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In a study originally published in British Journal of Sports Medicine, a sample of nearly 100,000 adults showed that after making adjustments for other activity, weight training was associated with a 9% decline in CVD mortality. A separate study published in Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise showed a lower risk of colorectal cancer in adults who lifted weights.

Medical records of more than half a million individuals in the EU, UK, and US were evaluated. Apixaban was the most frequently prescribed direct oral anticoagulant (DOAC) for AFib. It was also associated with a lower incidence of GI bleed vs. the other DOACs.

According to reports, the second patient who passed away during the Phase 1 test of the cancer drug davoceticept by Alpine Immune Sciences experienced the same cardiovascular issue as the first patient.

The median time to recovery in a group of 1,800 vaccinated and unvaccinated adults (median age: 48 years) was essentially the same whether the patients received ivermectin or placebo: 12 and 13 days, respectively. Death rate was slightly higher in the ivermectin group and rates of pneumonia and VTE were slightly higher in the placebo group.

This study of 2,500 adults receiving mechanical ventilation randomized 1/3 were assigned to an exigent saturation target pf 90%, 1/3 to a target of 94%, and 1/3 to a target of 98%. The median number of ventilator-free days was 20, 21, and 21 for the three target groups, respectively. In-hospital death by day 28 was 34.8%, 34.0%, and 33.2% for the three groups, respectively.

According to new information revealed in a study of the AHA’s COVID-19 Cardiovascular Disease Registry, new onset AFib occurs in 5% of patients hospitalized with COVID-19. Patients who developed new-onset AFib experienced longer hospital stays and approximately 45% died during their hospitalization. Atrial fibrillation can directly increase the risk of stroke and prolong hospitalization. It is also an indirect marker of the insult that the heart is experiencing when patients are infected with COVID-19.