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AHA: Poor real-world adherence to NOACs
Adherence to the novel oral anticoagulants by patients with atrial fibrillation is surprisingly poor outside the clinical trial setting.
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EADV: DLX105 is a novel treatment strategy for Behçet’s flares
DLX105, a highly potent single-chain antibody fragment, shows early promise as a fast-acting treatment of flares of Behçet’s disease.
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Short sleep duration in hypertensives ups mortality
Key clinical point: The shorter a hypertensive patient’s objectively measured sleep duration, the greater the all-cause mortality risk, compared...
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EADV: Vismodegib treatment breaks don’t hurt efficacy
Treatment breaks due to adverse events in patients taking vismodegib for advanced basal cell carcinoma don’t compromise efficacy.
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Family History of Cardiovascular Disease Is Key in Psoriasis Patients
Key clinical point: A family history of cardiovascular disease takes on extra importance in assessing cardiovascular risk in young adult psoriasis...
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EADV: Family history of cardiovascular disease is key in psoriasis patients
A family history of cardiovascular disease takes on extra importance in assessing cardiovascular risk in young adult psoriasis patients.
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EADV: New oral psoriasis drug shows excellent safety
Key clinical point: The oral A3 adenosine receptor agonist CF1-1 shows promise as a potential first-line systemic therapy for moderate to severe...
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Moderate, Intensive Exercise Cut Triglycerides Equally in NAFLD
Key clinical point: Moderate and intensive aerobic exercise, done regularly, are equally effective in reducing the intrahepatic triglyceride level...
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Moderate, intensive exercise cut triglycerides equally in NAFLD
Moderate and intensive aerobic exercise, done regularly, are equally effective in reducing the intrahepatic triglyceride level in patients with...
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Subtly elevated maternal glucose linked to increased risk of tetralogy of Fallot
Nondiabetic women with second-trimester subclinical elevated blood glucose have a sharply increased risk of tetralogy of Fallot.
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Smartphone app simultaneously improves multiple chronic disease risk behaviors
Remote coaching supported by a smartphone app can simultaneously improve multiple unhealthy lifestyle behaviors.
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Medicare fumbles penalties for excess heart failure readmissions
Nearly 30% of hospitals penalized by Medicare for excess heart failure readmissions are misclassified as such.
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Vegetarianism may protect against heart failure
The closer one gets to eating a vegan diet, the less likely are echocardiographic risk factors for early heart failure.
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Cold Weather Linked to Increase in Strokes, MI
Key clinical point: Expect noticeably more hospital admissions for stroke and ischemic heart disease on cold weather days. Major finding: Cold...
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Cold weather linked to increase in strokes, MI
Expect noticeably more hospital admissions for stroke and ischemic heart disease on cold weather days.