Cholecystectomy Reduces Risk for Stroke in Patients With Gallstones
Asymptomatic and symptomatic gallstone patients have lower overall stroke risk after cholecystectomy
Carotid Atherosclerosis Predicts CV Events in Psoriatic Disease
After controlling for Framingham Risk Score, TPA, mean and max cIMT predict incident CVEs
Burden of New-Onset A-Fib Considerable After TAVI, AVR
Odds of in-hospital mortality increased in TAVI, AVR hospitalization with new-onset atrial fibrillation
Workplace Exposures Contribute to Burden of Respiratory Disease
Substantial contribution seen to burden of diseases including asthma, COPD, chronic bronchitis, fibrosis
Postop Delirium May Briefly Up Risk for Cognitive Dysfunction
Correlation seen at one month was no longer significant at two months, six months
Lowering Cholesterol Levels May Worsen Nerve Damage in T2DM
Higher number of nerve lesions, declining nerve conduction velocities and amplitudes seen
Surveillance Breast MRI Ups Biopsy, Cancer Detection Rates
Better results seen compared with mammography alone in women with a personal history of breast cancer
Common Supplement Ingredient Could Harm Fetus, FDA Warns
Vinpocetine is a man-made compound used in some products sold as dietary supplements
ASCO: Olaparib Beats Placebo for BRCA-Related Pancreatic Cancer
Progression-free survival significantly improved with olaparib versus placebo for metastatic disease
ASCO: Combo Regimen Effective in CLL With Coexisting Conditions
Progression-free survival longer with venetoclax-obinutuzumab versus chlorambucil-obinutuzumab