Nurse-led care coordination fails to improve medication adherence in high-need patients
Nurse-led care coordination did not improve medication adherence for most common chronic conditions.
This pragmatic randomized controlled trial tested nurse-led care coordination versus usual care in high-need, high-cost commercially insured…
A large trial found that nurse-led care coordination did not improve how often people took their diabetes, heart, or thyroid medications com…
PRISMA Scoping Review Examines Food-Drug Interactions in Cardiovascular and Diabetic Medications
Meals May Not Matter for Most New Heart and Diabetes Pills
This PRISMA scoping review synthesized data from 36 publications regarding food-drug interactions in cardiovascular and diabetic medications…
Most new heart and diabetes pills work the same whether you take them with food or on an empty stomach, but a few still need timing.
Meta-analysis of DOACs versus conventional anticoagulation in Kawasaki disease with giant coronary artery aneurysms.
Simpler Blood Thinners May Protect Kids' Damaged Heart Arteries
This systematic review and meta-analysis evaluated 594 children younger than 19 years with Kawasaki disease-associated giant coronary artery…
Children with the most serious heart complication of Kawasaki disease may soon swap daily shots for a once-a-day pill, with no drop in safet…
Factor XIa inhibitors show higher stroke risk but lower bleeding risk versus DOACs in atrial fibrillation
New blood thinners cut bleeding risk but triple stroke risk in heart rhythm patients
A meta-analysis of 3 RCTs in 16,845 patients with atrial fibrillation found Factor XIa inhibitors were associated with a 3.32 times higher r…
New blood thinners for atrial fibrillation cut bleeding risk by 59% but triple the risk of stroke, raising concerns they may be too gentle t…