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Extreme Stress Reactions to 9/11 Increase Cardiovascular Ailments by 50%
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Those who experienced an acute-stress response following the 9/11 terrorist attacks are at increased risk of cardiovascular ailments, despite the fact that most of them were not directly affected by this trauma, a new study shows. The risk appears particularly high in those who had acute stress and have also been plagued by ongoing concerns about terrorism. Heartwire
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FDA Safety Changes: Levaquin, Lipitor, MDP Kits
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The FDA has approved revisions to the safety labeling for levofloxacin tablets, oral solution, and intravenous injection; atorvastatin calcium tablets; and technetium Tc99m medronate injection. Medscape Medical News
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Delayed Defibrillation in One Third of In-Hospital Cardiac Arrests
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About 30% of patients with cardiac arrest due to ventricular arrhythmia undergo defibrillation more than two minutes after the initial recognition of arrest, a new study has shown. The delay exceeds guideline-based recommendations and results in decreased survival to discharge, say investigators. Heartwire
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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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