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Smoking, inactivity most powerful post-MI lifestyle risk factors
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Panel releases guidelines for red meat, processed meat consumption
"This assessment may be excessively pessimistic; indeed, we hope that is the case," the panel said.
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FDA adds diabetic kidney disease, heart failure indications to canagliflozin
This marks the first time in 20 years that a drug has been indicated for diabetic kidney disease treatment, according to the manufacturer.
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Heart disease raises risk of severe cutaneous adverse reactions to allopurinol
The study looked at allopurinol users over an 18-year period in British Columbia.
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AF risk is elevated after early-stage breast cancer diagnosis
The rate of AF was elevated in the first year post diagnosis and after 5 years post diagnosis, with greater elevation for women who received...
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Machine learning–derived risk score predicts heart failure risk in diabetes patients
Highest WATCH-DM scores linked to 5-year heart failure risk approaching 20%.
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Hyponatremia almost as common with spironolactone as chlorthalidone
NEW ORLEANS – Spironolactone risk increased by prior chlorthalidone hyponatremia.
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ABPM rarely used for hypertension management in United States
NEW ORLEANS – Diminishing use in resistant hypertension despite guideline recommendation.
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Daily polypill lowers BP, cholesterol in underserved population
The regimen’s simplicity and low cost may overcome barriers to treatment, such as lack of income, underinsurance, and difficulty attending clinic...
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Remember that preeclampsia has a ‘fourth trimester’
Delivering the baby doesn’t always cure the hypertension.
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Drug abuse–linked infective endocarditis spiking in U.S.
New cases doubled from 2002 to 2016, and those affected tended to be younger white males living in poverty.