A population-based cohort study in Sweden found there was no association between cannabis use in young adulthood and early stroke. However, there was an association between cigarette smoking and early stroke.

Lead researcher Daniel…

Intact Vascular announced Jan. 3 that it had received a total of $46 million in Series B financing.

Healthcare investment firms New Enterprise Associates (NEA), Quaker Partners and H.I.G. BioHealth Partners recently…

Approximately 800,000 adults suffer a stroke each year, making the condition a leading cause of death in the U.S. Research has shown that patients benefit from adhering to their medications and reducing risk factors such as smoking and obesity.…

Arena Pharmaceuticals announced that it had completed enrollment in a phase 2 trial evaluating ralinepag, an oral medication for pulmonary arterial…

Married adults had a significantly lower risk of death following a stroke compared with those who were never married, remarried or widowed, according to an analysis of an ongoing observational, prospective cohort study.

Researchers Matthew…

Cancer patients who received rivaroxaban (Xarelto) to treat venous thromboembolism (VTE) had significantly fewer emergency room visits and lower healthcare costs compared with those who received standard treatment, according to recent studies.…

After adjusting for age, researchers found that adults born in New Jersey from 1945 to 1954 had a significantly lower risk of stroke compared with those born in earlier or later time periods. The risk of ST-segment elevation MI (STEMI) was…

A retrospective database analysis found that the number of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) hospitalizations per year decreased 58 percent from 2001 through 2012, although the mean hospital charge per admission increased 2.7-fold during that…

SentreHeart voluntarily recalled its FindrWIRZ guidewire system after discovering the device’s coating could separate from the packaging and potentially cause serious injuries.

The company…

Patients with lower extremity peripheral artery disease should participate in structured exercise programs as well as take their prescribed medications, according to new guidelines from the American Heart Association (AHA) and American College of…

A new study from Finland has found a link between a pessimistic attitude and heart disease, reports The New York Times.

The study, published in …

A new left ventricular assist device (LVAD) by Thoratec may be a good option for cardiologists to begin using on their patients as new research shows it is outperforming older models.

In a…

It’s no secret smoking cigarettes is bad for your health. A recent study shows that the habit may also have another side effect: increasing the risk of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs).

Still, there is at least some good news for current…

The FDA expanded the approval of the Solitaire stent retriever device to treat patients with acute ischemic strokes.

Medtronic, which manufactures the Solitaire,…

An analysis of a randomized trial found that a cardiovascular biomarker score may help predict the risk for stroke, systemic embolic events and death in patients with atrial fibrillation.

The biomarkers were cardiac troponin I, N-terminal…

More than 10 percent of current smokers and more than 5 percent of adults developed an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) during a median follow-up period of 22.5 years, according to a community-based, prospective study.

Current smokers had a…

The FDA…

A recent study found there was significant variation in home-time among hospitals and certain characteristics in patients and hospitals determine how much time patients spend at home without further issues.

Still, that metric, known as home…

A database analysis found that younger women are at an increased risk of stroke during pregnancy, although older women do not have an increased risk of stroke. The researchers considered older women as those who were at least 35 years old.

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A registry analysis found that patients who only had short episodes of atrial tachycardia and/or atrial fibrillation (AT/AF) did not have an increased risk of clinical events.

The researchers defined short episodes of AT/AF as episodes in…

Peripheral artery disease (PAD) has always been overshadowed by its high-profile cousin, coronary artery disease. Now, as the number of costly endovascular interventions has soared nationally, PAD treatment is being scrutinized. In a field where…