AHA 2020: Clever trial design gets patients back on statins: the SAMSON trial
Patients who had previously quit taking a statin due to side effects were randomized to...
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Author: Rebecca Shover
In-stent Restenosis Common in PCI
In-stent restenosis (ISR) represents approximately 10% of all PCIs in the United States and is...
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Improving Patient & Family Knowledge of Oral Immunotherapy
“My colleagues and I believe that oral immunotherapy (OIT) is a massive shift for families in the...
Read MoreNews Coverage from AAO 2020: Teleophthalmology Effective & Prevents Unnecessary Office Visits During COVID-19
In order to understand the outcomes of a teleophtalmology intitiative implemented at the Columbia University Irving Medical Center during the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers analyzed the number of patients requiring in-office...
Read MoreNews Coverage from AAO 2020: Pilocarpine Promising for Presbyopia
Study results have long shown that miotics can help improve near vision by contracting the iris sphincter, thus reducing pupil size. Mild contraction of the ciliary muscle with some agents, including pilocarpine, may also...
Read MoreNews Coverage from AAO 2020: Real-World Outcomes With the Fluocinolone Acetonide Implant for Diabetic Macular Edema
Although data suggest that anti-vascular endothelial growth factor injections work well for most, but not all, patients with diabetic macular edema (DME), real-world evidence indicates that outcomes fall far short of those seen...
Read MoreNews Coverage from AAO 2020: Accurately Identifying Neovascular AMD at Home
Patients can use an optical coherence tomography (OCT) device at home to accurately identify retinal fluid caused by neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD), researchers say . With the COVID-19 pandemic compounding...
Read MoreNews Coverage from AAO 2020: PACK-CXL Vs Antimicrobials for Early Infectious Corneal Ulcers
In order assess the time to corneal epithelization with photoactivated chromophore for infectious keratitis-corneal cross-linking (PACK-CXL) as a first-line treatment for early infectious corneal ulcers and to compare PACK-CXL...
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Chronic Neuropathic Pain Following Burns: Assessing Prevalence & Predictors
Research shows that patients with burns can develop chronic pain that is sometimes unrelated to...
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ACAAI 2020: Immune System Shaped into Adolescence by Prenatal Dog Ownership
Prior research indicates an association between prenatal pet exposure and immunoglobulin E (IgE)...
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ACAAI 2020: QOL Disproportionately Affected by Food Allergies in Asian Americans
An examination of 6,829 questionnaires completed by the parents of children with food allergies at...
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ACAAI 2020: With Telemedicine, No-Show Asthma Visits Significantly Reduced During COVID-19
With the COVID-19 pandemic resulting in many patients using telemedicine to attend regular doctor...
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ACAAI 2020: Children With Food Allergies & Their Parents Are Often Bullied
In prior research, parents of children with food allergies have reported that their children are...
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ACAAI 2020: COVID-19 Outcomes Similar With or Without Allergies
With many in the field of allergy and immunology focusing attention during the COVID-19 pandemic...
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AHA 2020: Mavacamten effective in obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Results from the multicentre, phase 3 EXPLORERHCM trial highlight the benefits of a...
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AHA 2020: Sotatercept improves right ventricular-pulmonary arterial coupling and right ventricular function
New cardiac and pulmonary function data from the ongoing phase 2 PULSAR trial of sotatercept in...
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AHA 2020: Dapagliflozin reduces renal risk independent of CV disease status
A new analysis from the DAPA-CKD trial found that the SGLT2 inhibitor dapagliflozin reduced...
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AHA 2020: IV Iron slashes HF hospitalizations by 26%
The results of the AFFIRM-AHF trial showed that addressing iron deficiency in patients with heart...
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AHA 2020: Polypill plus aspirin for primary prevention of cardiovascular events
Participants without cardiovascular disease but who were at increased risk were randomly assigned...
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AHA 2020: Monkey model of COVID-19 myocardial injury
Using rhesus macaques infected with SARS-CoV-2, researchers have observed that acute heart...
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