Cardiology
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PTSD symptoms in women tied to worse heart, brain health
Outcomes of interest were associations of PTSD symptoms with carotid intima media thickness, brain white matter hyperintensity volume, and...
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Long-term use of ADHD meds and CVD risk: New data
“Clinicians should be vigilant in monitoring signs and symptoms of cardiovascular diseases, particularly among those receiving higher doses.”
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Single injection reduces blood pressure for 6 months: KARDIA-1
Zilebesiran is a subcutaneous RNA interference therapeutic that binds with high affinity to the hepatic asialoglycoprotein receptor, bringing...
Commentary
A better way to control blood pressure
For the American medical-industrial complex, lowered costs for managing common serious diseases may be an undesired rather than a good thing.
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Sleeping beats sitting? What a new study means for your patients
“Our study highlights that replacing sedentary behavior with any other behavior can be beneficial.”
Conference Coverage
Pharmacist-based strategy places more patients on statins
In two studies run in parallel fashion, testing different strategies, automatic referral to a pharmacist was superior to EHR alerts for increasing...
News
Classification identifies four stages of heart attack
“Even inside the hospital, we have heterogeneity in mortality risk. But we are not paying attention to one patient differently than the other,...
Conference Coverage
In MI with anemia, results may favor liberal transfusion: MINT
This study is “not a home run,” for the primary outcome, however, many of the outcomes tended to be in favor of a liberal transfusion strategy.
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Standing BP measures improve hypertension diagnosis
“Standing office BP has acceptable discriminative capabilities in identifying the presence of hypertension in adults.”
Program Profile
Nightmare on CIL Street: A Simulation Series to Increase Confidence and Skill in Responding to Clinical Emergencies
The Central Texas Veteran’s Health Care System (CTVHCS) in Temple, Texas, is a 189-bed teaching hospital.