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Ketamine a viable alternative to morphine for out-of-hospital traumatic pain

Ketamine is noninferior to morphine in terms of providing pain relief in patients with out-of-hospital traumatic pain, according to the results of the KETAMORPH* study.

Evinacumab hits mark in difficult-to-treat children with rare lipid disorder

The angiopoietin-like 3 inhibitor evinacumab appears to reduce low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) levels in children with homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (HoFH) and persistently high LDL-C despite optimized therapy.

Is it safe to prescribe OACs to older patients with AF?

Older patients who are taking oral anticoagulants (OAC) for atrial fibrillation (AF) benefit from a reduced risk of stroke and all-cause mortality, reports a study. Moreover, nonvitamin K oral anticoagulants (NOAC) exhibit superiority over vitamin K agonists (VKA), with less mortality and major bleeding among its users.

Hydroxychloroquine does little to prevent pre-eclampsia in pregnant women with lupus

The use of hydroxychloroquine during pregnancy does not appear to reduce the risk of pre-eclampsia among women with systemic lupus erythematosus, as shown in a study.

Kids living near green spaces have higher BMD

Early exposure to green spaces may positively influence children’s bone health during crucial periods of growth and development, according to a new study.

Robust evidence for fenofibrate in patients with metabolic syndrome on statins

Comorbid sleep-disordered breathing and AF poststroke linked to elevated mortality, recurrence

Stroke patients with comorbid moderate-to-severe sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) and atrial fibrillation (AF) are at heightened risk of long-term mortality or recurrent cerebro-cardiovascular events, according to a study.

Kiwifruit confers rapid mood-lifting effect

Eating kiwifruit appears to improve mood in as little as 4 days.