Sentinel lymph node dissection not inferior to complete axillary lymph node dissection for women...
1. For women with invasive breast cancer and metastases to 1 or 2 sentinel lymph nodes, treatment with sentinel lymph node dissection alone was...
Hormone replacement therapy not associated with changes in mortality in post-menopausal women
1. In this analysis of two randomized controlled trials, hormone replacement therapy (HRT) was not associated with a change in all-cause mortality among post-menopausal...
Cardiovascular benefits of intensive systolic blood pressure control may outweigh risks of chronic kidney...
1. The benefits of intensive systolic blood pressure (SBP) control to cardiovascular and all-cause mortality may outweigh the increased risk of incident chronic kidney...
Re-analysis of evidence suggests that PSA screening significantly reduces the risk for death from...
1. PSA screening was associated with a reduction in risk for death from prostate cancer.
2. No differences in the effects of PSA screening were...
Risk of cardiovascular events similar between degludec and glargine in type 2 diabetics: The...
1. Type 2 diabetic patients at high-risk for cardiovascular events treated with the ultra long-acting insulin degludec experienced cardiovascular events at an incidence noninferior...
Continuous glucose monitoring associated with better glucose control for patients receiving insulin for type...
1. Continuous glucose monitoring in type 2 diabetes patients was associated with improved glycemic control.
2. No significant difference in quality-of-life was observed in patients...
Canagliflozin reduces cardiovascular outcomes in patients with diabetes: The CANVAS
1. Canagliflozin, a sodium glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitor, significantly reduced the risk of the primary composite outcome of cardiovascular death, nonfatal myocardial infarction,...
Low-dose aspirin reduces incidence of preterm preeclampsia in high-risk pregnancies: The ASPRE trial
1. Low-dose aspirin significantly reduced the incidence of preterm preeclampsia in women identified as high-risk for preeclampsia using a screening protocol that combined maternal...
Sleep duration inversely related to childhood type 2 diabetes risk makers
1. Shorter sleep duration was associated with higher BMI, fat mass index, and insulin levels in children aged 9 to 10 years.
2. Sleep duration...
Midlife smoking, diabetes, and hypertension associated with late life dementia
1. Based on results of the Atherosclerotic Risk in Communities (ARIC) prospective cohort, midlife vascular risk factors associated with dementia included smoking, diabetes, prehypertension,...
