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There are no significant differences in all-cause or cardiovascular mortality with the prescription of dialysate calcium 1.50 versus 1.25 mmol/L for patients undergoing hemodialysis, according to a study published online Oct. 4 in the Clinical Kidney Journal. Karlien J. ter Meulen, from Maastricht University Medical Centre in the Netherlands, and colleagues investigated the association between
Graphical abstract Geometric means (95 % confidence intervals) of (A) high-sensitivity cardiac troponin I (hs-cTnI, ng/L), a marker of cardiac injury, and (B) N-terminal pro-b-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP, pg/mL), a marker of cardiac strain, according to vitamin D3 supplementation assignment at baseline (Bl) and after 3-month, 12-month, and 24-month periods. Credit: American Journal of Preventive
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Trial profile. Credit: The Lancet Healthy Longevity (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.lanhl.2024.07.008 A new study across five European countries is the largest randomized controlled trial to date evaluating the efficacy of a combined hearing and vision rehabilitation intervention for people with dementia living at home. The new study led by Trinity College and the Global Brain Health
MedPage Today) — For a range of hospitalized patients at risk of worsening heart failure (HF), tying medical interventions to cardiac monitoring seemed safe thus far according to the small ALLEVIATE-HF trial. There were no serious adverse events…
MedPage Today) — A nonselective extracorporeal blood purification (EBP) device connected to the cardiopulmonary bypass circuit during surgery reduced the risk of cardiac surgery-associated acute kidney injury (CSA-AKI), a randomized trial found…
Palliative care has proven to be one of the most promising fields for research on interventions with psychedelic substances. One of the most prominent researchers in this area was the American psychopharmacologist Dr Roland Griffiths. In 2016, Griffiths and his team at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore published one of the most relevant contributions to
MedPage Today) — Continuous rhythm monitoring showed the timeline in which heart rate and atrial tachycardias typically arise after binge drinking by young adults, researchers reported. In people with no known history of cardiac arrhythmias…
MedPage Today) — There may be a future for cardiac myosin inhibitors in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF), according to the proof-of-concept EMBARK-HFpEF trial. An established cardiac myosin inhibitor for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy…