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SAN DIEGO – The risk of ischemic stroke more than triples in patients with a 10-year history of diabetes, according to results of the population-based Northern Manhattan Study. Ischemic stroke has long been associated with diabetes but a large, longitudinal study enabled investigators to explore... »
Mortality Risk Is Surprisingly High After Hip Fracture
Mortality risk doubles during the year after hip fracture among women aged 65 years and older, then returns to baseline in many women. But this pattern doesn’t apply in older women, according to a report published online in Archives of Internal Medicine.
Mortality risk after sustaining a hip... » CHICAGO – The rate of postpolypectomy bleeding was less than 1% in clopidogrel patients who continued their medication through the procedure – not significantly higher than that of control patients not taking the antiplatelet drug, investigators reported at the annual Digestive Disease Week.... » PARIS – The growing list of oral anticoagulant drugs jockeying to replace warfarin as the go-to agent for stroke prevention in patients with atrial fibrillation added a new candidate, apixaban, that appeared to immediately take the lead on the strength of strikingly impressive results in an... » SAN FRANCISCO – A history of atrial fibrillation more than tripled the risk of a nonaccidental fall in elderly people, an emergency department study showed.
Of 459 consecutive elderly patients who presented to a large emergency department with a chief complaint of a fall, 225 had a fall deemed to... »
Antiplatelet Therapy Didn't Promote Postpolypectomy Bleeding
Apixaban Bettered Other Anticoagulants
Atrial Fibrillation Boosted Fall Risk in Elderly Patients
Mortality risk doubles during the year after hip fracture among women aged 65 years and older, then returns to baseline in many women. But this pattern doesn’t apply in older women, according to a report published online in... »
Ischemic Stroke Risk Surges After 10 Years in Elderly Diabetes Patients
SAN DIEGO – The risk of ischemic stroke more than triples in patients with a 10-year history of diabetes, according to results of the population-based Northern Manhattan Study. Ischemic stroke has long been associated with... »
Antiplatelet Therapy Didn't Promote Postpolypectomy Bleeding
CHICAGO – The rate of postpolypectomy bleeding was less than 1% in clopidogrel patients who continued their medication through the procedure – not significantly higher than that of control patients not taking the... »
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