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Can skin bleaching lead to cancer?
Prevalence of skin bleaching in several African countries ranged from 25% in Mali (based on a 1993 survey of 210 women) to a high of 79.25% in...
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Heart attack deaths static in those with type 1 diabetes
“Clinicians have to be aware of the absence of the declined mortality trend in people with type 1 diabetes having a first-time myocardial...
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Steady VKA therapy beats switch to NOAC in frail AFib patients: FRAIL-AF
The switch resulted in more bleeding without any reduction in thromboembolic complications or all-cause mortality.
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‘New dawn’ for aldosterone as drug target in hypertension?
The medication lowered systolic blood pressure significantly more than placebo, with the greatest effects seen in adults with obesity.
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Navigating chronic cough in primary care
“The most common associated comorbidities were heart failure and hypertension, but also conditions related to chronic pain, mood, and anxiety.”
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How do you prescribe exercise in primary prevention?
"We must recommend exercise progressively," says cardiologist Thelma Sánchez Grillo, MD.
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Low-dose aspirin cuts type 2 diabetes risk in over-65s
“At this time, our findings are exploratory but ignite the debate of the important role that anti-inflammatory approaches may play in preventing...
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Probiotics improve nonmotor symptoms of Parkinson’s
Participants taking the probiotic also saw a reduced delay in “time to on” of treatment with levodopa, thus reducing the delay until effectiveness...
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Screening finds high rates of CVD in diabetes, COPD patients
The study tested a “very simple” symptom questionnaire as the initial screening phase, yet resulted in a CVD diagnostic rate that was two- to...
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More weight loss linked with more benefit in STEP-HFpEF
“The outcomes we’ve already seen in STEP-HFpEF were largely symptomatic, which are extraordinarily important, but there may be a completely...
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Anticoagulation no benefit in presumed AFib detected by cardiac devices
“Based on the result of this trial, these occasional atrial high-rate episodes do not appear to be associated with stroke. It appears quite benign...