April 17, 2025

Early Ezetimibe After MI Tied to Reduced MACE in SWEDEHEART Registry

Delaying ezetimibe use after MI was associated with worse outcomes in a Swedish national cohort study of 35,826 patients.

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April 16, 2025

Newer Glucose-Lowering Drugs Reduce CV Events in Older Adults

"Use of GLP1-RAs and SGLT-2is was associated with reduced rates of 3P-MACE and HHF compared to DPP-4is, independent of age" - findings from a Danish nationwide study of 35,679 patients aged 70 and older with T2D.

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April 16, 2025

CONSORT 2025: Setting New Standards for Clinical Trial Reporting

"Readers should not have to infer what was probably done; they should be told explicitly." This principle drives the comprehensive CONSORT 2025 update, with its 7 new checklist items aimed at improving clinical trial transparency.

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April 11, 2025

Combination Lipid Therapy Lowers CV Risk

Meta-analysis shows a 19% reduction in all-cause mortality with combination lipid-lowering therapy vs statin monotherapy in high-risk patients.

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April 10, 2025

Study: LLMs Show Biases in Medical Decision-Making

Large language models recommend different care based on patients' race, housing status, income level, and sexual orientation, potentially amplifying health care disparities if deployed without safeguards, researchers find.

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March 31, 2025

Tariff Threat: Drugs Could Cost U.S. $750M More

New research reveals 25% tariffs on Canadian pharmaceuticals would impact critical medications, strain supply chains, and potentially increase costs—with 28 drugs having no alternative suppliers.

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March 31, 2025

Clopidogrel Outshines Aspirin After PCI

“In our study, clopidogrel beat aspirin as a lifelong maintenance monotherapy after standard-duration dual antiplatelet therapy."

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March 25, 2025

HPV May Double Coronary Artery Disease Risk

"Our study shows that clearly there is an association of some kind between HPV and cardiovascular disease."

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March 24, 2025

Cannabis Use: Multicenter Study Links to Increased MI, Stroke Risks

Cannabis use associated with over sixfold higher risk of myocardial infarction in otherwise healthy adults, according to new multicenter study.

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