Cardiology
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Thrombosis precautions in IBD not met in two-thirds of high-risk cases
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FDA panel backs dapagliflozin for type 2 diabetes
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Novel Watchman antistroke device backed as warfarin equivalent
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Meta-analysis: Statins beneficial, even after age 75
Major finding: While the relative risk reduction provided by statin therapy in patients over age 75 is smaller than in younger age groups, the...
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CPAP improves resistant hypertension in patients with obstructive sleep apnea
Major finding: In the per-protocol analysis involving the 71 CPAP patients and 87 controls who adhered to the study protocol, the CPAP group...
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Statin in childhood reduces CHD risk in familial hypercholesterolemia
Major finding: At age 30, the cardiovascular event rate in 214 Dutch patients with FH who began statin therapy as children or adolescents was zero...
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Anakinra showed benefits in diastolic heart failure
Major finding: Patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction showed a significant 8% placebo-subtracted gain in peak oxygen...
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VIDEO: What's ahead for chronic myelogenous leukemia?
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Healthy diet after diabetes diagnosis improves survival
Major finding: Women who placed in the top quintile for a healthy eating pattern following their diagnosis of type 2 diabetes had all-cause and...
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Statin reduces MI risk in ischemic heart failure
Major finding: Rosuvastatin at 10 mg/day resulted in a significant 19% reduction in the risk of MI, compared with placebo, in patients with...
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Diabetes morbidity varies with patient age, disease duration
Major finding: The rate of serious hypoglycemic events per 1,000 person-years rose from 3.0 in the youngest patients with the shortest duration of...