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Cardiology

NAD+ precursor nicotinamide may be a potential therapeutic strategy for heart failure with preserved ejection fraction.

Abdellatif et al., Science Translational Medicine, 10 February 2022

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OncologySleep Medicine

The number and aggressiveness of circulating tumor cells, which leads to cancer metastasis, increases significantly during sleep.

Diamantopoulou et al., Nature, 22 June 2022

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PulmonologyInfectious Diseases

Clinical decision making in the diagnosis of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) should be based on a clinician´s overall judgment as no individual clinical sign or symptom is adequate to rule in or rule out CAP.

Ebell et al., Academic Emergency Medicine, 27 July 2020

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Sleep Medicine

Reduction in deep sleep, an important side effect of sleep-promoting drugs, could be happening because of hypnotics interfering with alpha3 subunits of GABA receptors in the brain's thalamus.

Uygun et al., Nature Communications, 26 April 2022

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