Jackie Syrop

Cardiology guideline recommendations that are based on multiple randomized studies have the most durability over time, researchers from the University of Pennsylvania have found.

A new meta-analysis found that people with the most protein in their diets are approximately 20% less likely to have a stroke than those who eat less protein.

Pregnant women with hypertension who also snored were found to be at high risk for obstructive sleep apnea, spurring the need for obstetric healthcare providers to consider sleep evaluation in hypertensive pregnancies.

A new study in mice of the multiple sclerosis drug fingolimod (Gilenya) suggests the drug may be a new therapeutic target for a treatment of post-traumatic stress and other anxiety disorders.

The first wireless implantable hemodynamic monitoring system for patients with heart failure has been approved by the FDA.

Profoundly deaf children who receive cochlear implants had up to 5 times the risk of delays in areas of working memory, controlled attention, planning, and conceptual learning as children with normal hearing.

Dietary sugars are thought to be a cause of obesity, chronic disease, and a variety of cardiometabolic risk factors, but little hard evidence of a causal relation has been found.

Children delivered by cesarean section and those given antibiotics early in infancy may be more prone to developing allergic inflammation of the esophagus.

A population-based, prospective study found faster cognitive decline was associated with a decreased risk of cancer mortality in elderly patients without dementia.

Simple advice is equally as effective as more intense and comprehensive physiotherapy exercise programs for chronic whiplash-associated disorders.

Newborns born to mothers who were given the tetanus, diphtheria, and acellular pertussis vaccine during pregnancy received immunity from their mothers at birth in the first months of life.

Although measles were reportedly eradicated from the United States in 2000, cases of the highly contagious respiratory illness continue to be imported into the country and transmitted locally within it.

Results of 2 new studies suggest humanized anti-calcitonin gene-related peptide antibodies may be safe and effective as treatments to prevent migraines in patients with a high monthly frequency of migraines.

Cardiac MRI may help provide diagnostic information about arrhythmogenic events in patients with scleroderma who are being considered as recipients of implantable cardioverter defibrillators.

Among patients aged 16 years or older with unruptured brain arteriovenous malformations (AVMs), conservative management produces better clinical outcomes than any endovascular embolization, neurosurgical excision, or stereotactic radiosurgery.

The chances children will survive cardiac arrest are increased when emergency dispatchers give bystanders instruction in cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

Once-daily gabapentin enacarbil is effective in patients with the most severe cases of restless legs syndrome and is associated with an adverse effect profile consistent with use in milder disease.

Patients with hypertension after renal artery stenting who are not responsive to medications may have the option of renal sympathetic denervation to lower blood pressure.

Two new agents using a novel mechanism of action for the prevention of migraine headaches are the subject of interest after phase 2 studies of the drugs showed promising results.

A long-acting formulation of pegylated interferon beta was found be much more effective than placebo for people with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis.

New research explains why up to half of heart failure patients do not respond to cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) and how physicians can determine which patients would benefit from CRT.

People with more advanced education may be significantly more likely to recover from moderate to severe traumatic brain injury, suggesting that the brain's "cognitive reserve" may have a part in recovery.

Prophylactic anticoagulation results in a lower risk of dying among patients in the intensive care unit compared with the use of mechanical devices for protection against venous thromboembolism, according to new research.

Rates of heart attacks and strokes declined substantially in the past 20 years among US adults with diabetes. The greatest declines in diabetes-related complications occurred among heart attack and stroke victims.

FDG PET may be more accurate than active fMRI scans for showing brain activity consistent with even minimal consciousness, according to a new study.

A recent study published in BMJ Open suggests that taking nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory medications raises the risk of atrial fibrillation.

Stem cells from bone marrow may be beneficial in recovery from stroke, according to a new analysis of published research.

An unexpectedly high number of cases of thrombotic microangiopathy has been reported in a small number of multiple sclerosis patients who are taking Rebif (interferon beta 1-alpha).

Yale University researchers have found a single "switch" in the brains of patients with epilepsy that determines whether an epileptic seizure will be mild or trigger a dangerous, debilitating loss of consciousness.

New blood pressure treatment guidelines announced in February 2014 by the Eighth Joint National Committee (JNC 8) may result in nearly 6 million American adults no longer requiring hypertension medications.