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Sitagliptin/metformin once-daily combo approved for diabetes
Feb 3, 2012 18:00 EST
The extended-release combination of sitagliptin and metformin joins saxagliptin/metformin as a once-daily tablet for type 2 diabetes.
Medscape Medical News
No recurrent stroke prevention seen with clopidogrel plus aspirin
Feb 3, 2012 17:15 EST
A new study shows that the combination of clopidogrel and aspirin increases risk of hemorrhage and mortality, including nonvascular mortality, vs aspirin alone.
Heart failure
Heart failure linked to loss of brain gray matter
Feb 3, 2012 16:15 EST
Heart failure is associated with a decline in mental function and loss of gray matter in the brain, which may make it more difficult for patients to follow instructions regarding their medication, a new Australian study has found.
Prevention
Photos on school lunch trays boost veggie intake
Feb 3, 2012 15:45 EST
A simple intervention, whereby photographs of green beans and carrots were placed in lunch trays in a school cafeteria, has had some success in boosting consumption of these vegetables among elementary schoolchildren.
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Aspirin as effective as warfarin in heart failure: WARCEF
Feb 3, 2012 14:55 EST
Although there was an edge for warfarin for those treated for four or more years, there is "no compelling" reason to anticoagulate these patients, researchers say.
Heart failure
"Tetherless" power-transmission technology could radically change LVAD therapy
Feb 3, 2012 11:00 EST
New wireless technology used to power implantable ventricular assist devices has the potential to make them far safer than ever before and bring the therapy to patients at earlier stages of heart failure than are currently recommended.
Interventional/Surgery
CMS draft of proposed coverage for TAVI
Feb 3, 2012 09:30 EST
The CMS has issued a draft of the conditions under which it will provide coverage for transcatheter aortic-valve replacements, as the technology begins to be rolled out in the US.
Medscape Medical News
Severe anemia potent predictor of death poststroke
Feb 2, 2012 17:15 EST
Study results should prompt physicians to take a closer look at what's causing anemia in stroke patients.
Medscape Medical News
Cardiac telemetry identifies AF in cryptogenic stroke
1 COMMENT - Feb 2, 2012 16:00 EST
Outpatient monitoring for 21 days detected atrial fibrillation in 17% of patients, and this could change management.
The flap over flavonoids
Features
The flap over flavonoids
6 COMMENTS - Feb 2, 2012 15:15 EST
The field of flavonoids and polyphenols continues to attract a massive amount of interest, from researchers and the public alike. But can health really be improved by eating chocolate and drinking red wine?
Medscape Medical News
Severe, rapid memory loss could herald stroke
Feb 2, 2012 14:15 EST
A new study finds that victims of fatal stroke had sharp memory declines before the event.
Murmurs
Dr Mandeep Mehra leaves Baltimore for post at the Brigham
Feb 1, 2012 17:15 EST
The accomplished specialist in advanced heart failure is taking on new challenges at the head of the Boston institution's Advanced Heart Disease Center.
Prevention
"Cardiovascular health," new focus of the AHA, linked with reduced mortality
1 COMMENT - Feb 1, 2012 16:15 EST
Individuals meeting five of seven cardiovascular health metrics outlined by the American Heart Association had a significantly lower risk of all-cause mortality and deaths from diseases of the circulatory system when compared with unhealthy individuals who met none of the cardiovascular health criteria.
Interventional/Surgery
US "roadmap" for TAVI rollout published
1 COMMENT - Feb 1, 2012 15:00 EST
A new US expert-consensus document on transcatheter aortic-valve implantation aims to smooth the rollout of this new technology stateside.
Restenosis similar with carotid stenting or surgery: CREST
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Restenosis similar with carotid stenting or surgery: CREST
Feb 1, 2012 13:30 EST
At two years, carotid restenosis is infrequent and appears similar whether patients were treated with carotid stenting or endarterectomy.
Medscape Medical News
Stroke risk linked to infections in children
Feb 1, 2012 09:00 EST
A new study finds the risk is highest closer to infection, then tapers off.
Medscape Medical News
Combination type 2 diabetes pill gets FDA nod
Jan 31, 2012 17:30 EST
The new treatment option combines linagliptin and metformin in a single tablet taken twice daily in adults with type 2 diabetes who require more than one medication to lower blood glucose.
Shifty and dangerous: Worsening diastolic dysfunction ups mortality
Heart failure
Shifty and dangerous: Worsening diastolic dysfunction ups mortality
Jan 31, 2012 16:45 EST
Actually, it was just as strong a mortality predictor as worsening systolic function in a retrospective series of patients followed with echocardiography.
Interventional/Surgery
"Valve-on-a-stick" transaortic TAVI offers alternative to transfemoral route
3 COMMENTS - Jan 31, 2012 15:15 EST
A growing number of centers, especially in Europe, are trying a third route for transcatheter valve implants in select patients. Instead of threading the device from the femoral artery or up through the left ventricular apex, they're deploying it directly through the aorta.
Imaging
New data will shed light on cancer risk from imaging
Jan 31, 2012 13:00 EST
Ongoing epidemiological studies in children who have undergone CT scans should help provide a better understanding of radiation-associated cancer risks from cardiac imaging over the next few years.
Murmurs
Dr Robert Harrington leaves DCRI for Stanford University
5 COMMENTS - Jan 31, 2012 11:00 EST
UPDATED // Dr Robert Harrington has been named the chair of the department of medicine at Stanford University and will be leaving Duke University, where he has worked for the past 22 years.
Interventional/Surgery
PARTNER CAP data show transapical outcomes improve with practice
Jan 31, 2012 10:15 EST
Only 104 of the 799 high-risk patients in the PARTNER A trial of the Sapien transcatheter valve were treated with the transapical approach, so it can be considered to be only the preliminary experience with this technique. Now data from 822 patients in the continued-access protocol are available.
Interventional/Surgery
SYNTAX, FAME trials influence update to PCI/CABG appropriate-use criteria
2 COMMENTS - Jan 30, 2012 17:35 EST
The document somewhat expands the appropriateness of PCI in some patients with left main coronary disease, among other indications.
Medscape Medical News
Once-weekly exenatide okayed by FDA for type 2 diabetes
1 COMMENT - Jan 30, 2012 17:30 EST
The FDA approved the once-weekly version of exenatide for type 2 diabetes with a list of required postmarketing studies on the potential for cardiovascular events and medullary thyroid carcinoma.
Interventional/Surgery
Women do better after TAVI, hints small study
Jan 30, 2012 16:00 EST
The first foray into possible gender differences in presentation and outcome among patients undergoing TAVI for severe aortic stenosis hints that women may fare better than men after this procedure.

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