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New analysis does not link high-potency statins with acute kidney injury

Posted on: 30/12/2013 - 20:30

DALLAS – High-potency statin therapy given post acute coronary syndrome did not raise serum creatinine or cause more risk of acute kidney injury than low-potency statin regimens did in a new analysis...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

Antipsychotics boosted CVD events in elderly

Posted on: 27/12/2013 - 19:15

DALLAS – Elderly patients who started treatment with an antipsychotic drug had a substantially increased risk for a major adverse cardiovascular disease event, especially during the first month on...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

Evidence and expertise in writing medical guidelines

Posted on: 26/12/2013 - 18:20

With timing that defies coincidence, the American Society of Hypertension (ASH) and International Society of Hypertension (ISH) posted on Dec. 17 new <link...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

Misdiagnosis, noncompliance often culprits in refractory celiac disease

Posted on: 18/12/2013 - 20:10

HOLLYWOOD, FLA. – Refractory celiac disease is often the result of patients having either received an incorrect diagnosis, or their noncompliance, according to Dr. Joseph Murray of the Mayo Clinic in...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

‘JNC 8’ relaxes elderly systolic target below 150 mm Hg

Posted on: 18/12/2013 - 18:25

The group of experts who had constituted the JNC 8 panel, a team assembled in 2008 by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute to update official U.S. hypertension management guidelines, set the...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

FDA advisers back vedolizumab approval to treat moderate to severe inflammatory bowel disease

Posted on: 18/12/2013 - 17:10

SILVER SPRING, MD. – The benefits of vedolizumab, an integrin antagonist, outweigh the potential for progressive multifocal encephalopathy and other possible risks as a treatment for moderate to...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Esophageal ultrasound unreliable for tumor staging

Posted on: 13/12/2013 - 18:20

Endoscopic esophageal ultrasound understages many early-stage esophageal cancers, possibly leading to undertreatment for many patients, a study has shown. A review of more than 100 patients with...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Telaprevir label changes include switch to twice-daily dosing

Posted on: 13/12/2013 - 17:30

The label of the hepatitis C antiviral drug telaprevir has been changed to include new dosing recommendations and contraindications, described in a "Dear Healthcare Professional" letter...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Statin in childhood reduces CHD risk in familial hypercholesterolemia

Posted on: 10/12/2013 - 20:25

DALLAS – Roughly 10 years after going on statin therapy as children or adolescents, a group of Dutch patients with familial hypercholesterolemia already has a significantly lower cardiovascular event...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

Statin reduces MI risk in ischemic heart failure

Posted on: 09/12/2013 - 21:25

DALLAS – Rosuvastatin appears to reduce the risk of acute myocardial infarction in patients with ischemic heart failure, according to a meta-analysis of two landmark statin trials. This finding is...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

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