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Finerenone cuts CV risk in patients with diabetes and kidney disease
The new agent reduces hospitalisation for heart failure and renal disease progression, research shows.
‘Lay responders’ boost cardiac arrest survival: study
Use of a mobile app means patients are more likely to receive timely CPR or defibrillation, researchers show.
Salt substitute cuts stroke risk, study shows
One of the largest dietary intervention studies ever conducted finds sodium-reduced condiment reduces cardiovascular deaths.
Breathing difficulties ‘under-rated as a signal of imminent cardiac arrest’
More attention should be paid to this prodromal symptom when cited in emergency calls, researcher says.
Flu vax in hospital post-MI reduces further events: study
Largest trial to date underscores the value of protecting patients with heart disease from influenza.
Should we start vaccinating healthy children against COVID-19?
A leading infectious diseases specialist says it's not a priority and cautions the benefit to children and to the community could be limited.
Could heatwaves burn out mosquito-borne disease?
Study shows the insects may be clever enough to defy climate change.
Women with MS more likely to have intervention in childbirth
But a large register-based study is reassuring on pregnancy complications and most perinatal outcomes.
Talk therapies ‘as good as drugs’ to prevent relapse in major depression
The option should be more widely used as an alternative to long-term antidepressant use, reviewers say.
