Intensive glucose control significantly reduces the risk for nephropathy, according to the results of a 5-year trial to assess the effects of intensive glucose...
The new oral anticoagulant rivaroxaban (Johnson & Johnson/Bayer) showed superior efficacy compared with the US-approved dosing regimen of enoxaparin in...
Celecoxib (Celebrex) could potentially play a role as a chemopreventive agent for lung cancer; it was able to reduce the expression of Ki-67, a biomarker...
A phase 3 trial has demonstrated that once-daily administration of saxagliptin for 24 weeks reduces HbA1c, fasting plasma glucose (FPG), and postprandial...
Following the reporting of a host of new data on intensive blood glucose lowering in patients with type 2 diabetes, the prevailing view of experts contacted by...
A long-term trial in 1791 US veterans found no reduction in the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in patients with type 2 diabetes subjected to intensive...
Increasing evidence supporting the use of mild hypothermia ¡X cooling the body from 37¢XC to 32¢XC to 35¢XC ¡X to prevent or mitigate permanent neurologic...
A new means of performing gated single-photon-emission computed tomography (SPECT) myocardial perfusion produces data in half the usual acquisition time, with...
The diagnosis of hypertension in patients aged over 50 years should focus exclusively on the systolic blood pressure, rather than using both systolic and...
A study using data from the Sleep Heart Health Study shows a significant reduction in heart-rate variability in the elderly during sleep compared with the...
A long-term follow-up study has shown that higher levels of physical fitness confer a survival advantage for men with type 2 diabetes, whether the patient is...
In a study of patients from sub-Saharan Africa, antibodies against human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8) were associated with ketosis-prone type 2 diabetes mellitus,...
A new study confirms that adult patients with myotonic dystrophy type 1, the most common of the muscular dystrophies presenting in adults, are at high risk for...
A large study has found that continuous androgen-deprivation therapy (ADT) for at least 6 months is associated with bone fractures and diabetes. The findings...
Whether left atrial ablation should be used as an initial therapy for patients with atrial fibrillation was the provocative theme of a debate held here at...
Initial results from the first prospective, randomized, multicenter trial of home-based monitoring of ICD function have shown that the technology reduces the...
An analysis of patient records in the German DUTY (Diabetes mellitus needs unrestricted evaluation of patient data to yield treatment progress) study has shown...
The Many Benefits Of Exercise Health experts encourage us to include exercise as a necessary part of our daily routine to promote our general well- being....
The ongoing explosion of information generated by recent revolutions in the "-omics"¡X genomics, proteomics, metabolomics ¡X requires changes to be made in...
Long-term data in almost 500 patients show that cryoablation of atrial fibrillation (AF) appears safer than conventional radiofrequency ablation but may have a...
A new Swiss study shows that cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest is successful even in the very elderly. In fact, the...
About 10% of apparently healthy middle-aged adults have experienced silent cerebral infarcts (SCI), according to the latest results from the Framingham...
Hedgehog antagonists are emerging as promising new anticancer therapeutics, but early research has identified a potential problem. The new drugs might impair...
The results of a study published in the June issue of the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism suggest an association between the use of low-dose...
In elderly type 2 diabetics with comorbid illness or functional impairment, the benefit of intensive glucose control to a maximum hemoglobin A1c of 7% (versus...
The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) has announced that the implementation of smoke-free policies in many Western countries has reduced the...
New diabetes drugs should be subjected to studies to rule out cardiovascular risk, the FDA's Endocrinologic and Metabolic Drugs Advisory Committee decided at a...
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