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Testosterone therapy may not be associated with CV risk

Posted on: 17/05/2014 - 17:13

LAS VEGAS – Analysis of data from a low testosterone therapy company showed that...

Field of Interest: Endocrinology

Type: News Item

Evolocumab lowers LDL-C with no effect on glucose metabolism

Posted on: 17/05/2014 - 15:00

LAS VEGAS – Evolocumab, an investigational antibody that inhibits PCSK9, reduces levels of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol in hypercholesterolemic patients who have dysglycemia or metabolic...

Field of Interest: Endocrinology

Type: News Item

Apixiban for VTE reduced subsequent hospitalizations

Posted on: 09/05/2014 - 20:00

WASHINGTON – Treating acute venous thromboembolism with the fixed-dose oral factor Xa inhibitor apixaban significantly reduces subsequent all-cause hospitalizations, compared with conventional...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

Federal legislation would provide doctors litigation safe harbor

Posted on: 08/05/2014 - 18:00

Physician leaders are voicing support for a proposed federal law that aims to reduce litigation against doctors, lower health care costs, and establish more fairness in the analyzing of malpractice...

Field of Interest: Infectious diseases

Type: News Item

Complication rates decline among diabetes patients

Posted on: 16/04/2014 - 22:00

The rate of diabetes-related myocardial infarction has fallen almost 68% since 1990, according to an analysis of several federal data sources. From 1990 to 2010, the rate of acute MI among adults...

Field of Interest: Endocrinology

Type: News Item

Marriage protects against vascular disease

Posted on: 16/04/2014 - 18:10

WASHINGTON – Being married is independently associated with a significantly reduced rate of vascular disease across all arterial beds, according to a population-based study of more than 3.5 million...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

When low HDL means ‘no sweat’

Posted on: 16/04/2014 - 17:40

WASHINGTON– Low HDL cholesterol does not increase the risk of coronary heart disease when LDL cholesterol and triglyceride levels are normal, according to an analysis from the <link...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

Life partner provides better heart failure outcomes

Posted on: 16/04/2014 - 17:20

WASHINGTON – Marital status plays an underappreciated role in heart failure prognosis. Indeed, having a life partner was independently associated with a 12% reduction in the risk of all-cause...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

Insertable monitor reveals AF in 30% of cryptogenic stroke patients

Posted on: 15/04/2014 - 18:50

WASHINGTON – Continuous cardiac monitoring via Medtronic’s insertable REVEAL XT device resulted in detection of atrial fibrillation in 30% of cryptogenic stroke patients at 36 months of follow-up in...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

Diagnosing TOPCAT’s failure in HFpEF

Posted on: 09/04/2014 - 22:28

Results of TOPCAT, one of the most talked about heart failure trials in recent years, have been published. There were no obvious surprises: Spironolactone is no more beneficial than placebo for...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

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