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Better survival with aspirin in HLA class 1 antigen-positive cancers only

Posted on: 31/03/2014 - 21:00

Aspirin therapy improves survival in patients whose colon cancers express HLA class 1 antigen, but not in those whose tumors have lost that expression, investigators reported online March 31 in JAMA...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Better survival with aspirin in HLA class 1 antigen-positive cancers only

Posted on: 31/03/2014 - 21:00

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

ECT electrode placement matters most in elderly

Posted on: 31/03/2014 - 20:15

ORLANDO – Right unilateral electroconvulsive therapy at six times the seizure threshold is markedly more effective in severely depressed patients aged 60 and older than in those who are younger,...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

Evolocumab betters ezetimibe for lowering LDL in statin-intolerant patients

Posted on: 31/03/2014 - 20:00

WASHINGTON – Evolocumab, an investigational fully human monoclonal antibody, was associated with markedly greater LDL cholesterol reductions than ezetimibe in a phase III clinical trial of...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

VIDEO: Novel drug misses mark for MI prevention, but shows promise

Posted on: 31/03/2014 - 19:05

WASHINGTON – In the large STABILITY trial, darapladib did not significantly reduce the primary endpoint of cardiovascular death, MI, or stroke in patients with stable coronary disease. The novel...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

Quality gap in atrial fibrillation care significant

Posted on: 31/03/2014 - 16:20

LAS VEGAS – About 40% of atrial fibrillation inpatients leave the hospital without a prescription for stroke prevention medications, according to a retrospective review from Northwestern University...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

No improvements in left ventricular function with metformin after myocardial infarction

Posted on: 31/03/2014 - 13:00

Treatment with metformin failed to show any positive effects on left ventricular function in diabetes-free patients who presented with ST-segment elevation MI, according to the results of a...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

Ineffective renal denervation blamed for trial’s failure

Posted on: 30/03/2014 - 20:25

WASHINGTON – Renal denervation’s not so simple after all. Highly anticipated data from the large, sham-controlled renal-artery catheter denervation trial, SYMPLICITY HTN-3, gave its investigators...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

‘Revolutionary’ LDL lowering shown in evolocumab phase III trials

Posted on: 30/03/2014 - 19:35

WASHINGTON – The novel low-density lipoprotein cholesterol–lowering agent evolocumab took day 1 of the annual meeting of the American College of Cardiology by storm on the strength of three...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

ARB, ACE inhibitor at discharge curb heart failure readmissions

Posted on: 30/03/2014 - 18:15

WASHINGTON – Patients with acute heart failure who were discharged on an angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor or an angiotensin receptor blocker were significantly less likely to be readmitted to...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

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