Retinal arteriolar narrowing is a structural microvascular sign associated with chronic hypertension 1 that predicts the risk of stroke 2 and coronary heart disease. 3 Recent studies suggest that a ...

More than 43,000 American women will die from breast cancer this year. Most of those deaths will occur after the cancer has spread to other organs, a process called metastasis. This involves at least ...

Children who had the most hours of screen time, particularly in front of the television, had narrower arteries in the eyes -- a possible indicator for future heart disease risk, according to a new ...

IT has been suggested 1,2 that severe pulmonary changes, supposedly irreversible, in patients with mitral stenosis would preclude beneficial results from valvulotomy. Recent publications from this ...

Glaucomatous eyes were found to have narrower retinal arteriolar and venular caliber more often than non-glaucomatous eyes, a study of an Asian population found. The link between glaucoma and retinal ...

An investigation into the prevalence and clinical relevance of arteriolar lesions in renal transplant biopsy samples has revealed that these lesions increase in frequency over time and are not ...

Despite the JNC recommendation, the clinical implications of hypertensive retinopathy are unclear. Many physicians do not regularly perform an ophthalmoscopic examination as part of the care they ...

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine is an indispensable guide to good health in the workplace for physicians, nurses, and researchers alike. In-depth, clinically oriented research ...