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16 Oct 2018 - UK Medical News Will Brexit make the ‘sugar tax’ worthless?
Will the new sugar-sweetened beverages levy continue to deliver public health benefits under new post-Brexit trade agreements?
19 Oct 2018 - UK Medical News Home-based rehabilitation could improve quality of life of patients with heart failure
Cost of the programme is also slightly lower than the current price of rehabilitation.
15 Oct 2018 - UK Medical News Safety alert on rivaroxaban after transcatheter aortic valve replacement
Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency advises against the use of rivaroxaban in patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement.

Latest Updates

19 Oct 2018 - International Clinical Digest from N Engl J Med Aspirin ineffective for preventing dementia, disability in healthy older adults
The ASPREE randomized controlled trial.
19 Oct 2018 - International Clinical Digest from JAMA Surg TKA: aspirin, other anticoagulants similar for VTE prevention
Retrospective cohort of over 41K patients.
19 Oct 2018 - International Clinical Digest from Cochrane Database Syst Rev Naloxone for opioid-exposed newborns: 5 years, 1 opioid epidemic, nothing has changed
Cochrane review finds no new trials to include, no change in inconclusive conclusions.
19 Oct 2018 - International Clinical Digest from BMJ Preeclampsia is a risk factor for Alzheimer's, other dementias
Endothelial and vascular dysfunction may be a common mechanism in dementia risk.
19 Oct 2018 - International Clinical Digest from Circ Cardiovasc Interv Revisiting brachytherapy for multilayer DES restenosis
A single center finds improved 1-year outcomes vs alternative treatments.
19 Oct 2018 - International Clinical Digest from J Am Coll Cardiol Carpal tunnel syndrome could signal amyloid heart disease
Tenosynovial tissue biopsy for amyloid deposits could be a crucial step.
18 Oct 2018 - International Clinical Digest from Hypertension Yes, treating stage 1, low-risk hypertension offers benefits
But going below 120/80 mmHg increases MI risk.
18 Oct 2018 - Oncology news from BMJ Review of cardiovascular risk with tamoxifen vs aromatase inhibitors
Meta-analysis of risk differences for thromboembolism, myocardial infarction, angina, stroke, heart failure, and arrhythmia.
18 Oct 2018 - International Clinical Digest from Resuscitation Pediatric cardiac arrest: hypothermia does not improve outcomes
Combining 2 trials to boost analytic power yielded no evidence of benefit.
18 Oct 2018 - International Clinical Digest Is the 15-minute MI rule-out a reality?
A point-of-care troponin test did as well as a high-sensitivity assay in a preliminary study.
17 Oct 2018 - UK Medical News A third of adults in the UK unlikely to perform CPR, says survey
Low rates of bystander CPR are concerning.
18 Oct 2018 - International Medical News Hypertension: special attention needed for psoriasis patients
New research has explored the effect of psoriasis on cardiovascular outcomes in patients with hypertension.
17 Oct 2018 - International Clinical Digest from JAMA Bariatric surgery could prevent macrovascular complications in T2D
Postsurgical reductions are seen in coronary artery disease and cerebrovascular disease events.
17 Oct 2018 - International Clinical Digest from Ann Intern Med Beta-blockers in pregnancy: no significant risk for congenital malformations
Chronic hypertension is on the rise in women of reproductive age.

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