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• BP reductions with renal denervation durable to 30 months: SYMPLICITY HTN-2
  New data from the Symplicity HTN-2 study confirm the long-term efficacy of renal denervation in patients with resistant...
  
  
• Dietary saturated fat has undeserved bad reputation, says review
  It calls for a reappraisal of health recommendations that focus on cutting saturated-fat intake levels, as "mechanisms for...
  
  
• Physician inertia to blame for small BP changes in BARBER-1
  A new analysis of BARBER-1 suggests that physician inertia might be the reason African American men failed to...
  
  
• Never too old to get moving: Aerobic fitness lowers risk of death in elderly
  If you don't use it, you're going to lose it—the old chestnut is supported by a new VA...
  
  
• EMA: Benefits outweigh VTE risks with hormone drugs for acne
  The EMA has issued a recommendation that the benefits of the hormonal acne treatment Diane and its generics...
  
  
• HRS members support charitable ICD/pacemaker donation for reuse overseas
  A survey of the society's physician members shows there is wide support for, although also some concerns about,...
  
  
• Ken Mahaffey leaves DCRI for Stanford
  Mahaffey is the second Duke physician to head to Stanford in the past two years, following in the...
  
  
• How low should you go? Experts debate latest salvo in the war on sodium
  Earlier this week, the Institute of Medicine stirred up controversy when it stated the data are insufficient to...
  
  
• Dabigatran "real-life" results suggest caution needed
  New data from real-life experience of dabigatran for stroke prevention in AF shows that it is often used...
  
  
• No clinical gain, more risk: Preference for dual- vs single-chamber ICD again questioned
  Applying only to primary-prevention patients with no pacing indications, an analysis suggests that more expensive dual-chamber implantable defibrillators,...
  
  
• IOM: No clear benefits to slashing sodium intake to 1500 mg/day
  Citing a lack of evidence linking lower sodium targets to a reduction in hard events, the IOM concludes...
  
  
• Gene-mutation discovery in congenital heart disease spells major shift in care
  The finding will fundamentally alter how congenital cardiac defects are categorized and potentially treated, say the authors of...
  
  
• Rover Rx? Pet ownership may lower CVD risk, says AHA
  The data suggest that owning a dog increases physical activity, but there are also good data on pets...
  
  
• Hormone therapy associated with MI in male-to-female transsexuals
  Hormone therapy given to transsexuals during gender reassignment appears to be associated with a greater likelihood of cardiovascular...
  
  
• Dr Allen Anderson joins Northwestern's Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute
  Dr Allen Anderson is the new medical director of the advanced heart-failure program and director of network development...