Cardiology
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EAS lipid guidance: Start high-risk patients on combo drug
Instead of starting very-high-risk patients unlikely to reach goal on a statin alone, clinicians should immediately reach for combination statin-...
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Maintain OMT for 5 years after revascularization, boost survival at 10 years: SYNTAXES
Sustained optimal drug therapy after PCI or CABG is found to have major impact on mortality at 10 years, in an analysis of SYNTAX trial data.
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SUSTAIN FORTE: Higher-dose semaglutide safely boosts glycemic control, weight loss
For patients with type 2 diabetes, doubling the weekly semaglutide dose modestly improved glycemic control and weight loss while maintaining...
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‘Stunning’ twincretin beats semaglutide for A1c, weight reduction in T2D
Head-to-head pivotal trial results show weekly tirzepatide injections surpassed 1 mg semaglutide weekly for A1c reduction and weight loss.
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Pfizer halts distribution of stop-smoking pill Chantix
The distribution pause was ordered out of abundance of caution while further testing is conducted.
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Stopping statins linked to death, CV events in elderly
A new study suggests that eliminating statins for elderly patients with polypharmacy may have negative effects that far outweigh any benefits.
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FDA to add myocarditis warning to mRNA COVID-19 vaccines
But a CDC advisory panel, where the FDA made the announcement, still strongly backs the vaccines’ benefits, which outweigh the rare risk for heart...
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Clinicians slow to implement lipid-lowering guidelines: GOULD registry
Despite guidelines and proven benefits, monitoring of LDL-C levels needs to improve.
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No overall statin effect seen on dementia, cognition in ASPREE analysis
Still, there was an inconclusive link between statins and incident Alzheimer’s dementia in one subgroup of patients in the trial; researchers...
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Bariatric surgery tied to 22% lower 5-year stroke risk
This study contributes to knowledge that suggests that reduction in ischemic stroke risk is yet another benefit of bariatric surgery, says a study...
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Prophylactic anticoagulation tied to lower death rate in COVID
Prophylactic use of low-dose anticoagulation to prevent venous thromboembolism was associated with reduced 60-day mortality in patients...