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Cardiovascular Disease
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Intensive blood pressure therapy did not cut cardiovascular events in adults with diabetes
An intensive blood pressure-lowering strategy targeting systolic pressure below 120 mm Hg did not significantly reduce major cardiovascular events in adults with type 2 diabetes.
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Starting with a statin or statin plus ezetimibe to lower LDL led to similar heart outcomes
Adults with heart or blood vessel disease who started with a statin alone had heart attack, stroke and other heart problem rates over three years similar to those starting with statin plus ezetimibe.
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Intensive Blood Pressure Control Gets a Win in Stroke Survivors
Two large trials conducted in Brazil, in different patient populations, reached somewhat divergent conclusions on the cardiovascular benefits of intensive blood pressure lowering.
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