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Joint replacement: What’s new in 2020
MAUI, HAWAII – “Congratulations! You’ve eradicated rheumatoid arthritis from my practice,” said orthopedic surgeon Dr. William Bugbee.
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More evidence backs LDL below 70 to reduce recurrent stroke
LOS ANGELES – Targeting LDL below 70 mg/dL for more than 5 years avoided more than one in four subsequent major cardiovascular events among adults...
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Osteoporosis, fracture risk higher in patients with IBD
MAUI, HAWAII – In the population with IBD, the risk for osteoporosis is similar in women and men, age plays a large...
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Should routine colon cancer screening start at 45, not 50?
SAN FRANCISCO — Experts disagree over the age at which to start colorectal cancer screening.
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Guidance defines vaping-related respiratory syndrome
ORLANDO – The guidance is designed to help critical care professionals efficiently identify those individuals at high risk of respiratory failure...
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Medicare beneficiaries get few home health visits after ICU stay
ORLANDO – The beneficiaries received an average of less than one visit per week in the month after ICU discharge, while a third received no visits...
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Opioid use disorder up in sepsis hospitalizations
ORLANDO – “While we don’t necessarily screen every sepsis patient for endocarditis, if it’s an opioid use disorder patient – particularly one with...
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First clinical evidence of neuroprotection in acute stroke?
LOS ANGELES – A potential neuroprotectant was beneficial for patients with ischemic stroke undergoing thrombectomy in the ESCAPE-NA1 trial.
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Higher endovascular thrombectomy volumes yield better stroke outcomes
LOS ANGELES – Thrombectomy for acute ischemic stroke works like other endovascular interventions: The more cases a center does, the better the...
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ARCADIA: Predicting risk of atrial cardiopathy poststroke
LOS ANGELES – First analysis of risk factors for atrial cardiopathy in patients with an embolic stroke of undetermined source may help to identify...