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ILC: Liraglutide shows NASH benefit in small trial

Posted on: 11/05/2015 - 22:09

VIENNA – The oral hypoglycemic liraglutide produced significant histologic resolution of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis after nearly a year of treatme... More »

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Consider HCV ‘a cardiovascular risk factor’

Posted on: 05/05/2015 - 19:54

VIENNA – Major cardiovascular (CV) events are significantly increased in hospital patients who are infected with the hepatitis C virus (HCV) versus ... More »

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

EASL: Mortality and CV burden increase with NAFLD severity

Posted on: 04/05/2015 - 18:23

VIENNA – As the severity of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) increases, so does the risk for death and cardiovascular disease, according to ... More »

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Consider LDL-C and HDL-C when estimating CV risk in RA

Posted on: 02/05/2015 - 18:19

Despite a similar relationship between lipid levels and cardiovascular disease risk in patients with or without rheumatoid arthritis, people with RA h... More »

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Statin use associated with reduced lung cancer mortality

Posted on: 01/05/2015 - 13:05

Lung cancer patients who used statins in the year before being diagnosed with lung cancer had a 12% reduction in lung cancer-specific deaths (adjusted... More »

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

TRACE-RA: Statin therapy may prevent CVD in RA

Posted on: 29/04/2015 - 19:53

MANCHESTER, ENGLAND – Results of the Trial of Atorvastatin for the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Events in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis... More »

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Calcium supplements not linked to coronary artery calcification in RA patients

Posted on: 10/04/2015 - 19:27

For patients with rheumatoid arthritis taking oral calcium supplements, higher levels of calcium in the bloodstream were not associated with an increa... More »

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Advanced age no barrier to aggressive heart attack treatment

Posted on: 28/03/2015 - 19:02

SAN DIEGO – Patients aged 80 years and older benefit from more invasive early treatment after non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction or unstable ang... More »

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

FDA: Avoid using amiodarone with some hepatitis C antivirals

Posted on: 24/03/2015 - 18:12

Taking the antiarrythmic drug amiodarone with the hepatitis C antiviral drugs ledipasvir and sofosbuvir, or with sofosbuvir plus another direct-acting... More »

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

MI survivors face higher cancer risk

Posted on: 15/03/2015 - 14:17

SAN DIEGO– The risk of developing cancer is significantly higher in survivors of an acute MI compared to the general population, according to a larg... More »

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

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