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FFR use nearly halved 1-year mortality risk in ischemic heart disease
Patients treated with fractional flow reserve–assisted revascularization had a 43% lower risk of 1-year mortality than those managed with...
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Vigilance safely keeps AFib patients off anticoagulants post ablation
NATIONAL HARBOR, MD. – One U.S. center uses frequent monitoring to allow selected AFib patients to safely stop anticoagulation after catheter...
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FDA approves fidaxomicin for treatment of C. difficile–associated diarrhea in kids
Approval was based on results from SUNSHINE, a phase 3, multicenter, investigator-blind, randomized, parallel-group study in 142 pediatric...
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Zika virus: Birth defects rose fourfold in U.S. hardest-hit areas
U.S. jurisdictions without local transmission of the virus saw no increase in infants born with brain abnormalities and/or microcephaly or with...
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Doctor wins $4.75 million award in defamation suit against hospital
The ob.gyn. says she was falsely accused of being under the influence on the job and subjected to improper suspension, treatment, and monitoring...
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Cisplatin-gemcitabine is highly active in BRCA/PALB2+ pancreatic cancer
SAN FRANCISCO – About two-thirds of patients had a response with combination cisplatin and gemcitabine, and adding the PARP inhibitor veliparib...
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Barbers have role in encouraging diabetes screening in black men
Blood glucose testing offered to black men attending black-owned barbershops could help identify those with undiagnosed diabetes.
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Sociodemographic disadvantage confers poorer survival in young adults with CRC
SAN FRANCISCO – Patients with colorectal cancer aged 40 years or younger who lived in areas having low income and low educational attainment, or...
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Subungual Hemorrhage From an Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Inhibitor
Epidermal growth factor receptor inhibition may lead to enhanced fragility of the periungual skin and nail plate as well as a proinflammatory...
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Clinical Psychiatry News welcomes new board member
Dr. Alice W. Lee joins the Editorial Advisory Board of CPN.