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Cleveland Clinic-Led Trial: Cholesterol Drug Reduces Heart Events, Including Death

Cleveland Clinic-Led Trial: Cholesterol Drug Reduces Heart Events, Including Death

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Cleveland Clinic-Led Trial Shows that Cholesterol-Lowering Drug Reduces Heart-Related Events, Including Death, in Statin-Intolerant Patients with Elevated Cardiovascular Risk Findings from a Cleveland Clinic-led clinical trial showed that the use of bempedoic acid (a cholesterol-lowering drug) in statin-intolerant patients – who have not yet had a cardiovascular event, but do have risk factors, like diabetes …

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IDEXX Announces Novel Diagnostic Test for Kidney Injury

IDEXX Announces Novel Diagnostic Test for Kidney Injury

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IDEXX Announces Novel Diagnostic Test for Kidney Injury, Expanding the Veterinary Industry’s Most Comprehensive Renal Testing Portfolio IDEXX Laboratories, Inc., a global leader in pet healthcare innovation, has announced the launch of the first veterinary diagnostic test for detecting kidney injury in cats and dogs. According to a recent IDEXX survey, as many as one-third …

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Study Reveals Link Between Moderate Drinking and Heart Health

Study Reveals Link Between Moderate Drinking and Heart Health

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Mass General Hospital Researchers Uncover Why Light-to-Moderate Drinking Is Tied to Better Heart Health A new study led by investigators from Massachusetts General Hospital, a founding member of the Mass General Brigham healthcare system, offers an explanation for why light-to-moderate alcohol consumption may be associated with lower risk of heart disease. For the first time, …

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Gene Therapy- Long-term Contraception in Female Domestic Cats

Gene Therapy- Long-term Contraception in Female Domestic Cats

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Gene Therapy Produces Long-term Contraception in Female Domestic Cats Currently there are no contraceptives capable of producing permanent sterilization in companion animals. Spaying, the surgical removal of the ovaries and uterus, is the most widely used strategy to control unwanted reproduction in female cats.  For the first time, researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), a …

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World’s First Implant of Combined Heart Failure Therapies

World’s First Implant of Combined Heart Failure Therapies

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Cleveland Clinic has successfully implanted a dual cardiac device in the first patient in the world as part of a clinical trial, which aims to potentially treat heart failure symptoms.  The INTEGRA-D clinical study will evaluate the safety and effectiveness of a device that combines two proven cardiac therapies into one. Cardiac contractility modulation works …

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