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Valve-in-Valve TAVI Tricky, But It Works (CME/CE)
PARIS (MedPage Today) -- Transcatheter replacement of failing bioprosthetic aortic valves is usually successful but likely should be left to the most expert hands, researchers... Read More »
Chemo Before Surgery Clears Prostate Cancer
(MedPage Today) -- A third of men with localized, high-risk prostate cancer achieved pathologic complete response or near-complete response following neoadjuvant therapy with abiraterone and an LHRH agonist, results of a... Read More »
Pediatric Tumors Respond to Xalkori
(MedPage Today) -- The targeted agent crizotinib (Xalkori) appears to dramatically reduce the size of tumors in children with refractory cancers that appear driven by the anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK), researchers... Read More »
High HDL Not Always a ‘Good’ MI Risk Signal (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- Individuals born with a genetic predisposition toward higher HDL cholesterol levels do not have a lower risk of MI, researchers... Read More »
Statin Benefits Remain Even in Low-Risk Cases (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- A large meta-analysis suggests that statins provide substantial benefit for primary prevention, prompting researchers to question current... Read More »
Zyprexa Reduces Nausea from Chemo
(MedPage Today) -- A well-known anti-psychotic drug can help cancer patients bear some of the side effects of chemotherapy, a researcher... Read More »
CDC Lowers the Bar for ‘Lead Poisoning’
(MedPage Today) -- The CDC has lowered by half the danger threshold for lead levels in children's blood, one of more than a dozen advisory committee recommendations that the agency has accepted in... Read More »
Azithromycin May Up Risk of Cardiac Death (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- Use of a common antibiotic, azithromycin, appears to significantly increase the risk of sudden cardiac death when compared with no antibiotic treatment, according to analysis of data from Medicaid... Read More »
FDA Gets Good Marks on Speed of Approvals
(MedPage Today) -- The FDA approved more drugs more quickly than its counterparts in Europe and Canada, a new study... Read More »
Coffee Linked to Lower Death Risk (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- Java lovers, take heart. A large prospective study suggests that -- far from being bad for your health -- that steaming cuppa is actually associated with a lower risk of... Read More »
