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ESC: Alirocumab ‘cures’ heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia
The PCSK9 inhibitor alirocumab lowers LDL cholesterol to unprecedented levels in patients with heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia.
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ICEID: TCAD regimen shows promise against H3N2 flu variant
Triple combination antiviral drug therapy offers a broad spectrum treatment option for H3N2 variant influenza virus, according to findings from an...
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ICEID: Data highlight biofilm role in waterborne illness
Emerging biofilm-associated pathogens are overtaking those transmitted by the fecal-oral route as the most-common cause of death from waterborne...
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Share of lung cancer patients who never smoked is rising
Key clinical point: The proportion of patients with lung cancer who have never smoked has risen in recent decades. Major finding: Between 1990 and...
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ESC: Noncardiac surgery in HCM patients warrants special attention
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy patients undergoing noncardiac surgery have significantly worse outcomes than do matched controls undergoing similar...
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ESC: Nonobstructive CAD spells below-average mortality
Key clinical point: Rates of acute MI and all-cause mortality in patients with stable angina pectoris but no obstructive CAD are significantly...
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ESC: Further data indicate no excess heart failure risk with lixisenatide or sitagliptin
Key clinical point:Patients with type 2 diabetes who are treated with lixisenatide or sitagliptin are at no greater risk for heart failure than if...
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ESC: Heart failure risk climbs early in childhood cancer survivors
Survivors of childhood cancer face a heart failure risk that grows with time but is already elevated by age 20.
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IASLC issues new tobacco declaration
The 2015 IASLC declaration has five components that address tobacco control and smoking cessation.
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ESC: Atrial fibrillation accelerates brain atrophy
Atrial fibrillation appears to accelerate brain aging in the elderly independent of cerebral embolism.
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ESC: Zero risk of death in pregnant women with severe aortic stenosis
Pregnancy in women with moderate or severe aortic stenosis now carries a near-zero maternal mortality risk.