Intensive glucose control doesn't reduce mortality risk in critically ill patients when compared with conventional glucose control. Instead, it increases the risk for severe hypoglycemia by threefold, ...

This carefully designed meta-analysis combined results from 5 recent clinical trials to shed further light on the confusing question of whether intensive glycemic control reduces the risk for ...

Two studies provide additional support for lowering systolic blood pressure to an intensive goal of 120 mmHg – far below the standard guidelines of 140 mmHg – to reduce the risk of heart disease in ...

However, the study did not prove that treating blood pressure to a goal of 120 mm Hg or less statistically reduced the risk of dementia. This result may have been due to too few new cases of dementia ...

Intensive early control of glucose levels in patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) reduces the long-term risks of developing an impaired glomerular filtration rate (GFR), according to new ...

Adults aged 50 and older who have a high cardiovascular risk can expect an additional 6 months to 3 years of life when they aim for more-intensive blood pressure goals, a secondary analysis of the ...

PHILADELPHIA -- Intensive blood pressure control reduced dementia risk among individuals with hypertension, a randomized trial from rural China showed. A village doctor-led intervention with a simple ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In patients who had endovascular thrombectomy for acute ischemic stroke with large-vessel occlusion, intensive ...

Intensive blood pressure control may reduce the risk of atrial fibrillation (AFib), an irregular heartbeat that can lead to serious complications such as stroke, heart failure and heart attacks, ...

SAN FRANCISCO, CA—In the SPRINT trial, patients who were treated to an intensive versus standard blood pressure goal had a lower risk of developing LV conduction disease, which hasn’t been considered ...