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- Stenting for atherosclerotic renal artery stenosis: One poorly designed trial after another
The three randomized trials of stenting vs medical therapy published so far are so seriously flawed that it is impossible to make treatment decisions based on their results.
- Interpreting the Jupiter trial: Statins can prevent VTE, but more study is needed
The incidence of venous thromboembolism in people taking rosuvastatin (Crestor) 20 mg/day was about half that in people taking placebo. This was a relatively healthy population, and the incidence in both groups was low.
- Treating silent reflux disease does not improve poorly controlled asthma
A recent multicenter trial indicated that empirically prescribing a proton pump inhibitor does not help control asthma symptoms and that current guidelines need to be reevaluated.