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Rheumatoid arthritis associated with higher post-MI death risk
Major finding: Rheumatoid arthritis patients who had an MI had a 47% greater risk of death than did matched control patients after a median follow...
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More insulin resistance, metabolic syndrome with PTSD
Major finding: *The incidence of insulin resistance was 14% higher and the incidence of metabolic syndrome was 12% higher in patients with PTSD,...
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HPS2-THRIVE drives another nail in niacin's coffin
Major Finding: During an average 3.9-year prospective follow-up, the rate of the combined endpoint of coronary death, nonfatal MI, stroke, or...
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Subclinical hypothyroidism predicts cardiovascular mortality in NHANES
Major finding: Healthy adults with subclinical hypothyroidism had a 24% greater risk of cardiovascular death than did euthyroid individuals during...
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PFO closure didn't top medical therapy after cryptogenic stroke
Major finding: In the PC Trial, the primary endpoint, a composite of death, nonfatal stroke, TIA, or peripheral embolism, occurred in 7 patients (...
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Breast cancer: Cardiac risk increases with radiation dose to heart
Major finding: The risk of major coronary events increased by 7.4% per 1 Gy of radiation received as treatment for breast cancer.Data source: A...
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Intense statin therapy treats atheromas in diabetes
Major finding: The percent atheroma volume after high-intensity statin therapy decreased by 1.04% in diabetic patients and by 1.21% in nondiabetic...
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Dual therapy shows promise for secondary cardiovascular prevention
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Old gout drug learns new cardiac tricks
Major finding: At the end of 5 years of allopurinol use, the incidence of new-onset atrial fibrillation was 184 cases/1,000 person-years in the...
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Hypertension, genetics interact to increase brain amyloid deposition
Major Finding: Healthy middle-age and older adults who had at least one apo E–epsilon-4 allele and uncontrolled hypertension had significantly...
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Patients underestimate risk of warfarin emergencies
Major finding: Just 25% of respondents recognized the urgency of acute unilateral vision loss as a possible sign of stroke and 20% recognized the...