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Acute Myocardial Infarction, or Related to COVID-19?
The ECG in the figure was obtained from a man in his 30s. How would one interpret this tracing if told the patient’s only symptom was recent shortness of breath on exertion that he had not experienced?
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Vericiguat Tablets (Verquvo)
Vericiguat is indicated to lower the risk of cardiovascular death and heart failure hospitalization in adults with symptomatic chronic heart failure and an ejection fraction less than 45%.
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Is There an Ideal Time to Administer Antihypertension Medications?
Taking all antihypertensive agents before bed vs. upon awakening in hypertensive patients showed there was less hypertension during sleep and few cardiovascular events over a six-year follow-up.
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Time-Restricted Eating, Weight Loss, and Metabolism
A randomized clinical trial comparing time-restricted eating with a 16-hour fasting interval to a structured three-meal-per-day control group resulted in equivalent weight loss in both groups and no reduction in metabolic markers in either group.
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Healthy or Not: The Controversy Over Egg Consumption Continues
A large meta-analysis showed higher consumption of eggs (eating more than one egg daily) was not associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease, and was associated with a lower risk of coronary artery disease.
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COVID-19 Affected U.S. Life Expectancy: How Bad Is It?
The pandemic dinged the average, but the latest data do not tell the whole story.
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One Dose, Lower Temps May Suffice for Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine
Encouraging new data emerge regarding storage, administration requirements.
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U.K. Approves First COVID-19 Human Challenge Trial
Volunteers will be infected with virus so researchers can learn more about pathology, speed effective vaccine development.
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Infectious Disease Alert Updates
Outcome of Coccidioidomycosis in the Pre-Antifungal Era; PET Imaging for Fever of Unknown Origin; High Rates of Thromboembolism in COVID-19
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Clinician Alert: XDR Salmonella Typhi Acquired in the United States
Nine patients in the United States with no travel history had typhoid fever due to extensively drug-resistant Salmonella Typhi.