl_1 , Page ATMP16-ATMP16, February 1, 2025. Having elevated Lp(a) can increase risk of heart attack, stroke, and peripheral artery disease.It One hospital, a primary stroke center had significantly more patients tested due to specific interest in Lp(a).

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A big data COVID train wreck

Dr. Anish Koka

If there was any doubt the academic research enterprise is completely broken, we have an absolute train wreck of a study in one of the many specialty journals of the Journal of the American Medical Association — JAMA Health. The relative risk of every major adverse event is significantly increased in the post COVID group.

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Study Shows Web App Effective in Determining Access to Statins Without a Prescription

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Nissen, MD , chief academic officer in the Heart, Vascular, and Thoracic Institute at Cleveland Clinic and the study’s lead author. LDL or “bad” cholesterol contributes to the development of fatty deposits in the arteries, which raises the risk of heart attacks, strokes and other forms of heart disease.

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The “open data” movement runs aground on FOURIER

Dr. Anish Koka

The open-data movement seeks to liberate the massive amount of data generated in running clinical trials from the grasp of the academic medical-pharmaceutical industrial complex that mostly runs the most important trials responsible for bringing novel therapeutics to market. But first, some background.