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Anticholinergic drugs for COPD; pioglitazone for diabetes prevention; insulin degludec in Phase 3 trials; and FDA Actions.
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This paper provides up-to-date information on the incidence of sudden cardiac death in athletes at National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) institutions.
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In this paper, Singh and his colleagues from the MADIT-CRT study looked at the influence of left ventricular lead position on responses to therapy in that trial. MADIT-CRT was a randomized clinical trial of patients with indications for an ICD New York Heart Association (NYHA) class I or II heart failure and a QRS duration > 130 msec.
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The utility of inflammatory markers in acute pericarditis is not well understood. Thus, these investigators from Italy prospectively evaluated serial high sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) serum levels in patients with acute pericarditis followed for 24 months on average.
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To quote the late great Mickey Mantle, "If I knew I was going to live this long, I'd have taken better care of myself."
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Public health officials and researchers are focusing more attention on helping HIV patients quit smoking because it's any extremely common behavior that has deleterious impact on their long-term health.
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Even HIV patients who have only the proverbial glass of red wine with dinner are at higher risk for poor outcomes than everyone once believed, experts say.
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Emphasizing the importance of community health centers (CHCs) in HIV testing of at-risk populations, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued new guidance that includes a testing algorithm and counseling advice.
