A French prospective cohort study concluded that better cardiovascular health (CVH) and the maintenance or improvement of CVH were associated with a lower risk of cancer. The study population included 13,933 participants (mainly Caucasian, mean age 45.3 years, 24% women). After a median follow-up of 24.8 years (19.4-24.9 years), 2,010 […]
A US cross sectional and observational cohort study indicated that sleep irregularity was associated with several markers of subclinical atherosclerosis. The study included 2032 participants (mean age, 68.6±9.2 years; White 37.9%, Chinese 11.1%, Black 27.6%, Hispanic 23.4%) underwent assessments of coronary artery calcium, carotid plaque presence, carotid intima‐media thickness, and the […]
A prospective UK cohort study suggested that higher free sugar intake was associated with higher cardiovascular disease (CVD) incidence and higher triglyceride concentrations within all lipoproteins. Higher fiber intake and replacement of refined grain starch and free sugars with wholegrain starch and non-free sugars, respectively, may be protective for incident […]
Three trials have shown remarkable benefits of thrombectomy in patients with large ischemic strokes in countries with different medical systems. The benefits of thrombectomy were consistent across age, degree of neurologic deficit, imaging characteristics, time of treatment, and geographic location. Thrombectomy resulted in significantly better functional outcomes than medical care […]
A Swedish population-wide longitudinal cohort study suggested that β-blockers were associated with reductions in violence. The study included 1,400,766 individuals aged 15 years or older (50 years and over 86.8%, women 52.2%) who had collected β-blocker prescriptions and followed them for 8 years between 2006 and 2013. 6.9% of the […]