Lipid Disorders
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FDA lifts rosiglitazone prescribing restrictions
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AHA/ACC prevention guidelines: Clinician perspective
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Guideline authors, AHA-ACC leaders confident in risk calculator
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Abandon LDL targets? Not yet
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New prevention guidelines bring welcome changes
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ACC-AHA cardiovascular prevention guidelines drop cholesterol treatment goals
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Combined angiotensin inhibition raises hyperkalemia, acute kidney injury risks
Major finding: There was an increased risk of hyperkalemia (6.3 vs. 2.6 events/100 person-years) and acute kidney injury (12.2 vs. 6.7 events/100...
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CV events scuttle bardoxolone for diabetic kidney disease
Major Finding: Bardoxolone methyl improved eGFR and may have delayed progression to ESRD, but that result was inconclusive because the trial was...
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FDA moves to reduce or remove unhealthy trans fats from foods
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ACCORD: Younger, not older, age linked to higher cardiovascular death rates
Major finding: Patients under age 65 (HR, 1.17) but not those aged 65 years and older (HR, 0.97) were more likely to die from cardiovascular...
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Large U.K. database shows sulfonylurea mortality link
Major finding: Type 2 diabetes monotherapy with sulfonylurea was linked with 58% higher mortality, compared with metformin monotherapy, during a...