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Diabetes drugs associated with fewer adverse cardiac events in older veterans
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Diabetes drugs associated with fewer adverse cardiac events in older veterans

by Vanderbilt University Medical Center Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain GLP1 receptor agonists—a class of diabetes medications—are associated with fewer major adverse cardiovascular events than another type of diabetes drug (DPP4 inhibitors) in older veterans with no prior heart disease. The findings, reported in Annals of Internal Medicine, will aid clinicians in choosing a diabetes drug regimen for older...

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Omega-3s did not reduce cardiac events in recent heart attack survivors

AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION DALLAS, Nov. 15, 2020 — A daily dose of omega-3 fatty acids did not reduce the risk of cardiac events, including secondary heart attack, stroke, bypass surgery or death, among elderly people who had survived a recent heart attack, according to late-breaking research presented today at the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions 2020. The...