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Plant, Animal Fats and CV Death; Mortality in English-Speaking Countries

Med Page Today

(MedPage Today) -- TTHealthWatch is a weekly podcast from Texas Tech. In it, Elizabeth Tracey, director of electronic media for Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore, and Rick Lange, MD, president of the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center.

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What the FDA Approval of Nemolizumab Means for Prurigo Nodularis, with Gil Yosipovitch, MD

HCPLive

In this interview, Yosipovitch discusses his team’s findings on nemolizumab and the significance of the drug’s FDA approval for those with prurigo nodularis.

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When to Decline or Delay Central Repair in Aortic Dissection

The American Journal of Cardiology

Publication date: Available online 16 August 2024 Source: The American Journal of Cardiology Author(s): Charles S. Roberts, Kyle A. McCullough, Alexander J. Sbrocchi, Baron L.

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Study Suggests Tolerability of Moderate Alcohol Consumption in Pi*MZ, Pi*ZZ AATD

HCPLive

Moderate alcohol consumption did not significantly impact liver-related parameters in patients with the Pi*MZ and Pi*ZZ genotypes of alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency.

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Heart disease is rampant in parts of the rural South. Researchers are hitting the road to learn why

Medical Xpress - Cardiology

Darrell Dixon's father was just 25 when he had a major heart attack in the rural Mississippi Delta. By his early 40s, a series of additional attacks had left his heart muscle too weak to pump enough blood to his body. He died in 2013 at the age of 49.