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Internal Medicine

Statins Benefit Those at Low Risk for Vascular Events

Reduction of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol with statins is associated with a decrease in major vascular events, even for individuals with a five-year risk of less than 10 percent, according to research published online May 17 in The Lancet.

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Hematology & Oncology

ASCO: Dabrafenib/Trametinib Active in Metastatic Melanoma

For patients with V600 BRAF-mutant solid tumors, treatment with the oral BRAF inhibitor dabrafenib and the oral MEK 1/2 inhibitor trametinib is tolerated and has clinical activity in BRAF inhibitor-naive metastatic melanoma, according to a study released May 16 in advance of presentation at the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, held from June 1 to 5 in Chicago.

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Conference Highlights

May 06 - 10		Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, May 6-10, 2012
May 05 - 09		American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, May 5-9, 2012
May 05 - 09		American Psychiatric Association, May 5-9, 2012
April 28 - May 01		Pediatric Academic Societies, April 28-May 1, 2012
April 21 - 28		American Academy of Neurology, April 21-28, 2012

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