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Acute myocardial infarction patients who take high doses of omega-3 fatty acids for six months show improved heart function and less scarring

High Doses of Omega-3s May Help Healing After Acute MI

Reductions seen in left ventricular systolic volume index and noninfarct myocardial fibrosis
Liraglutide (Victoza) doesn't appear to improve heart function in patients with advanced heart failure

Liraglutide Not Beneficial in Advanced Heart Failure

No difference in heart function, disease stability or in rates of mortality, rehospitalization
For men with low-risk prostate cancer

Predictors ID’d for Switching to Active Tx in Prostate Cancer

Ethnicity influences patient decision to pursue active treatment and serial biopsies in active surveillance
For patients with a history of lower gastrointestinal bleeding

Bleeding Risk Up With Aspirin After Lower GI Bleeding

But continued aspirin use is associated with reduced risk of serious cardiovascular events and death
Active music therapy has beneficial effects in Parkinson's disease

Active Music Therapy Beneficial in Parkinson’s Disease

Beneficial effect in tests examining frontal lobe function and improvement in memory
The correlation between trainee participation in benign hysterectomy and perioperative complications is influenced by surgical approach

Surgical Trainee Involvement Tied to Peri-Op Complications

Findings for benign hysterectomy procedures; operative time key mediator of relationship
Memories of delusions in the intensive care unit are composed of a mixture of fact and fiction

Memories of Delusions in ICU Include Fact, Fiction

Four themes identified in delusions: family, dynamic spaces, surviving challenges, and constant motion
A study of identical twins

Twin Study Questions Link Between Obesity, Heart Risk

However, researchers find that obesity does raise diabetes risk
Different approaches to the treatment of opioid-use disorders are addressed in an article published in the July 28 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.

Physician Reviews Approaches to Treating Opioid-Use Disorders

Medically-supervised withdrawal is not usually sufficient to induce long-term recovery
From 1997 to 2014 the estimated rate of annual increase in obesity prevalence was higher for adults with a history of cancer

Increasing Prevalence of Obesity in Cancer Survivors

Estimated rate of annual increase in obesity prevalence higher for adults with history of cancer