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Incretin-based diabetes drugs don’t raise heart failure risk


 

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Incretin-based antidiabetic drugs didn’t raise the risk of hospitalization for heart failure, according to an international observational study involving 1.5 million patients reported online in The New England Journal of Medicine. “With 3.2 million person-years of observations, we had the statistical power to robustly assess this important drug safety issue,” the investigators said. Read more on the study at Cardiology News: http://www.ecardiologynews.com/specialty-focus/heart-failure/single-article-page/incretin-based-diabetes-drugs-dont-raise-heart-failure-risk/72ea7cb26766fc17483ad005269c5da2.html.

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