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- ADA, AHA look at use of artificial sweeteners
The appropriate use of non-nutritive sweeteners may offer weight benefits by reducing added sugars and calorie intake, the American Diabetes Association and the American Heart Association said in a scientific statement. However, the evidence on artificial sweeteners is limited and contradictory, researchers reported in Diabetes Care and Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association. MedPage Today (free registration)
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- SPECT plus ischemia-guided revascularization reduces cardiac events
 Ischemia-guided revascularization using myocardial perfusion with SPECT imaging resulted in a lower overall rate of major adverse cardiac and cerebrovascular events, such as death, myocardial infarction, stroke or repeat revascularization, in patients with multivessel coronary disease, compared with the use of standard revascularization, according to a South Korean study published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. This improvement resulted mainly from reduced repeat revascularization, according to the study, which assessed information on 5,340 patients. TCTMD.com
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- EU aims to streamline cross-border clinical trials
European Health and Consumer Policy Commissioner John Dalli will propose rules that would make it easier for drugmakers and researchers to conduct cross-border clinical studies, to reduce red tape and costs. Dalli said the rules would introduce a harmonized submission system for studies in the EU. Drugmakers would have to submit an application once instead of in every country with a trial site. Reuters
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- CMS' new Medicare schedule to affect fees for nuclear medicine
The new CMS Medicare Physician Fee Schedule proposal for 2013 is expected to reduce fees for nuclear medicine by 4%. The cuts are intended to help compensate for a 7% payment increase for family physicians and increases of 3% to 5% for other primary care providers. The proposed MPFS reductions do not take into consideration possible effects of whether Congress arrives at a solution regarding issues with the sustainable growth rate formula, the CMS said. AuntMinnie.com (free registration)
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