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Early Multifactorial Intervention Key in Diabetes
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A study looking at early intervention with multiple drug combinations in high-risk type 2 diabetes patients has shown an absolute risk reduction of 20% in all-cause mortality compared with similar patients treated conventionally. Early therapy is the key, say researchers, stressing that their study is hugely different from the ACCORD trial, in which the intensive glucose-lowering arm has just been halted prematurely due to higher mortality. Heartwire
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Alain Carpentier Spearheads New Total Artificial Heart Endeavor
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A French start-up company has announced it has received millions of dollars in funding, some from the defense industry, even as other replacement hearts in development globally seem stymied by disappointing long-term results or lack of funds. Heartwire
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