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December 1, 2012 | Journal Article
This study demonstrates that active transportation (walking or bicycling for transportation) is associated with favorable cardiovascular disease risk factor profiles. In an effort to improve health outcomes among U.S. adults, promoting and permitting active transportation may prove beneficial.
October 1, 2012 | Journal Article
Decline in deaths from coronary heart disease may be attributed to both improved lifestyles and medical interventions.
August 11, 2012 | Journal Article
The World Bank reported the leading cause of death worldwide was coronary heart disease in its 1993 World Development Report. Yet, investments in cardiac care are slow, and have not kept pace with the rising rates of death.
July 1, 2012 | Journal Article
Critically ill patients (other than heart attack patients) may be more susceptible to the effects of fluctuating glucose levels.
June 1, 2012 | Journal Article
Over the past decade, rates of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) hospitalizations for older Medicare patients have decreased.
January 1, 2012 | Journal Article
Temporarily discontinuing antithrombotic agents in stroke or transient ischemic attack (TIA) patients undergoing a colonoscopy associated with a greater risk of stroke, myocardial infarction, major bleeding, and venous thromboembolism.
October 1, 2010 | Journal Article
For men with heart disease, having a variation of a serotonin transporter gene increases the likelihood of feeling hopeless.
June 28, 2011 | Story
Work-related stress can take a serious toll on health, especially for women. Scholar's new work will delve deeper.
May 18, 2010 | Journal Article
This study evaluated the associations of regulators of mineral metabolism and inhibitors of vascular calcification and their association to cardiovascular disease events.
January 30, 2011 | Story
After overcoming obstacles that would have stopped most people in their tracks, a Harold Amos Medical Faculty Development Program scholar dramatically changes the way we view heart disease in diverse groups.