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Dabigatran approved for VTE prevention and treatment

Posted on: 07/04/2014 - 17:35

The novel oral anticoagulant dabigatran has been approved for treating and reducing the risk of recurrence of deep venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism, based on the results of four phase III...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

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Plasma fluoride levels tied to voriconazole-induced periostitis

Posted on: 07/04/2014 - 17:20

LAS VEGAS – Check fluoride levels in patients on long-term voriconazole who present with new-onset bone pain, researchers at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital in Ann Arbor, Mich., advised after <link...

Field of Interest: Infectious diseases

Type: News Item

Plasma fluoride levels tied to voriconazole-induced periostitis

Posted on: 07/04/2014 - 17:20

LAS VEGAS – Check fluoride levels in patients on long-term voriconazole who present with new-onset bone pain, researchers at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital in Ann Arbor, Mich., advised after <link...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

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VIDEO: PCSK9 inhibitors placed in perspective

Posted on: 07/04/2014 - 16:55

WASHINGTON – "We’re at the dawn of an era of biological therapeutics in cardiology," Dr. Peter Libby, chief of cardiovascular medicine at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, told us...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

Sacral nerve stimulation reduced irritable bowel symptoms

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

Permanent sacral nerve stimulation looked promising in a prospective, randomized controlled study to reduce symptoms in a select group of 21 adults with diarrhea-predominant or mixed irritable bowel...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

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VIDEO: Rethink the VTE prophylaxis mantra

Posted on: 04/04/2014 - 18:55

LAS VEGAS – Venous thromboembolism prophylaxis – a sine qua non of the Joint Commission and others – doesn’t seem to prevent deep vein thrombosis or pulmonary embolism in hospitalized medical...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

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VIDEO: Exploring SYMPLICITY’s failure, Part 2

Posted on: 04/04/2014 - 18:35

WASHINGTON – Far from being doomed after the failure SYMPLICITY HTN-3, renal denervation for refractory hypertension will continue to be explored. But it can’t go very far without finding a way to...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

Apixaban provides larger medical cost savings than other NOACs

Posted on: 04/04/2014 - 14:45

WASHINGTON – Apixaban yields the great medical cost savings of the three novel oral anticoagulants available as alternatives to warfarin for stroke prevention in patients with nonvalvular atrial...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

One in four patients with hypertension nonadherent to therapy

Posted on: 02/04/2014 - 23:30

Urine testing of patients with hypertension revealed that 25% were partially or totally nonadherent to treatment, researchers reported online April 3 in the journal Heart. Furthermore, nonadherence...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

Physician’s adenoma detection rate predicts patient’s cancer risk

Posted on: 02/04/2014 - 22:00

A physician’s adenoma detection rate – the proportion of screening colonoscopies he or she performs that detect at least one histologically confirmed colorectal adenoma or adenocarcinoma – strongly...

Field of Interest: Oncology

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