The FDA has requested additional data before approving roxadustat.

Ablation was associated with a 67% reduction in all-cause hospitalizations compared to medication alone. 

“Our study demonstrates that a centrally guided and well-designed healthcare policy may have a real and substantial impact on a patient’s prognosis over a relatively short period of time,” researchers said.

For patients over the age of 65, the stroke risk climbs all the way to 54%. Researchers emphasized how important it is to begin treatment as early as possible. 

The Blue Venture Fund, a collaboration of dozens of Blue Cross Blue Shield companies, led the funding round. 

The team hopes its findings, published in the European Heart Journal, will help more people consider how their daily lives can affect their health. 

Heart transplant recipients reap significant benefits from a third dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.

The device has already been approved in other parts of the world, including Europe. 

The doctor's lawyers argued that these behaviors were a result of his depression and feelings of burnout.

Researchers examined data from four different studies. The mean patient age was roughly 68 years old.