For many years, moderate alcohol intake and its effect on health have been subject to much debate, particularly concerning cardiovascular health. Indeed, light-to-moderate use of alcohol has been ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In 1999, as the result of growing recognition of the potential for noncardiac drugs such as terfenadine or ...

Silver Spring, MD - The FDA's Cardiovascular and Renal Drugs Advisory Committee has ruled that the clinical trials conducted by Bayer/GlaxoSmithKline for its erectile dysfunction drug, vardenafil ...

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved updated labeling for Sustiva (efavirenz capsules and tablets; Bristol-Myers Squibb) to include a warning regarding QTc prolongation. The updated ...

Department of Molecular Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA Correspondence to Dr M J Ackerman, Long QT Syndrome Clinic and the Mayo Clinic Windland Smith ...

Long QT syndrome is a leading cause of sudden death in young persons, with a prevalence exceeding 1 in 2000. It is characterized by prolongation of the QT interval, aberrant T-wave morphologic ...

Grapefruit juice is already listed as a substance to avoid when taking QT-prolonging medications because it increases the toxicity of many drugs. Investigators have now confirmed the QT-prolonging ...

(HealthDay News) — Use of a computerized clinical decision support system (CDSS) may reduce the risk of prolonged QT c interval in hospitalized patients at risk for torsades de pointes, according to ...

As more consumer-facing devices add features to measure the heart’s electrical activity, companies are looking for new ways to turn this data into valuable health information. AliveCor, a startup that ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . SAN FRANCISCO — Patients who drank 2 L grapefruit juice within several hours had significant corrected QT ...