Tiotropium linked with improved outcomes in early-stage COPD
1. Patients with mild or moderate COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) randomized to receive tiotropium had a significantly higher FEV1...
Improvement in diet quality linked to decreased all-cause mortality
1. Dietary quality, scored against three well validated dietary rubrics, as well as all-cause mortality were tracked in a large...
Treatment of subclinical hypothyroidism ineffective in older adults
1. There were no significant differences at one year regarding hypothyroid-related symptoms or cardiovascular outcomes between patients with subclinical hypothyroidism...
Lithium during pregnancy linked to modest increase in cardiac malformations
1. There has been concern about the linkage between lithium use during pregnancy and a risk of cardiac malformations, specifically...
JAK 1 and 2 inhibitor superior to adalimumab in treatment of rheumatoid arthritis: The RA-BEAM trial
1. Baricitinib, an oral, once-daily inhibitor of JAK1 and JAK2, has shown promise in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA)....
No difference between therapeutic hypo- and normo-thermia with in-hospital cardiac arrest in children
1. In children who suffered in-hospital cardiac arrest, there was no significant difference in 1-year survival in those randomized to...
Radiolabeled somatostatin analogue linked with improved survival in neuroendocrine tumors
1. 177Lu-Dotatate, a radiolabeled somatostatin analogue, was associated with increased progression-free survival and decreased overall mortality compared to standard therapy...
Ustekinumab linked with efficacy in treatment of Crohn’s disease: The UNITI-1 & 2, IM-UNITI trials
1. Ustekinumab achieved successful clinical induction in a greater proportion of patients with moderate to severe Crohn’s disease (CD) compared...
Long-term oxygen not linked with improved mortality in moderate COPD: The LOTT trial
1. There was no mortality benefit associated with receiving long-term oxygen supplementation in patients with stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease...
Quality in 30-day post-MI mortality linked to increased life expectancy
1. Hospitals and provider organizations are increasingly compared and benchmarked based on short-term outcome measures, such as the risk-adjusted 30-day...
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