Diabetes
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ACCORD: Younger, not older, age linked to higher cardiovascular death rates
Major finding: Patients under age 65 (HR, 1.17) but not those aged 65 years and older (HR, 0.97) were more likely to die from cardiovascular...
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Large U.K. database shows sulfonylurea mortality link
Major finding: Type 2 diabetes monotherapy with sulfonylurea was linked with 58% higher mortality, compared with metformin monotherapy, during a...
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Obesity paradox may exist in hypertensive patients with diabetes
Major finding: The primary endpoint of major cardiovascular events was reached in 42 (15%) patients in the lowest BMI category (Q1), compared with...
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Hunting for cardiovascular signals from diabetes drugs
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CABG edges PCI in quality-of-life measures for diabetes patients
Major finding: The proportion of angina-free patients was slightly but significantly greater with CABG than with PCI at 6 months (83.7% vs. 78.1...
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NHLBI hands off hypertension guidelines to ACC, AHA
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European hypertension guidelines help fill U.S. void
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Think exercise first for secondary prevention?
Major finding: No statistically detectable difference was seen in mortality outcomes between exercise and drug interventions for the secondary...
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Diabetics face increased treatment-resistant hypertension risk
Major finding: Diabetes patients with treatment-resistant hypertension had a 6.2% combined rate of death, myocardial infarction, and stroke over a...
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After 15 years, UKPDS sulfonylurea-metformin combo shows no mortality bump
Major finding: A UKPDS substudy with up to 15 years of follow-up found no increased risk of diabetes-related or all-cause mortality in patients...
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Continuous glucose monitoring keeps ICU patients steady
Major finding: ICU patients with continuous subcutaneous glucose monitoring remained in their blood glucose target range for 79% of their stay,...