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Obesity Raises Atrial Fibrillation Risk in Healthy Women
Major Finding: The risk of developing atrial fibrillation was doubled in obese women (HR, 2.04) and more than tripled in very obese women,...
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AHF Treatment, But Not Mortality, Differs Between Sexes
Major Finding: Although in-hospital mortality was similar between men and women with acute heart failure (10.5% vs 11.1%), women were less likely...
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As Renal Denervation Use Grows, New Benefits Emerge
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Occult Left Ventricular Dysfunction Common in Type 2 Diabetes Patients
Major Finding: Left ventricular dysfunction was present in 60% of patients with type 2 diabetes, despite the absence of any clinical signs of...
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Mass Diabetes Screening Doesn't Change Death Rates
Major Finding: Compared with no screening, a population-based screen for type 2 diabetes did not improve any mortality outcomes over 10 years.Data...
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Diabetes Diagnosed at Acute MI Hits Women Harder
Major Finding: The 3-year mortality rate was 30% for women with known and newly diagnosed diabetes, 11% for those without diabetes, and 13% for...
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Sugar-Sweetened Beverages Amplify Genetic Risk of Obesity
Major Finding: Increase in BMI per increment of 10 risk alleles for adiposity was 1.00 for those who drank less than one serving of sugar-...
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Weight Loss After Roux-en-Y Tied to Type 2 Diabetes Reversal
Major Finding: Up to 73% of obese patients with type 2 diabetes had normalized blood glucose after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery.Data Source:...
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Study Backs Intervention to Cut Teens' Sugary Drink Intake
Major Finding: The between-group differences for changes in body mass index and weight among the 224 participants randomized to the intervention...
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CRT's Mild Heart Failure Benefits Persist 5 Years
Major Finding: Five years of CRT cut average left-ventricular end-systolic volume index by 23 mL/m2 compared with 18 mL/m2 after 12 months.Data...
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ACCESS-EU Registry Confirms MitraClip Benefits in HF
Major Finding: At 1 year, 82% of patients were alive, 79% had mitral regurgitation grade 2 or lower, and 72% were NYHA class I or II.Data Source:...