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For kidney transplant recipients with hepatitis C virus genotype 1 or 4 infection

Ledipasvir-Sofosbuvir Safe for Kidney Recipients With HCV

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SVR12 for all kidney transplant recipients with HCV genotype 1, 4 after 12 or 24 weeks of treatment
For patients with nonspecific chronic widespread musculoskeletal pain and vitamin D deficiency

Vitamin D Replacement Improves Chronic Widespread Pain

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Improvements in patients with chronic widespread musculoskeletal pain and vitamin D deficiency
Cash prices of generic medicines to treat heart failure vary so widely that some patients may not be able to afford to fill all of their prescriptions

AHA: Wide Variation in Prices of Generic Heart Failure Meds

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Patients can spend from $12 to $400 a month to fill prescriptions
Proton pump inhibitors at higher doses are associated with an increased risk of ischemic stroke

AHA: Proton Pump Inhibitors Tied to Ischemic Stroke Risk

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Researchers concerned about high doses of meds like esomeprazole and omeprazole
Among a nationally representative cohort of commercially insured patients there was a small increase in the rate of cardiac stress testing from 2005 to 2012

AHA: Small Increase in Cardiac Stress Testing 2005 to 2012

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Findings among nationally representative cohort of commercially insured patients aged 25 to 64 years
Nearly one-third of Americans newly diagnosed with atrial fibrillation don't realize the condition puts them at increased risk for stroke

AHA: Knowledge of Stroke Risk Lacking Among A-Fib Patients

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Study finds gaps in what patients know about atrial fibrillation
Half of patients hospitalized with atrial fibrillation aren't receiving oral anticoagulants

AHA: Many A-Fib Patients Not Receiving Oral Anticoagulants

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Only 46 percent of patients with indications received OACs at discharge from hospital
Sustained clinical benefit has been observed in patients with heart failure with preserved left ventricular ejection fraction treated with an interatrial septal shunt device that allows shunting to reduce the left atrial pressure

AHA: Interatrial Shunt Effective at One Year in Heart Failure

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Findings for patients with heart failure with preserved left ventricular ejection fraction
Exercising during and after cancer treatment is safe and improves quality of life

Cancer Patients Benefit From Exercise During, After Treatment

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Studies show better physical function, quality of life for those who did strength training, aerobic activity
Bisphosphonates reduce the risk of vertebral

Findings Support Bisphosphonate Use in Men With Osteoporosis

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Reduced risk seen for vertebral and possibly nonvertebral fractures