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Are Statins Equally Effective in Minority Populations?
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Clinicians know statins are safe and effective for their patients with high LDL cholesterol -- but is that all patients? A leading authority discusses statin therapy in patient subpopulations.
Medscape Cardiology
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First Data on Aliskiren in Diabetic Nephropathy
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The first trial of the new direct renin inhibitor, aliskiren, in patients with diabetic nephropathy shows that it reduces proteinuria when added to conventional treatment. But observers say this is merely a surrogate-end-point trial and definitive guidance on how to use this drug in such patients will come only from an ongoing large outcomes study, ALTITUDE. Heartwire
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