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Anemia drug linked to blood clots, death in cancer patients

… risk of venous thromboembolism (blood clots in the deep veins of the legs or in the lungs) and death among patients with cancer, according to an article in the February 27 issue of JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association.


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Adding Vasopressin to Norepinephrine Not Useful in Septic Shock

By By Mary Ann Moon

The addition of low-dose vasopressin to standard norepinephrine therapy in patients with septic shock does not improve short- or long-term mortality, researchers reported in the Feb. 28 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.


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