ACS Updates Prostate Cancer Screening Guidance

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The American Cancer Society (ACS) concludes that the benefits of PSA-based screening for prostate cancer outweigh the harms, recommending biennial…

Proton Pump Inhibitor Use Linked to Dementia Risk in Older Adults

2 days ago

Proton pump inhibitor (PPI) use was modestly associated with incident dementia in older adults (pooled HR = 1.18), but the…

Long-Term Outcomes of Invasive vs Conservative Management in Stable Coronary Disease: Consistent Evidence From Extended Follow-Up Trials

3 days ago

Extended follow-up of three major trials consistently shows that an initial invasive strategy does not improve long-term survival or reduce…

Antidepressants Differ in Efficacy and Acceptability in Long-Term Treatment of Major Depressive Disorder

3 days ago

Escitalopram, duloxetine, and agomelatine achieved higher sustained response rates than fluoxetine, while escitalopram and duloxetine also showed lower all-cause discontinuation,…

Intensive BP Control Reduces Cardiovascular Events After Ischemic Stroke

6 days ago

Targeting a systolic blood pressure (BP) of less than 120 mm Hg lowered the incidence of major cardiovascular events compared…

No Significant Reduction in Major Cardiovascular Events with Intensive BP Lowering in T2D

6 days ago

In patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) and high cardiovascular risk, targeting a systolic blood pressure (BP) of less than…

Stopping Statins Noninferior to Continuing Them in Older Adults without Known CVD

6 days ago

Among older adults with at least two chronic conditions but no known cardiovascular disease, discontinuing statin therapy was noninferior to…

Ziltivekimab and Pelacarsen Show No Clinical Benefit Despite Effective Biomarker Lowering

7 days ago

Two randomized, placebo-controlled trials of targeted therapies—ziltivekimab, a monoclonal antibody neutralizing interleukin-6, and pelacarsen, an antisense oligonucleotide lowering lipoprotein(a)—both failed…

Cold Drives Heart Failure Hospitalizations in Older US Adults

2 weeks ago

Among US Medicare beneficiaries, colder ambient temperatures were associated with increased heart failure hospitalizations while warmer temperatures were not, and…

No Significant Difference Between Initial CTO-PCI and No CTO-PCI Strategies in 10-Year Follow-Up

2 weeks ago

In the 10-year extended follow-up of the DECISION-CTO trial, an initial strategy of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for chronic total…

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