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Patients scheduled to undergo major surgery appear to improve their cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) with a preoperative high-intensity interval training (HIIT) program, which in turn reduces postoperative complications, according to a study.

A treatment strategy of targeting a low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) of <70 mg/dL leads to a significant reduction in the composite of adverse cardiovascular (CV) events in patients who have had stroke as compared with an LDL-C target of 100 mg/dL, according to data from the Treat Stroke to Target (TST) trial.

A recent study found an association between a healthy diet and greater physical fitness in middle-aged adults.

New drug applications approved by US FDA as of 16-30 June 2023 which includes New Molecular Entities (NMEs) and new biologics. It does not include Tentative Approvals. Supplemental approvals may have occurred since the original approval date.

Adults with hypertension, diabetes, and cardiovascular diseases may benefit from cutting back on coffee, especially the caffeinated variant, which has been shown to increase the burden of abdominal aortic calcification in a study.

For patients with cancer who have recurrent venous thromboembolism (VTE), direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) compare favourably with low-molecular-weight heparin (LMWH) in terms of recurrence prevention, according to a study.