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Anchor lead: Two diabetes drugs may benefit people with heart failure, Elizabeth Tracey reports A diabetes drug with the tongue-twisting name ‘empagliflozin’ reduced both hospitalizations for heart failure as well as cardiovascular death in people with one type of heart …
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Anchor lead: Observations that the heart may be damaged by COVID-19 infection have important clinical implications, Elizabeth Tracey reports Twenty percent of patients with COVID-19 infection in Wuhan had evidence of acute heart damage, a study in JAMA Cardiology shows. …
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Anchor lead: Sending a nurse to a person’s home helps manage heart failure, Elizabeth Tracey reports People with heart failure often contend with complicated self-care plans and are at high risk for repeated hospitalizations. Now a new study shows that …
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Anchor lead: It is possible to reduce opioid use after surgery, Elizabeth Tracey reports Opioids are a concern for everyone these days, with physicians trying hard to find alternatives. An approach developed by Glen Whitman, a cardiovascular surgeon at Johns …
