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Kengreal (cangrelor) has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to prevent blood clots from forming during angioplasty.

FDA Approves New Antiplatelet Drug for Patients Undergoing PCI

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Kengreal prevents blood platelets from accumulating during percutaneous coronary intervention
Smartphones should be kept a safe distance from implanted cardiac devices like pacemakers and defibrillators

Smartphones Can Interfere With Cardiac Devices

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Risk is low; however, patients are advised to keep phones away from chest pockets
Hypothyroidism is associated with increased risk of diabetes mellitus; however

Subclinical Hypothyroidism Ups DM Risk Only With Statin Use

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No increased risk for patients with hypothyroidism treated with thyroid hormone replacement therapy
For patients presenting with acute chest pain and low clinical risk evaluated in a chest pain evaluation center

Minimal Yield Seen for Routine Noninvasive Testing for CAD

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Low yield among patients presenting with acute chest pain and low clinical risk
Medical identity theft is on the rise

Medical Identity Theft Incidents Increasing

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Increase of 21.7 percent in incidents since last report; theft is costly to consumers
About 8 percent of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus have pulmonary hypertension

About 8 Percent of SLE Patients Have Pulmonary HTN

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Patients have few cardiopulmonary symptoms; serum uric acid can predict presence of PH
Forgoing bridging anticoagulation therapy is noninferior to bridging with low-molecular-weight heparin in patients with atrial fibrillation undergoing an elective operation or invasive procedure. The finding was published online June 22 in the New England Journal of Medicine to coincide with the International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis 2015 Congress

Forgoing Bridging Anticoagulation Noninferior in A-Fib

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Findings in patients with atrial fibrillation undergoing elective operation, invasive procedure
About 35 percent of men and 37 percent of women are obese

Researchers Report U.S. Obesity Epidemic Getting Worse

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Only 25 percent of men and 33 percent of women at a healthy weight, researchers say
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration

FDA Cracks Down on Online Sale of Illegal Medical Products

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International effort takes aim at more than 1,050 websites
In a series of experiments

Caution in Social Media Age: Self-Promotion Can Backfire

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Too much self-promotion can offend others, researchers note