The American Heart Association has been employing machine learning to produce some encouraging research to coffee drinkers interested in their heart health. Leveraging the long-running Framingham study, machine learning techniques were leveraged to determine some observed associations between cardiovascular health and what people eat and drink. Using these tools, they Read more…
At the 2018 New Cardiovascular Horizons (NCVH) meeting, there was a new session called “Gender and Racial Disparities in Peripheral Interventions”, in which the SAGE group presented a talk titled “Prevalence and Epidemiology Burden of Peripheral Artery Disease and Venous Disease in Women“. Mary Yost, President of the SAGE Group, Read more…
A 2017 study by the NYSPMA (New York Podiatric Medical Association) reveal some interesting facts that indicate podiatric treatment can lower healthcare costs while improving patient outcomes and quality of life. This research-based study was performed by a third-party consulting firm as a response to an effort to redesign New Read more…
Good news is coming out of a survey of 27,000 Americans; the smoking rate in the United States has hit another record low. The latest survey indicates that 14% of US adults were smokers last year, down from 16% the year before. Although the rate of decline has been slowing, encouraging Read more…
A new US study of 438,000 adults has some interesting findings on regional variations and the prevalence of obesity in rural versus urban or suburban areas. This study was performed by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and considered a patient obese if they had a BMI of 30 or Read more…
In honor of Memorial Day, Biomedix has put together an infographic about veterans with PAD
New Biomedix infographic featuring the results of a study published in JAMA about peripheral artery disease (PAD), and confirms the importance of prevention, focusing on four main risk factors that not only contribute to the prevalence of PAD, but also heart disease and stroke
A study published online in Diabetes Care on April 5th, 2018 determined that diabetes patients undergoing lower-limb amputations have a high risk of postoperative mortality. The study used a cohort of over 300,000 patients diagnosed with diabetes between 2005 and 2014. Researchers from the University of Otago in Wellington, New Read more…
A common question asked about PAD is, what percentage of people that have PAD are asymptomatic, or not displaying some of the classic symptoms of PAD, such as pain when walking (intermittent claudication)? One study indicates that the percentage of those with PAD who are asymptomatic could be quite high. Read more…
An updated systematic review published by The Cochrane Vascular editorial base supports the recommendation by NICE in the UK to offer exercise therapy as a first-line intervention to those suffering from intermittent claudication. Intermittent claudication, or pain while walking, is one of the first symptoms to manifest for patients with PAD (peripheral Read more…