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Patients with implantable cardioverter-defibrillators appear to have more car accidents than similarly-aged people without such devices

Car Accident Risk Up 50 Percent for Patients With ICDs

Danish study finds 51 percent greater odds, but absolute risk of a crash remains low
In a survey conducted in 2013

AAP Survey Finds More Parents Are Refusing Vaccines

However, reasons for refusing have changed in recent years
The safety of dual antiplatelet therapy duration varies with percutaneous coronary intervention complexity

PCI Complexity Influences Optimal Duration of DAPT

Long-term DAPT linked to significant reduction in MACE in patients undergoing complex PCI
For patients with symptomatic systolic heart failure not caused by coronary artery disease

No Drop in All-Cause Mortality With ICD in Systolic Heart Failure

Significantly lower risk of sudden cardiac death for patients with ICD versus usual clinical care
A novel high-intensity focused ultrasound treatment with a cooling system is safe and efficient for destroying adipocytes

High-Intensity Focused U/S With Cooling Destroys Adipocytes

Reduction in waist circumference in human volunteers; pain tolerable without bruising
Low-income adults with cardiovascular disease have considerable gaps in knowledge relating to secondhand smoke

Adults With CVD Have Gaps in Secondhand Smoke Knowledge

No adults in study spontaneously identified heart risks related to secondhand smoke exposure
For adult patients with chronic rhinosinusitis

Intranasal Steroids Underused in Chronic Rhinosinusitis

Rate of intranasal steroid spray utilization 20.1 per 100 patients; geographic variation in rate
Many National Comprehensive Cancer Network guideline authors report financial conflicts of interest

Many NCCN Guideline Authors Report Conflicts of Interest

84 percent of authors receive general payments, 47 percent receive industry research payments
For patients with primary hypercholesterolemia

Ezetimibe Plus Rosuvastatin Bests Rosuvastatin Alone

Combo tx linked to significant reductions in LDL, total cholesterol, triglycerides versus rosuvastatin
Acneiform eruptions due to the BRAF kinase inhibitor vemurafenib in a patient with multiple metastatic melanoma lesions are described in a case report published online Aug. 11 in the Journal of Dermatology.

Acneiform Eruptions Observed After Vemurafenib Treatment

Case report describes acneiform eruptions after tx of metastatic melanoma lesions with vemurafenib