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A farewell to arms? Drug approvals based on single-arm trials can be flawed
Objective responses, not time-dependent survival outcomes, should be endpoints for single-arm trials, with results only used for conditional...
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Experts express caution over
type 2 diabetes/tea-drinking claim
Drinking four cups of tea a day was linked to a 17% lower risk for developing type 2 diabetes in a study, but experts warn these data are...
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At EASD, docs to eye new tactics for type 2 diabetes
New data on tirzepatide for weight loss and potential type 2 diabetes remission as well as an update on use of dapagliflozin for heart failure...
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Time to cancer diagnoses in U.S. averages 5 months
Diagnosis time varied significantly across tumor types, as well as within the same tumor type.
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New ESC guidelines for cutting CV risk in noncardiac surgery
The guidelines, which aim to reduce cardiovascular complications from noncardiac surgery, introduce new concepts and recommendations, compared...
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Should patients stand for office BP readings?
New research suggests standing outperforms seated office BP measurement for diagnosing hypertension.
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Not just what, but when: Neoadjuvant pembrolizumab in melanoma
Neoadjuvant pembrolizumab followed by pembrolizumab improves event-free survival in resectable melanoma.
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‘Smoking gun–level’ evidence found linking air pollution with lung cancer
The finding could lead to strategies for preventing lung cancer in nonsmokers exposed to high levels of foul air.
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Heparin pretreatment may safely open arteries before STEMI cath
The “early reperfusion” associated with IRA patency at angiography “could have long-term benefit due to smaller infarct size.”
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Myocardial infarction in women younger than 50: Lessons to learn
“Cardiovascular disease is the main cause of death in women, killing seven times more than breast cancer,” notes Dr. Manzo-Silberman.