Cardiology
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Anti-TNFs linked to lower heart attack risk in RA patients
Key clinical point: Linkage of BSRBR-RA Register data with a database of MIs in England and Wales further solidifies the evidence for lower risk...
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OA-related walking disability on par with diabetes as CVD risk factor
Key clinical point: A study confirming previous research suggests that a high level of walking disability in OA patients should be considered a...
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CDC: Policy changes could prevent 100,000 deaths a year
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Lesions on feet and hands
Applied Evidence
Chest pain—tools to improve your in-office evaluation
Your challenge: Properly evaluate and manage patients at low cardiac risk, while promptly transferring or referring the minority of patients who...
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Vast majority of ED visits for acute heart failure become admissions
Major finding: Overall, 83.7% of acute heart failure patients who presented to the ED were admitted for hospitalization.Data source: A...
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HS cardiac troponin T shows MI rule-out potential
Major finding: Undetectable cardiac troponin T and no ECG change ruled out MI in emergency chest-pain patients with 99.8% accuracy.Data source:...
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Chronic kidney disease may raise cancer risk
Major finding: Patients with chronic kidney disease had an adjusted 55% increased risk of cancer-related mortality during a mean 8.9 years of...
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Men have more major complications after hip, knee replacement
Major finding: Men had more acute MIs within 90 days after total knee arthroplasty than did women (1.1% vs. 0.8%), more infection within 2 years...
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FDA proposes to regulate e-cigarettes, cigars
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Statin users ate more, gained more weight during 1999-2010
Key clinical point: Encourage patients taking statins to follow recommended dietary guidelines.Major finding: In 2009-2010, statin users consumed...