New trick for old drug; Vascepa cost effective for CV reduction

Icosapent ethyl cost effective in REDUCE-IT analysis Treatment with the fish-derived drug Vascepa for CV event reduction is more effective and less costly than placebo. *  *  *   Help us make this podcast better! Please take our short listener survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/podcastsurveyOct2019 *  *  *   DAPA-HF: Dapagliflozin benefits regardless of age, HF severity The SGLT2 inhibitor had similar efficacy in the elderly and across the spectrum of baseline symptom status. Colchicine cut post-MI CVD events Colchicine fulfilled the promise first seem in CANTOS that anti-inflammatory treatment can reduce cardiovascular disease events. Cardiac arrests peak with pollution in Japan The incidence of out-of-hospital cardiac arrests in Japan increased on days when counts of particulate matter spiked from the day before. *  *  *   For more MDedge Podcasts, go to mdedge.com/podcasts Email the show: [email protected] Interact with us on Twitter: @MDedgeTweets