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Initial Results of the Ongoing MYSTIC Trial in Stage IV Lung CancerDavid R. Gandara, MD, professor of Medicine, University of California Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center, discusses the initial results of the ongoing MYSTIC trial, which is exploring the combination of durvalumab (Imfinzi) and tremelimumab versus chemotherapy in stage IV lung cancer.
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ACC 2011-- Morten Schou, MD, PhD for the Danish Heart Failure StudyDr. Morten Schou discusses the Danish Heart Failure Study and the conclusion that the researchers came up with upon evaluating the results.
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Exercise capacity on treadmill predicts future cardiac eventsReduced exercise capacity is associated with an increased risk of myocardial infarction, unstable angina, and coronary revascularization in patients referred for exercise treadmill testing for clinical indications.
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Spinal Cord Imaging Helps Diagnose and Follow MS, But Challenges RemainUp to 90 percent of patients with multiple sclerosis have spinal cord pathology.
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Community cardiology clinics for secondary prevention of coronary heart disease and heart failure in primary careCoronary heart disease (CHD) and chronic heart failure (CHF) are common chronic conditions encountered in primary care. Studies have shown that despite a strong evidence base, these conditions are often poorly diagnosed and inadequately managed in primary care.
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Column: Are Ketamine Clinics Profiteering or Leading Innovation?The hottest subject in psychiatry right now is the clinical use of an old anesthetic (and sometimes party drug), ketamine, as the most rapidly acting and effective antidepressant the field has ever seen.
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Gun Trauma: a Los Angeles Physician's PleaGun violence like the June 17, 2015 murders at Mother Emmanuel Church in Charleston, SC, (photo of memorial poster above) has horrified the nation. In this piece a Los Angeles physician recounts his experiences in another mass shooting, the Dec. 2 incident in San Bernardino, CA.
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Digitally Detailing DoctorsExpanded use of electronic detailing and other portable media would offer drug marketers and physicians opportunities to connect outside of the traditional in-person rep visits.
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Patients Turn to Pharmacists for OTC Recommendations--April 2009The American Pharmacists Association pushes for patients to seek pharmacist guidance in selecting OTC medications.
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Upfront thrombus aspiration during PCI may improve outcomesNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Upfront thrombus aspiration during percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) may improve outcomes in patients with ST-segment-elevation acute myocardial infarction (STEMI), according to a report in the August Journal of the American College of Cardiology: Cardiovascular Interventions.
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Weighing the Benefits of Combination Therapy in Crohn's DiseaseRecent studies suggest that combination therapy with infliximab and azathioprine is more effective than monotherapy in patients with newly diagnosed Crohn's disease, but patients with more established Crohn's disease do not derive any extra benefit from triple therapy with infliximab, methotrexate, and prednisone compared to double therapy with infliximab and prednisone.
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Prevalent atherosclerosis-Choose your biomarkerCirculating biomarkers have been used in cardiovascular medicine as predictors of incident or prevalent disease.
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Syncope from ventricular tachycardia secondary to methadone useMethadone HCI (Diskets, Dolophine, Methadose) is a synthetic opioid that has been used widely in the United States for the management of heroin addiction Treatment of opioid dependence has been shifting gradually from the older US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) inspection program, ...
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Your Patients Are Online: Has Your Practice Gone Digital?Having only a basic website for your practice isn’t enough anymore; unless your site helps your patients find you, you could be missing out on potential revenue.
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Yoga Reduces Pain in Fibromyalgia PatientsParticipating in yoga raises the levels of cortisol in women suffering from fibromyalgia, reducing the physical and psychological symptoms of chronic pain.
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Biologic Safety in IBD: Malignancy and InfectionA review of the data on risk of infection, malignancy, and death associated with therapies for IBD.
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Best-kept Secrets in Diabetes TechnologyNew technologies are improving the lives of people living with diabetes.
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Regression of electrocardiographic left ventricular hypertrophy and heart failure in hypertensive patientsPrior studies have shown an association between heart failure and the presence of hypertension and left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH). We investigated the relationship between regression of electrocardiographic (ECG) LVH by Cornell product with antihypertensive regimens and new-onset heart failure in subjects with hypertension and baseline LVH.
