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FDA to add myocarditis warning to mRNA COVID-19 vaccines
But a CDC advisory panel, where the FDA made the announcement, still strongly backs the vaccines’ benefits, which outweigh the rare risk for heart...
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Sotagliflozin use in T2D patients linked with posthospitalization benefits in analysis
The paper’s outcome measure may be a meaningful, patient-centered way of capturing disease burden, according to the authors.
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U.S., international MIS-C studies yield disparate results
The two real-world observational studies were published online in The New England Journal of Medicine.
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AHA: Don’t delay COVID shot while CDC reviews myocarditis cases
It remains unclear if suspected myocarditis cases have any direct link to COVID vaccines, and the benefits of vaccination continue to ‘far exceed...
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Third COVID-19 vaccine dose helped some transplant recipients
All of those with low titers before the third dose had high titers after receiving the extra shot, in case series.
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More evidence links COVID vaccines to rare cases of myocarditis in youth
The side effect seems to be more common in teen boys and young men than in older adults and women.
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LDCT lung cancer screening may ID aortic stenosis risk
Cardiovascular events and lung cancer are known to have the same modifiable risk factors.
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Subclinical myocarditis found in some athletes post COVID
A study that evaluated college athletes recently infected with COVID-19 with comprehensive cardiac testing, including MRI, found a small...
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Adversity accelerates aging at early ages, now measurable in real-time
The findings build upon previous studies that have demonstrated a correlation between biological age, also known as methylation age, and an...
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Final SPRINT data confirm lower BP is better
The new results are “more robust,” says expert.
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High teen BMI linked to stroke risk in young adulthood
Finding holds true for men and women, even for those individuals with BMIs in the high-normal range.