In a nutshell The present study examined whether combining a healthy diet with medications has an added benefit on the risk of cardiovascular events, such as heart attacks and strokes . Some background Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are conditions affecting the heart and/or blood vessels. Many medications, such as beta blockers,...
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Two classes of drugs that reduce the likelihood of cardiovascular complications in patients at high risk of heart failure
Posted by Medivizor on Jun 13, 2013 in Coronary artery disease | 0 comments
In a nutshell The present study evaluated the effect of two drug groups – Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEIs) and angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) – on cardiovascular (CV)-related events (e.g. heart attacks, strokes), occurence of heart failure (HF) and death, in patients with normal heart...
Read MoreHide and Go Seek…Continues: Prevalence
Posted by Medivizor on May 13, 2013 in Benign prostatic hyperplasia, Blog, Breast cancer, Colorectal cancer, Coronary artery disease, Diabetes mellitus, Erectile dysfunction, Hodgkin's lymphoma, Hypertension, Infertility, Kidney stones, Leukemia, Lung cancer, Lymphoma, Melanoma, Multiple Myeloma, Non-Hodgkin lymphoma, Prostate cancer, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Stroke, Urinary incontinence, Urinary tract infection | 1 comment
Deep Breathing Time Again… We’re about to seek the answer to another of the numbers that health and medical professionals use daily from statistics. Are you ready? Here it goes… What does Prevalence Rate in Statistics Mean? The prevalence rate is the total number of cases of a disease in a specific population divided by the total number of people...
Read MoreCount to 10… then Hide: Incidence! Understanding Statistics
Posted by Medivizor on May 7, 2013 in Benign prostatic hyperplasia, Blog, Breast cancer, Colorectal cancer, Coronary artery disease, Diabetes mellitus, Erectile dysfunction, Hodgkin's lymphoma, Hypertension, Infertility, Kidney stones, Leukemia, Lung cancer, Lymphoma, Melanoma, Multiple Myeloma, Non-Hodgkin lymphoma, Prostate cancer, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Stroke, Urinary incontinence, Urinary tract infection | 6 comments
Ready to play Hide and Seek? Or are you just ready to hide? Most people feel like hiding when faced with the numbers that health and medical professionals use daily, statistics. So we’re going to start slowly and cover different mathematical concepts you might have heard. This will be a series of posts so if there are any math concepts that you...
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