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Mounting evidence supporting a link between statins and new-onset diabetes should give clinicians pause for thought when initiating drug therapy in people with prediabetes or even a new diabetes diagnosis, one expert argues.

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In an editorial accompanying the study, one expert says the data are a warning sign to physicians to be sure device implantation is appropriate, to monitor patients at risk of developing infection closely, and to intervene promptly.

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As erectile dysfunction is an early marker of heart disease, men with the condition represent a group that may be particularly motivated to change their lifestyle and receive a double benefit, authors of a new meta-analysis suggest.

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Lead investigator of an analysis of long-term data from the San Luigi Gonzaga Diabetes Study says a blood test two hours after lunch is a strong predictor of major events and, at least for all-cause mortality, as predictive as HbA_1c.

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Recommendations for warding off heart failure from a Finnish cohort study likely sound familiar: don't smoke, keep your weight under control, exercise, and eat your veggies.

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UPDATED WITH COMMENTARY // A new meta-analysis evaluates whether the differences between everolimus and the drugs used in other drug-eluting stents makes a difference in stent-thrombosis rates.

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A long-suspected link between Marfan syndrome and sporadic thoracic aortic aneurysms/aortic dissections has been confirmed in a new genomewide-association study. The findings will have implications for patients with aneurysms, say the researchers.

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A long-running dispute between a major health insurer in Delaware and cardiologists over imaging preauthorization rules has been settled in favor of the doctors.

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The long shadow cast by the rosiglitazone controversy, as well as newer cancer concerns with pioglitazone, exenatide, and sitagliptin, are prompting calls for a revised approach to "signal detection" as well as to the conduct and reporting of clinical trials.

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The government-backed initiative aims to prevent one million heart attacks and strokes over the next five years.

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Now more than 30 years old, the UKPDS, called the "mother of all studies" in type 2 diabetes, is getting a bit long in the tooth for predicting the onset of major complications and deaths. But newer efforts and updates may be working at cross-purposes.

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So far, there are few data on the long-term effects of congenital bicuspid aortic valves on aortic complications, so physicians at Mayo Clinic tracked people with bicuspid aortic valves in Olmsted County, MN for almost two decades.

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The data also highlight risks in younger individuals, with 27% of women aged 18 to 39 years having abdominal obesity and nearly 40% having low HDL-cholesterol levels. Roughly one in five young men had hypertriglyceridemia.

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A new study fails to replicate a previously reported link between statin therapy for recurrent stroke prevention and increased intracerebral hemorrhage.

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New Swedish data show a strong association between increasing levels of HbA_1c and hospital admissions for heart failure.

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Two new genetic studies, including one of the largest genomics studies ever, are being hailed for their contribution to the understanding of how and why blood pressure is raised.

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The new high-sensitivity troponin tests may be able to quickly rule out AMI in around a quarter of chest-pain patients, a new study suggests.

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Topline figures released at the European Association for the Study of Diabetes annual meeting show that the number of people living with diabetes worldwide has reached a staggering 366 million.

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Investigators report there was no evidence of adverse effects on the arterial wall over two years of treatment and there were signs the HDL-cholesterol-raising medication might exert an anti-inflammatory effect.

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Black people progressed to hypertension a year earlier than whites, on average, in a new observational study. The results suggest that lifestyle interventions should begin earlier in blacks and also support trials investigating the use of antihypertensives in African Americans with prehypertension, the authors say.

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