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Evaluating ICDs’ Role in Reducing Sudden Cardiac Death Among High-Risk Patients OXON Epidemiology’s latest study, recently featured in JAMA Cardiology, provides critical insights into the effectiveness of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) compared to amiodarone in reducing sudden cardiac death among patients with chronic Chagas cardiomyopathy. Known as the CHAGASICS Randomized Clinical Trial, the study enrolled 323…
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The study, published in Lancet Healthy Longevity, suggests that high levels of cholesterol in middle-age are associated with an increased risk of developing dementia and Alzheimer’s disease. The retrospective cohort study ‘Blood cholesterol and risk of dementia in a retrospective cohort of over 1.8 million people over two decades’, presented at the 35th International Conference…
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