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Crystal Phend is a contributing editor with 番茄社区, where she's been covering medical news of all stripes since 2006.

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Novel Agent Promising as Add-On Epilepsy Treatment

Phase IIb trial shows benefit for the most common type of epileptic seizures

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Weight-Loss Drug Benefit Spans HFpEF, HFmrEF

STEP-HFpEF trial results come out consistent across ejection fraction

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Managing Heart Failure Comorbidities

Hypertension, atrial fibrillation, type 2 diabetes, and anemia care may require adjustment in HF

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For Your Patients: Managing Heart Failure With Other Chronic Conditions

Having a combination of HF and other medical issues can impact how you approach each of them

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No Benefit to Tight Glucose Control in ICU

Trial attempts to settle the controversy once and for all

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FDA Panel Favors Dropping OTC Decongestant

Unanimous vote that the drug is ineffective

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FDA Reviewers Say OTC Decongestant Doesn't Work

But they acknowledge that taking the only shelf-accessible product off the market raises issues

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Vaccines Not Linked to MS Flare-Ups

Nationwide French study might clear up a decade of doubts

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No Aspirin After PCI? Extended P2Y12 Monotherapy? Trials Weigh In

Two trials read out, but generalizability is the question

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Novel Amyloid Drug Improves Mid-Term Outcomes in ATTR Cardiomyopathy

Pivotal trial "suggests the tantalizing possibility of genuine clinical improvement"

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