University Of Dundee

In patients with ischemic heart disease older than 60 years, the uric acid-lowering drug allopurinol did not improve CV outcomes, according to results of the ALL-HEART trial presented at the European Society of Cardiology Congress.

Patients taking antihypertensive medication in the evening experienced no difference in MI, stroke or CV death occurrence compared with patients taking them in the morning, a speaker reported.

Having a lower birth weight is associated with type 2 diabetes onset at a younger age, and those with a lower birth weight are also more likely to have a lower BMI at diagnosis, according to study findings published in Diabetic Medicine.