PATIENTS: Adults with 4 common medical diagnoses considered to carry moderate-to-high risk of VTE. Excluded were patients on warfarin or with hospital stays of ≤2 days. VTE prophylaxis was ...

“The key takeaway (of the study) is that metabolic syndrome significantly increases the risk of developing young-onset dementia,” which is dementia before age 65, said principal study ...

Results: We admitted 627 patients including 6 cases of VTE, with a prevalence of 096%. The average age was 49.67 ± 17.58 years with extremes of 30 to 71 years, the sex ratio 0.2, and housewives ...

Historically, those who choose to get vaccinated often have increased access to healthcare and are generally more health-conscious, all of which can help reduce a person’s overall risk of ...

It now moves onto the House. Senate Bill 83 would repeal a map meant to identify parts of Oregon at high risk of catastrophic wildfires but has become a lightning rod for anger from rural ...

The risk of developing DVT and PE was 3.36-fold and 2.07-fold, respectively, in patients with RA compared with patients without RA, after adjusting for age, sex and comorbidities. The multiplicative ...

Surgical excision presents unique challenges and vision loss is a rare, but devastating, complication. This review aims to identify risk factors for vision loss with excision of OCVMs. Method A ...

A SIMPLE tweak to your daily habits could reduce your risk of dying from heart disease by 39 per cent, say researchers. Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is largely preventable through a combination ...

It is conjectured that drospirenone, taken alone or concomitantly with spironolactone, may be associated with an increased risk of hyperkalemia. Methods: A retrospective cohort study was conducted ...