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Current guidelines that are being used in Singapore (SG) for predicting cardiovascular disease (CVD) must be updated to improve risk prediction accuracy. This can be done by recalibrating risk functions and employing wearable metrics that provide a huge amount of objective health data, suggests a study.

Implementing a pharmacy practice model consisting of an integrated four-member team (three pharmacists and one specialty technician) leads to better medication access and improved education among heart failure (HF) patients, reports a study. The model also allows for transition of care (ToC) at multiple points in the care process, resulting in enhanced medication safety.

In anticoagulation-associated intracerebral haemorrhage (ICH), earlier administration of reversal treatments is associated with reduced in-hospital mortality or discharge to hospice, according to data presented at ISC 2024.

Adopting a more conservative approach to venous thromboembolism (VTE) prophylaxis results in reduced rates of wound hematomas, with no increase in postpartum VTE, according to a recent study presented at SMFM 2024.

An alerting reaction during the first blood pressure (BP) reading is associated with a higher risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality among adults, reveals a study.

Depressive symptoms are common among Chinese adults aged >45 years and appear to increase the risk of incident hypertension and cardiovascular diseases (CVDs), reveals a recent study.

For people with overweight or obesity and type 2 diabetes, intensive lifestyle intervention appears to minimize the spikes and drops in cardiovascular risk factors such as blood glucose and lipids.

Nearly one in four children hospitalized for acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF) had cardiogenic shock (CS), which may lead to death, reports a study.