Cardiology
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Anticoagulants Safe With Enzyme-Inducing Meds for Epilepsy
“A potential explanation may be pharmacokinetic interaction with enzyme-inducing antiseizure medications occurring to a degree that lowers DOAC...
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What Causes One of Stroke’s Most Common Complications?
Two studies examine a common complication following stroke, poststroke depression.
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Newborn Recipient of Partial Heart Transplant Doing Well
Transplanted aorta and pulmonary valves continue to grow for infant diagnosed prenatally with persistent truncus arteriosus and severe truncal...
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Evidence Grows for SGLT2 Inhibitors in Rheumatology
Sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT2) inhibitors are not approved to treat gout, lupus, or lupus nephritis, but clinicians are uncovering signs...
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New Stroke Prevention: Clopidogrel-Aspirin Within 72 Hours
Giving DAPT with clopidogrel-aspirin within 72 hours of a mild ischemic stroke or TIA reduces new stroke risk more...
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Light Activity in Childhood May Lower Cholesterol
Higher cumulative light physical activity from childhood through young adulthood was associated with a fivefold to eightfold decrease in total...
Opinion
New Insights, New Standards: How 2023 Changed Care for Internists
Dr. Sarah Candler explores the year’s big developments in HIV, RSV, anxiety, and atrial fibrillation.
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‘World’s Healthiest Arteries’ Found to Be the Most Elastic
The study “provides additional evidence that lifestyle modifications can improve arterial health.”
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Death Risk Takes Decades to Revert to Normal in Ex-Smokers
After 30 years, former smokers can reduce their cardiovascular mortality risk by 100%, the cancer-related by 93%, and the respiratory-related...
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No Impact of Race on Cardiovascular Risk Calculations
“It’s essential for clinicians and scientists to consider how to appropriately address the health effects of race as a social construct, which has...
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Systemic Bias in AI Models May Undermine Diagnostic Accuracy
Clinicians’ accuracy decreased by 11.3% after viewing systematically biased AI model predictions compared with baseline.