Cinacalcet’s Cardiovascular Benefits Modest in Dialysis Patients
Researchers find a ‘nominally significant’ decrease in the risk of a composite outcome of death and nonfatal major cardiovascular events.
Researchers find a ‘nominally significant’ decrease in the risk of a composite outcome of death and nonfatal major cardiovascular events.
Lesser use of PSA testing may only partially explain the finding.
Less than 2% of patients experienced major treatment-related complications.
Men who drank one serving per day or more of whole milk had a 49% increased risk of dying from PCa compared with men who rarely consumed whole milk.
Men taking the medications for benign prostatic hyperplasia had a better stone clearance rate after shock wave lithotripsy than men not taking the drugs.
A 10-mm increment in SBP was associated with a 24% increased stroke risk for blacks compared with an 8% increase among whites.
A promising hybrid device that works from the inside to provide renal functions beyond dialysis 24 hours a day, seven days a week, has the potential to change a lot of lives.
At five year, low-, intermediate-, and high-risk patients had actuarial disease-free survival rates of 5%, 90%, and 80%, respectively.
Stereotactic body radiotherapy is associated with a 99% four-year progression-free survival rate.