Cardiovascular news

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Ezetimibe supply update

6 December 2023, 3:10pm

Availability issues have been reported for the lipid-lowering...

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NICE recommends further treatment option for underserved heart failure population

5 October 2023, 12:25pm

In reversal of its initial recommendation, NICE has...

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Immediate statin combination treatment 'drastically' cuts risk of death in acute coronary syndromes

7 September 2023, 12:02pm

Giving patients with acute coronary syndromes (ACS)...

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Weight loss drug produces 'largest improvements ever seen' in common heart failure type

29 August 2023, 2:30pm

A trial in more than 500 patients has shown the promise...

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GPs in some areas advised against prescribing NICE-recommended cholesterol drug

10 August 2023, 3:44pm

Practices across the south of England are being told...

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Aspirin should not be offered for primary cardiovascular prevention, confirms NICE

15 February 2023, 9:32am

NICE has updated its clinical guideline on cardiovascular...

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Second SGLT2 inhibitor for heart failure rejected in draft NICE guidance

9 February 2023, 8:51am

NICE has voted against NHS use of dapagliflozin (Forxiga)...

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Warning over switching thiazide-like diuretic

26 January 2023, 3:18pm

Prescribers are advised to take into account differences...

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Pandemic delayed initiation of antihypertensives, study suggests

25 January 2023, 1:42pm

The researchers report that initiation of antihypertensive...

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Latest prescription data exposes 'stark health inequality' across England

23 January 2023, 6:09pm

People living in the most deprived parts of England...

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Statin eligibility criteria expanded in draft NICE guidance

12 January 2023, 11:20am

Millions more people could be prescribed statins under...

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SGLT2 inhibitor approved for broader heart failure population

15 December 2022, 12:48pm

Dapagliflozin (Forxiga) is the second SGLT2 inhibitor...

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Muscle pain in patients on statins 'rarely caused by the statin'

30 August 2022, 4:00pm

Most muscle pain experienced during statin therapy...

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SGLT2 inhibitor approval 'turning point' for underserved heart failure population

20 June 2022, 2:10pm

Empagliflozin (Jardiance) is the first licensed treatment...

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Fish oil drug provisionally approved by NICE for cardiovascular prevention

10 June 2022, 3:23pm

Prescribers may soon be able to routinely prescribe...

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Consider safety of calcium supplements in older people with aortic stenosis, say researchers

25 April 2022, 6:02pm

New research links calcium supplements to earlier death...

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Icosapent ethyl not advocated in draft NICE guidance

30 March 2022, 10:44am

NICE guidance currently out for consultation does not...

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Antiemetics linked to increased risk of stroke

23 March 2022, 9:57am

Antidopaminergic antiemetics are associated with an...

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NICE updates hypertension guidance

21 March 2022, 2:35pm

The updated NICE hypertension guideline includes new...

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Second SGLT2 inhibitor for heart failure recommended by NICE

9 March 2022, 8:56am

Empagliflozin (Jardiance) has been approved for routine...