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An additional benefit of canagliflozin when administered to patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) and high cardiovascular (CV) risk may be a reduced risk of stroke, according to results from the CANVAS* Program.
MIMS Pharmacist presents an overview of superoxide dismutase (SOD) and its role in resisting the effects of oxidative stress and aging.
The FOURIER trial previously demonstrated that adding the proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 (PCSK9) inhibitor evolocumab to background statin therapy lowered LDL-cholesterol (LDL-C) below target levels and significantly reduced the risks of cardiovascular (CV) events in patients with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD). At the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Congress 2018 in Munich, Germany, experts reiterated how evolocumab helps lower LDL-C levels and reduces CV events even in patients with various comorbidities.
The addition of the phosphodiesterase 3 inhibitor cilostazol to either aspirin or clopidogrel reduced the risk of recurrent stroke among patients at high risk of recurrence following a non-cardioembolic ischaemic stroke, according to the CSPS.com* study conducted in Japan.
Recent research has revealed various potential biomarkers for metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC), but several challenges remain in fully utilizing them in clinical practice.
The incidence of Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) infection among patients with ulcerative colitis (UC) who are receiving treatment with tofacitinib is low and particularly so when compared with C. difficile infection incidence in patients receiving other UC therapies, according to a poster presented at AIBD 2018.
