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New Studies Strengthen Preeclampsia/CVD Link
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Two new studies shed more light on the association between preeclampsia and cardiovascular disease. One, a meta-analysis, strengthens the findings of previous smaller studies, confirming that women with preeclampsia have a twofold higher risk of cardiovascular disease later in life. The second study shows that women with high blood pressure are seven times more likely to develop preeclampsia that those with normal BP. Heartwire
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What Your Patients Are Reading: Post-MI Follow-Up Improves Medication Compliance
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Early follow-up improves post–myocardial infarction medication compliance, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus screening does not prevent hospital infections, low testosterone levels are linked to depression in older men, very premature infants are at higher risk for neurologic disabilities, and high estrogen levels increase the risk of breast cancer recurrence. Medscape Medical News
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Rimonabant has Been Associated With Five Deaths in the UK
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But only one of these deaths was due to psychiatric disorders (suicide), which is the major concern with this drug. Sanofi-Aventis has stressed that no causal link between any of the deaths and rimonabant has been established. Heartwire
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