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Dapagliflozin approved for reducing HF hospitalization in diabetes
It is the first SGLT2 inhibitor approved in the United States for this indication in adults with type 2 disease.
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Study suggests physicians and patients overestimate asthma control
NEW ORLEANS – Physicians and patients overestimated asthma control in an observational study.
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FDA approves ustekinumab for ulcerative colitis
This indication for moderate to severe ulcerative colitis is the fourth the therapy has received since it was first approved by the FDA in 2009....
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Checklist may improve quality measures in the surgical ICU
NEW ORLEANS – Length of stay, number of ventilator days both reduced with use of the standardized instrument.
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Certain diabetes drugs may thwart dementia
COPENHAGEN – Intriguing findings from a Danish national registry study.
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Immunotherapy enables nephrectomy with good outcomes in advanced RCC
Patients able to undergo nephrectomy after receiving immune checkpoint inhibitors had favorable surgical outcomes and pathologic responses in the...
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Discoloration and Bullous Lesions on the Hands
A 71-year-old man presented for evaluation of discoloration and blisters of 1 day's duration on both hands that were more severe on the right hand...
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Couples-based cognitive-behavioral therapy curbs postpartum depression
Women in a couples-based cognitive-behavioral therapy program had reduced postnatal depression, compared with those in a women-only program or...
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EEG asymmetry predicts poor pediatric ECMO outcomes
ST. LOUIS – Researchers said “we need to look more closely into brain blood flow patterns” on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.
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Acute Palmar and Plantar Rash in a 52-Year-Old Woman
Treatment for fungal infection failed to resolve the patient’s painful, burning, itching rash. Is there another explanation for the problem?