Landmark NHS-Galleri Trial Demonstrates a Substantial Reduction in Stage IV Cancer Diagnoses, Increased Stage I and II Detection of Deadly Cancers, and Four-Fold Higher Cancer ...

GRAIL, Inc. (Nasdaq: GRAL), a healthcare company whose mission is to detect cancer early when it can be cured, today announced topline results from the landmark, randomized, controlled NHS-Galleri ...

SoCal nonprofit exec spent thousands in public money to lift breasts, tighten tummy, D.A. says

A former San Diego nonprofit executive has been accused of stealing more than $130,000 in public money intended to stop fentanyl overdose deaths and spending it on plastic surgeries, luxury trips to ...
Health Affairs

Aligning The MedPAC And CMS Estimates Of Coding Intensity: The Importance Of The Risk Model And Trend

The main difference between MedPAC and CMS estimates of uncorrected coding intensity is that MedPAC’s estimate accounts for the upward trend in coding intensity.
The American Journal of Managed Care

Targeted Therapies Reduce Mortality and Hospitalizations in ATTR-CM

Targeted therapies for transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM) were associated with significant reductions in ...
Endocrinology Advisor

Semaglutide Reduces Hospital Admissions in Patients With CVD and Obesity

Once-weekly semaglutide treatment is associated with a significant reduction in total hospital admissions and cumulative days spent in the hospital for any cause. Once-weekly semaglutide treatment is ...
American College of Cardiology

FOURIER Analysis Looks at Evolocumab and Risk of MACE Stratified by Obesity

Evolocumab can help attenuate the elevated risk of major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) that individuals with obesity and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) face, according to a ...
TCTMD

Patients With Obesity Get Biggest Benefit from Evolocumab: FOURIER

Using evolocumab (Repatha; Amgen) to treat stable patients with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) and obesity results in a larger decrease in major adverse cardiovascular events than it ...
Frontiers

Long-term outcomes according to absolute value vs. percentage reduction in low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels after acute myocardial infarction

Backgrounds/aims: Real-world data are limited regarding long-term outcomes in terms of absolute follow-up values of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) vs. percentage reductions from baseline ...
jnis.bmj

CREST-2: percutaneous carotid stenting plus intensive medical therapy reduces stroke in asymptomatic patients

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American College of Cardiology

New Research Adds to Growing Evidence on Use of PREVENT Equations to Assess CVD Risk

Population-based age- and sex-specific percentiles showing 30-year absolute risk estimates for cardiovascular disease, atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) and heart failure (HF) based on ...
BMJ

Estimating 5-year absolute risk of cardiovascular disease using routinely collected electronic medical records from Australian general practices

Background Recent cardiovascular risk equations from the USA and United Kingdom use routinely collected electronic medical records (EMRs), while current equations used in Australia (AusCVDRisk) have ...