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Late-Breaking Science preview: Wednesday, Nov. 15
Wednesday at AHA is worth sticking around for, if you like innovation.
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Late-Breaking Science preview: Tuesday, Nov. 14
Antithrombotic therapy is the focus of the Late-Breaking Science 5 presentation.
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Psych evaluation identifies bariatric surgery patients who do less well
Bariatric surgery is an emotional ordeal and psychological testing prior to the event can flag those who may need more support once the deed is...
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Late-Breaking Science preview: Monday, Nov. 13
Monday at AHA is packed with three Late-Breaking Science sessions, with many presentations providing new insights into blockbuster megatrials.
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Late-Breaking Science preview: Sunday, Nov. 12
AHA’s top abstract picks for Sunday focus on periprocedural dilemmas.
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Chronicity of obesity provides rationale for physician-surgeon collaboration
The phenotype of any one case of obesity is like a fingerprint that should guide therapeutic choices.
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Public health hazard: Bring your flu to work day
Many physicians and pharmacists report working while having influenza-like illness.
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MedPAC offers more details of MIPS replacement
WASHINGTON – The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission continues to mull the specifics of its proposed recommendation to scrap the Quality Payment...
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Genotype-guided warfarin dosing reduced adverse events in arthroplasty patients
The absolute difference of 3.9% in the composite endpoint was largely driven by a 2.8% absolute difference in the rate of an INR of 4 or greater...
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Warfarin may protect against cancer
Warfarin users had a significantly lower rate of cancer overall.
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Young adult HIV patients may be at increased risk of hypertension
HIV patients in their 20s are showing high-risk signs of hypertension.