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Partial Cardiac Denervation to Prevent Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation After CABG

This randomized clinical trial examines whether a partial cardiac denervation procedure reduces the incidence of postoperative atrial fibrillation among patients undergoing isolated coronary artery by

First U.S. Case of Severe Form of Mpox Reported in California

The unidentified patient had recently returned from Africa, where the virus has caused a deadly epidemic, health officials said.

Ablation Bests Drugs for Ventricular Tachycardia After Heart Attack

(MedPage Today) -- CHICAGO -- For patients with ventricular tachycardia (VT) and ischemic cardiomyopathy, going right to catheter ablation improved outcomes compared with trying antiarrhythmic drug

JAK Inhibitor Succeeds in Giant Cell Arteritis Trial

(MedPage Today) -- WASHINGTON -- Giant cell arteritis (GCA) can be successfully treated with the oral Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitor upadacitinib (Rinvoq), allowing corticosteroids to be withdrawn, r

What New Warning Is on GLP-1 Drug Labels?

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Tirzepatide Officially Puts GLP-1 Meds on the Map for Obesity-Related Heart Failure

(MedPage Today) -- CHICAGO -- A long-acting GIP/GLP-1 receptor agonist conferred significant clinical benefit for people with obesity and accompanying heart failure with preserved ejection fraction

Intensive Blood Pressure Control Benefits People With Type 2 Diabetes Too

(MedPage Today) -- CHICAGO -- The cardiovascular outcome benefit of a tighter systolic blood pressure target was affirmed in patients with type 2 diabetes in the randomized BPROAD trial from China.

First known US case of person infected with new mpox strain reported

Person acquired clade Ib while traveling to east Africa and treated in California for mild illness, said health officialsUS health officials reported Saturday the first known case of a person infected

First U.S. case of new mpox strain detected in California

California has detected the country’s first case of a new mpox strain in a person who recently traveled from Eastern Africa

‘The fatigue is not only real, it is absolutely legitimate’: why are so many of us so tired right now?

There are reasons why in workplaces, homes, shops and schools there’s a sense that much of Australia is running on emptyGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailEvery year we run this race, and ev

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