December 18, 2024

Major Heart Failure Trial Yields Key Data

A recent multicenter trial investigated the impact of potassium nitrate supplementation on exercise capacity and quality of life in patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction, revealing interesting insights into blood nitric oxide metabolites.

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December 18, 2024

Can Jardiance Slow Diabetic Eye Disease?

A recent report in JAMA Ophthalmology reveals that Jardiance, an oral diabetes drug, may help prevent worsening of diabetic eye disease in patients with type 2 diabetes, offering valuable insights for clinical management.

Reuters

December 18, 2024

Does Anger at Health Care Drive Change?

In-depth exploration of public anger towards the American health care system throughout history, potential for change, and Hollywood's portrayal of health insurance-related events.

KFF Health News

December 16, 2024

AAP Unveils Screening Protocol Changes

New guidelines for congenital heart disease screening recommend a single retest and require ≥95% oxygen saturation in both pre- and post-ductal measurements, aiming to simplify detection while maintaining accuracy.

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December 16, 2024

New Guidelines Address Elder Surgery Care

Expanded preoperative evaluations can reduce postoperative delirium by 23% in older adults, but frailty doubles the risk—are your patients screened effectively?

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December 12, 2024

Brief, Vigorous Activity May Lower CV Risk in Women: Study Findings

A recent study shows that even 3.4 minutes of vigorous intermittent lifestyle physical activity per day could significantly reduce cardiovascular risk, particularly in non-exercising women.

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December 12, 2024

New Evidence Supports Emergency Stroke Intervention

Meta-analysis of nearly 1,000 stroke patients found endovascular therapy doubled odds of functional independence and reduced mortality in vertebrobasilar occlusion, despite increased hemorrhage risk—mirroring benefits seen in anterior circulation strokes.

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December 11, 2024

AI Detects Stroke Lesions on CT Scans

A deep learning algorithm achieved 72% accuracy in identifying ischaemic stroke lesions on brain CT scans. It showed higher accuracy for follow-up scans compared to baseline scans and could be a vital development in AI systems using routine clinical scans.

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December 11, 2024

Sex Differences in Statin-Linked Diabetes Risk

Study finds women are nearly twice as likely as men to report statin-associated diabetes mellitus, with atorvastatin showing the highest reporting disparity, according to Food and Drug Administration’s Adverse Event Reporting System data.

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