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An educational intervention can improve patients' ability to self-manage their chronic diseases

Patient Education Can Improve Chronic Disease Management

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Improvement seen in patients' ability to manage disease, medical students' ability to educate them
Intraoperative botulinum toxin injections show promise as a way to reduce the risk for postoperative atrial fibrillation following cardiac surgery

Botox Injections Explored to Cut Postop A-Fib in Cardiac Surgery

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Findings of early trials based on epicardial fat pad injections during cardiac surgery
For individuals with heart failure

Meds Taken Do Not Vary With ADL Impairment in Heart Failure

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Adults with heart failure with impairment in activities of daily living take as many meds as those without
Nearly two-thirds of insured adults with a previous health care visit did not use an online patient portal in 2017

Most Insured Patients Not Using Online Portals

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Socioeconomic disparities exist in use of patient portals; privacy concerns cited for nonuse
Pictorial presentation of silent atherosclerosis contributes to the prevention of cardiovascular disease

Pictorial Presentation of Silent Atherosclerosis Helps Cut CV Risk

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Framingham risk score decreased in intervention group and increased in control group
Rivaroxaban can prevent venous thromboembolism in cancer patients at increased risk

ASH: Rivaroxaban Prevents Blood Clots in At-Risk Cancer Patients

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Risk for patients in rivaroxaban group reduced during the on-treatment period
There is a J-shaped association for total daily sleep duration with all-cause mortality and cardiovascular events

J-Shaped Association for Sleep Duration, CV Events and Death

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Both shorter and longer estimated total sleep durations linked to increased risk
A new warning has been added to the multiple sclerosis drug Lemtrada (alemtuzumab) after rare reports of patients suffering strokes and tears in the lining of the arteries in the head and neck

FDA Warns of Rare Stroke Risk With Multiple Sclerosis Drug

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Alemtuzumab label will be updated to include the risk for stroke and arterial dissection
Migraine with aura is associated with an elevated risk for incident atrial fibrillation

Migraine With Aura Linked to Increase in Incident A-Fib

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Risk for AF up for migraine with aura vs. no headache, migraine without visual aura, after adjustment
Skin autofluorescence predicts incident type 2 diabetes

Skin Autofluorescence Predicts T2DM, Heart Disease, Mortality

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Prediction independent of traditional risk factors such as MetS, glucose, HbA1c in general population