Cardiovascular disease is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality among women in many parts of India, according to data from the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Andhra Pradesh Rural Health Initiative. Now in a paper published recently in the journal Heart, members of the George Institute for Global…
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Adding clopidogrel to aspirin as an anti-blood clot regimen is unlikely to prevent recurrent small subcortical strokes and also may increase the risk of bleeding and death in patients with subcortical stroke (S3), according to a recent study that investigators stopped early due to these findings. Key Point: Adding clopidogrel…
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Study identifies risk factors for prolonged diarrheal duration, complications in children
A new pediatric study has found that younger age, malnourishment, dehydration, fever, dysentery (bloody stool), longer duration of diarrhea prior to admission, and the failure to treat diarrhea with medication put children suffering an acute bout of diarrhea at increased odds of experiencing a prolonged course or complication. Key Point:…
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