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Preeclampsia in SLE ups CVD risk

Posted on: 18/12/2014 - 18:13

Women with lupus and a history of preeclampsia have almost fourfold higher odds of subsequent heart disease as measured by coronary artery calcium than do women with the disease who never had...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

NSAIDs linked to serious bleeding, thromboembolism in AF patients

Posted on: 17/11/2014 - 22:00

Taking nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs for 14 days more than doubled the risk of serious bleeding in patients with atrial fibrillation, and it increased the risk of thromboembolism by 36%,...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Chronic inflammatory disease patients at greater risk of major CV events

Posted on: 07/11/2014 - 16:45

Patients with rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, or psoriasis are at an increased risk of major adverse cardiovascular events when compared with the general population, according to findings...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Chronic inflammatory disease patients at greater risk of major CV events

Posted on: 07/11/2014 - 16:45

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

Dabigatran raises major bleeding risk

Posted on: 03/11/2014 - 21:00

Dabigatran significantly raises the risk of major bleeding and gastrointestinal bleeding across all subgroups of patients with atrial fibrillation, and particularly in African Americans and patients...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Disease activity, not lipid levels, appear to affect CV risk with tocilizumab

Posted on: 31/10/2014 - 17:58

Rheumatoid arthritis disease activity during treatment with tocilizumab plays a significant role in patients’ risk for major adverse cardiovascular events, rather than increases in lipid levels...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Androgen-deprivation therapy linked to cardiac death

Posted on: 29/10/2014 - 17:18

Androgen-deprivation therapy for prostate cancer may increase the risk of cardiac death among men who have congestive heart failure or who have experienced a previous myocardial infarction, a...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Tocilizumab and tofacitinib increase lipids in RA patients

Posted on: 17/10/2014 - 22:34

Rheumatoid arthritis patients treated with the biologic tocilizumab and the Janus kinase inhibitor tofacitinib had significant changes to their lipid levels in a meta-analysis of randomized,...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Statins associated with significant decrease in risk of hepatocellular carcinoma

Posted on: 25/08/2014 - 20:00

Use of statins for any duration of time is associated with a significant reduction in the risk of hepatocellular carcinoma in low-risk populations. A nested case-control study among 94 cases of...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

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