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Excessive Vitamin D Intake May Elevate A Fib Risk
Major Finding: People with a vitamin D blood level above 100 ng/dL had a statistically significant 2.5-fold increased rate of atrial fibrillation...
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NASH: Boost CV Workup Before Liver Transplant
Major Finding: Despite standard screening that suggested a 6.6% rate of postsurgical cardiac events, 26% of NASH patients had a cardiac event...
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HAQ May Predict Which RA Patients Can Stop TNF-Inhibitors
Major Finding: A majority (81%) of patients in the adalimumab withdrawal group achieved DAS28 of less than 3.2, compared with 91% of those in the...
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Genotyping Guides Clopidogrel Dosing in CVD
Major Finding: The percentage of CYP2C19*2 heterozygotes with no response in platelet activity to standard clopidogrel dosing was reduced from 52...
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Ramipril Improves Walking in Claudicants in RCT
Major Finding: A 24-week regimen of ramipril resulted in an average 87% improvement in pain-free walking time, a 139% gain in maximum walking time...
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Remote Weight-Loss Program Effective Long-Term
Major Finding: At 24 months, the mean weight loss was –4.6 kg or 10.1 pounds in the remote group vs. –5.1 kg or 11.2 pounds in the in-person group...
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SCD Screenings in Young Athletes Often Miss the Mark
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New Lupus Nephritis Guidelines Will Address Therapy
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Rheumatoid Arthritis Doubled Fracture Risk in Younger Women
Major Finding: Overall, women with RA had a 63% greater risk of fracture than women without RA.
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Several Cutaneous Vaccination Routes Being Studied
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Hospital Stay for Nosocomial Pneumonia Shortened by Tapering Antibiotic
Major Finding: The ICU length of stay for patients with nosocomial pneumonia in whom initial empiric antibiotic therapy was de-escalated was 9.4...