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Cotellic (cobimetinib) in combination with another chemotherapy

FDA Approves Cotellic for Advanced Melanoma

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For patients whose tumors express BRAF V600E or V600K mutations
Patients with mechanical heart valves may benefit from managing their own oral anticoagulant therapy

Self-Managing Anticoagulation May Benefit Heart Valve Patients

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Study found self-monitoring was linked to a lower risk of death after five years
Short sessions of high-intensity exercise may provide more health benefits for people with type 2 diabetes than longer bouts of less intense activity

AHA: Short, Intense Bouts of Exercise More Beneficial in T2DM

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Research suggests brief but harder workouts may provide better blood glucose control

American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, Nov. 5-9

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The 2015 Annual Meeting of the American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology The annual meeting of the American College of Allergy, Asthma...
Combination therapy of endovascular revascularization and supervised exercise is associated with greater improvements than supervised exercise alone for patients with intermittent claudication. The findings were published in the Nov. 10 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association

AHA: Combo Tx Ups Benefits in Intermittent Claudication

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Greater improvements in waking distances, quality of life with revascularization plus exercise
At least 16.8 million Americans could potentially benefit from the type of aggressive blood pressure treatment pursued under the Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial (SPRINT). The findings were published online Nov. 9 in the New England Journal of Medicine to coincide with presentation at the annual meeting of the American Heart Association

AHA: Reducing Blood Pressure Target Could Increase Benefits

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Risk of CVD was lowered by 25 percent, while all-cause mortality risk was reduced 27 percent
Women are less likely than men to get the recommended treatments for myocardial infarction survivors

AHA: Women More Often Receive Suboptimal Post-MI Care

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This could explain gender gap in survival, researchers say
Macrolides are associated with a small but measurable increased risk of sudden cardiac death

Macrolides May Raise Cardiovascular Risks

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Macrolides were linked to small, but significant, chances of sudden cardiac death
A progressive resistance strength training program can improve some aspects of hand osteoarthritis

ACR: Resistance Training Program Beneficial in Hand Osteoarthritis

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Progressive resistance strength training program effective for pain, function, treatment satisfaction
For patients with knee osteoarthritis

ACR: Chondroitin Sulfate Cuts Cartilage Volume Loss in Knee OA

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Chondroitin sulfate and celecoxib are equally effective at reducing knee osteoarthritis symptoms