VIENNA – The oral hypoglycemic liraglutide produced significant histologic resolution of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis after nearly a year of treatme... More »
VIENNA – Major cardiovascular (CV) events are significantly increased in hospital patients who are infected with the hepatitis C virus (HCV) versus ... More »
VIENNA – As the severity of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) increases, so does the risk for death and cardiovascular disease, according to ... More »
Despite a similar relationship between lipid levels and cardiovascular disease risk in patients with or without rheumatoid arthritis, people with RA h... More »
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 »
MANCHESTER, ENGLAND – Results of the Trial of Atorvastatin for the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Events in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis... More »
For patients with rheumatoid arthritis taking oral calcium supplements, higher levels of calcium in the bloodstream were not associated with an increa... More »
SAN DIEGO – Patients aged 80 years and older benefit from more invasive early treatment after non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction or unstable ang... More »
Taking the antiarrythmic drug amiodarone with the hepatitis C antiviral drugs ledipasvir and sofosbuvir, or with sofosbuvir plus another direct-acting... More »
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 »