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Patients Say Researchers Are Ethically Obligated to Return Study Data
Returning patient-reported outcome data to study participants is a growing priority for researchers. it is important to do it in a way that is comprehensible, actionable, and aligned with participants’ preferences.
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Growing Concerns About Health Data Use
A group recently outlined ethical, legal, and societal standards for data collection, use, and reuse to which researchers, technology companies, and others can be held accountable. The statement assures people the stewardship of their data is taken seriously, and that the company is committed to using it ethically.
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Does Current IRB System Ensure Ethical Research?
A consensus is needed for how to measure IRB quality or effectiveness, and more inspections are needed to ensure instances of IRB noncompliance are identified, according to the authors of a recent report.
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An RNA Shot for Hypertension?
One dose of a new RNA-based drug administered by subcutaneous injection, which blocks hepatic angiotensinogen production, resulted in sustained reductions in blood pressure in patients with hypertension for up to 24 weeks without any serious adverse effects.
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Is the Combination of a GLP-1 Agonist and a SGLT2 Inhibitor Safe?
Adding a GLP-1 RA in a subgroup of type 2 diabetes patients on baseline SGLT2 inhibitor therapy revealed GLP-1 RA reduces major adverse cardiovascular event rates, regardless of baseline SGLT2 use.
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The Hemodynamic Effects of an SGLT2 Inhibitor in Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction
The authors of a small, placebo-controlled study of 24 weeks of dapagliflozin therapy in patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction reported reductions in pulmonary capillary wedge pressure, which may explain the reductions in heart failure hospitalizations or cardiovascular death in larger randomized outcome trials.
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High-Impact Clinical Trials from the European Society of Cardiology Congress 2023
The following is an overview of important cardiology research presented Aug. 25 through Aug. 28 in Amsterdam and online during the ESC Congress 2023.
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Is Planned Complete Revascularization After Myocardial Infarction Wise for Older Patients?
Among patients at least age 75 years presenting with acute myocardial infarction and multivessel coronary disease, physiology-guided complete revascularization led to a lower risk of major adverse cardiovascular events at one year vs. culprit lesion-only percutaneous coronary intervention.
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Fracture-Related Complications
The goal of this review is to familiarize emergency physicians with the initial assessment of fractures as well as the identification and management of immediate, early, and late-stage fracture complications.
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Complaint Alleges OB/GYN Decapitated Baby During Botched Delivery and Covered It Up
The issue of gross medical negligence by the medical team will be at the forefront of the lawsuit. The lawsuit alleged the attending physician and the medical team were “grossly negligent” in their treatment of the patient and her baby.