Medical Center

 A new study shows that rates of recurrent stroke, myocardial infarction (MI), and all-cause and vascular death increase during the first 4 years after hospitalization for a stroke.   Researchers used a state hospital database to capture subsequent vascular events among more than 10,000 patients hospitalized for ischemic or hemorrhagic strokes in South Carolina. The risk [...]

… A selective invasive strategy may be an attractive alternative in medically stabilized patients, Dr. de Winter’s group concludes. In an editorial, Dr. John A. Bittl, from the Ocala Heart Institute, Florida, and Dr. David J. Maron at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, comment that advantages of an early conservative approach include the ability [...]

Two women in the United States have been awarded massive damages because they developed breast cancer after taking hormone replacement therapy for menopausal symptoms. The total is more than $112 million, and is to be paid by Pfizer, which owns the companies that manufactured the products involved. Pfizer said that it would challenge the verdicts.  The [...]