Is this the final word on calcium channel blockers after radial artery grafts?

The use of calcium channel blockers (CCB) in patients with radial artery grafts improves the clinical and angiographic outcomes from coronary artery bypass surgery, a study shows. The post-hoc analysis of data from six randomised controlled trials of the radial...

The use of calcium channel blockers (CCB) in patients with radial artery grafts improves the clinical and angiographic outcomes from...

Research

Decision fatigue erodes doctors’ judgement at the end of the day

Doctors’ clinical judgement worsens as the day progresses due to ‘decision fatigue’, a US study has found. To investigate how the time of day influences medical decision making, researchers looked at the rates of ordering of guideline-recommended cancer screening tests...

Doctors’ clinical judgement worsens as the day progresses due to ‘decision fatigue’, a US study has found. To investigate how...

Heart disease

Glucosamine cardiovascular ‘benefit’ doesn’t stand up to scrutiny

An observational study purporting to show the widely-used joint pain supplement glucosamine may reduce cardiovascular disease has been met with scepticism by Australian experts. Published in the BMJ, the analysis of data from 466,039 people without cardiovascular disease found a...

An observational study purporting to show the widely-used joint pain supplement glucosamine may reduce cardiovascular disease has been met...

Hypertension

Misdiagnosed hypertension points to need for out-of-office BP assessments

High rates of undiagnosed hypertension, ‘masked hypertension’ and inadequately treated hypertension have been found in an Australian study comparing clinic BP measurement and 24-hour ambulatory BP monitoring. The results from a subgroup of 508 patients in the AusDiab study found that...

High rates of undiagnosed hypertension, ‘masked hypertension’ and inadequately treated hypertension have been found in an Australian study comparing clinic...