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Cardiovascular Forum

• Evaluation of the glycometabolic effects of ranolazine in patients with and without diabetes mellitus in the MERLIN- TIMI 36 randomized controlled trial.—Circulation 2009 4;119(15):2032-9
• A randomized trial of rosuvastatin in the prevention of venous thromboembolism.—N Engl J Med 2009 4;360(18):1851-61
• Infarct size and myocardial salvage after primary angioplasty in patients presenting with symptoms for <12 h vs. 12-72 h.—Eur Heart J 2009 4;():

Diabetes Forum

• Glucose-lowering activity of the dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitor saxagliptin in drug-naive patients with type 2 diabetes.—Diabetes Obes Metab 2008 5;10(5):376-86
• Colesevelam HCl effects on atherogenic lipoprotein subclasses in subjects with type 2 diabetes.—Atherosclerosis 2008 10;():
• Medical management of hyperglycemia in type 2 diabetes: a consensus algorithm for the initiation and adjustment of therapy: a consensus statement of the American Diabetes Association and the European Association for the Study of Diabetes.—Diabetes Care 2009 1;32(1):193-203

Growth Forum

• Randomized controlled trial to investigate the effects of growth hormone treatment on scoliosis in children with Prader-Willi syndrome.—J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2009 4;94(4):1274-80
• Insulin sensitivity decreases in short children born small for gestational age treated with growth hormone.—J Pediatr 2009 4;154(4):509-13

Nephrology Forum

• Effect of dipyridamole plus aspirin on hemodialysis graft patency.—N Engl J Med 2009 5;360(21):2191-201
• Mycophenolate mofetil versus cyclophosphamide for induction treatment of lupus nephritis.—J Am Soc Nephrol 2009 5;20(5):1103-12

Rheumatology Forum

• Prospective cohort study of effects of infliximab on rheumatoid factor, anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide antibodies and antinuclear antibodies in patients with long-standing rheumatoid arthritis.—Joint Bone Spine 2009 2;():
• Treatment with imatinib prevents fibrosis in different preclinical models of systemic sclerosis and induces regression of established fibrosis.—Arthritis Rheum 2009 1;60(1):219-24
• Etanercept therapy in rheumatoid arthritis and the risk of malignancies. A systematic review and individual patient data meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.—Ann Rheum Dis 2008 11;():

Oncology Forum

• Follicular lymphoma in the United States: first report of the national LymphoCare study.—J Clin Oncol 2009 3;27(8):1202-8
• Cetuximab and chemotherapy as initial treatment for metastatic colorectal cancer.—N Engl J Med 2009 4;360(14):1408-17

Primary Care Forum

• Comparison of weight-loss diets with different compositions of fat, protein, and carbohydrates.—N Engl J Med 2009 2;360(9):859-73
• Does obesity modify the effect of blood pressure on the risk of cardiovascular disease? A population-based cohort study of more than one million Swedish men.—Circulation 2008 10;118(16):1637-42
• A cluster randomized trial to evaluate physician/pharmacist collaboration to improve blood pressure control.—J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich) 2008 4;10(4):260-71

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