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VIDEO: Postpartum elevated thrombosis risk lasts 12 weeks

Posted on: 13/02/2014 - 20:40

The risk of thrombosis in women giving birth for the first time was 10- to 11-fold higher in the first 6 weeks postpartum, but in a report presented at the International Stroke Conference, Dr. Hooman...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

FDA panel votes against cangrelor approval for PCI, bridge indications

Posted on: 13/02/2014 - 16:25

SILVER SPRING, MD. – A Food and Drug Administration advisory panel, citing numerous problems with cangrelor’s clinical trial program, has recommended against approval of the short-acting intravenous...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

Prostate cancer death rate highest in Montana

Posted on: 13/02/2014 - 15:20

Montana is expected to have the highest rate of prostate cancer deaths in the United States for 2014, and it will be more than twice as high as that of Texas, which should have the lowest rate, the...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Colchicine: Old drug with a new trick

Posted on: 12/02/2014 - 14:40

SNOWMASS, COLO. – Colchicine, a venerable drug Hippocrates proposed as a gout remedy some 2,400 years ago, shows fresh potential as a novel treatment for osteoarthritis. "I’m going out on a...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Personalization keys vision of improved atrial fib care

Posted on: 12/02/2014 - 12:00

Atrial fibrillation is not a single disease, and specialists already have ways to distinguish one type from another and guide management. But new methods are emerging to better distinguish various...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

Mini-VADs could transform heart failure therapy

Posted on: 11/02/2014 - 20:30

SNOWMASS, COLO. – Survival in patients with advanced heart failure who receive a left ventricular assist device as destination therapy or as a bridge to transplant has increased dramatically in...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

FDA to probe saxagliptin’s heart failure risk

Posted on: 11/02/2014 - 20:15

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration will investigate the possible association between treatment with the type 2 diabetes drug saxagliptin and an increased rate of hospitalizations for heart failure...

Field of Interest: Endocrinology

Type: News Item

Endocrine Society calls for trials on testosterone’s cardiovascular effects

Posted on: 11/02/2014 - 16:40

The Endocrine Society is calling for large-scale controlled trials of both testosterone therapy’s effects on older men and the association between testosterone therapy and cardiovascular...

Field of Interest: Endocrinology

Type: News Item

Endocrine Society calls for trials on testosterone’s cardiovascular effects

Posted on: 11/02/2014 - 16:40

The Endocrine Society is calling for large-scale controlled trials of both testosterone therapy’s effects on older men and the association between testosterone therapy and cardiovascular...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

NSAID makers argue against new warnings on CV risks

Posted on: 11/02/2014 - 14:05

SILVER SPRING, MD. – Manufacturers of prescription and over-the-counter nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory medications said at a <link...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

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