Cardiology

INESSS is updating its national medical protocol and group prescription template for medication adjustment and monitoring in adults with primary hypertension, and releasing a new guide for clinicians.

Here is a familiar primary care moment: a patient comes in for something else, their blood pressure is high, and suddenly everyone has homework.

McMaster researchers say the next step is to block the cause of these side effects without compromising the benefits of the drug.

Canadian researchers examine whether thromboprophylaxis with low-dose ASA alone is inferior to five days of rivaroxaban followed by ASA after total hip/knee arthroplasty. 

The drug from Merck was OK’d on Thursday for patients with artery-clogging cholesterol that persists even after taking statins.

Recent research shows tiny particles from wildfire smoke—known as PM2.5, fine particulate matter—are so small they can travel deep into the lungs. But they don’t always end their journey there.

Catching unknown and uncontrolled hypertension could save diabetics’ vision.

A seasonal reminder that those taking meds for certain heart problems could be at additional risk as temperatures soar in certain parts of Canada.