HCPLive
SEPTEMBER 7, 2024
Semaglutide lowers rates of cardiovascular and COVID-19-related deaths in patients with overweight/obesity, offering promising cardio-metabolic and non-cardiovascular benefits.
American Heart News - Heart News
SEPTEMBER 7, 2024
Research Highlights: Favorable cardiovascular health in early pregnancy, as measured by the American Heart Association's Life's Essential 8 (LE8) cardiovascular health score, was linked to lower risk of preeclampsia and gestational hypertension,
Becker's Hospital Review - Cardiology
SEPTEMBER 3, 2024
Chicago-based Northwestern Memorial Hospital and VA Boston Healthcare System-Jamaica Plain (Mass.) have the lowest death rate for heart failure patients in the country, according to CMS data.
Med Page Today
SEPTEMBER 5, 2024
(MedPage Today) -- Up to one in five prevalent dementia cases may be attributable to impaired vision, a cross-sectional analysis suggested. In a study of nearly 2,800 older Americans, the population attributable fraction (PAF) of prevalent dementia.
Journal of Clinical Investigation - Cardiology
SEPTEMBER 3, 2024
Liraglutide, a glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) analog, is approved for obesity treatment, but the specific neuronal sites that contribute to its therapeutic effects remain elusive. Here, we show that GLP-1 receptor–positive (GLP-1R–positive) neurons in the lateral septum (LSGLP-1R) play a critical role in mediating the anorectic and weight-loss effects of liraglutide.
Medical Xpress - Cardiology
SEPTEMBER 3, 2024
A new study has found that regular mobile phone use was positively associated with incident cardiovascular disease risk, especially in current smokers and individuals with diabetes. In addition, this association was partly attributed to poor sleep, psychological distress, and neuroticism.
HCPLive
SEPTEMBER 6, 2024
The Reagan Udall Foundation hosted a meeting on PTSD treatment needs, with experts and stakeholders highlighting gaps and potential therapies, including MDMA-assisted therapy.
Cardiovascular Update brings together the best content for cardiovascular medicine professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Med Page Today
SEPTEMBER 4, 2024
(MedPage Today) -- Health professionals often perform the "eyeball test" when they first meet a patient. Through the power of observation, pixels of information are gathered quickly and often unconsciously to determine whether a patient is unwell.
Science Daily - Stroke
SEPTEMBER 1, 2024
Wearable, long-term continuous heart monitors helped identify 52% more cases of atrial fibrillation compared to usual care, but that did not lead to a reduction in hospitalizations due to stroke, according to a new study.
HCPLive
SEPTEMBER 3, 2024
The decision to revoke the conditional marketing authorization is based on a June 2024 CHMP recommendation from the EMA suggesting the benefits of Ocaliva do not outweigh its risks.
Heart Sisters
SEPTEMBER 1, 2024
After my book was published, the hospital that had sent me home in mid-heart attack with an acid reflux misdiagnosis invited me to be the guest speaker at a fundraising campaign they were about to launch.
Med Page Today
SEPTEMBER 2, 2024
(MedPage Today) -- LONDON -- Pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) produced real short-term improvements for people with atrial fibrillation (Afib or AF), according to the first sham-controlled trial on the subject. Continuous monitoring by implantable.
Science Daily - Heart Disease
SEPTEMBER 4, 2024
A new study has found that regular mobile phone use was positively associated with incident cardiovascular diseases risk. In addition, this association was partly attributed to poor sleep, psychological distress, and neuroticism.
Medical Xpress - Cardiology
SEPTEMBER 2, 2024
Genetic variants linked to a rare form of bicuspid aortic valve disease that affects young adults and can lead to dangerous and potentially life-threatening aortic complications have been identified by researchers at UTHealth Houston.
HCPLive
SEPTEMBER 6, 2024
A new study discovers patients with IBD who respond well to high-dose thiamine treatment have an abundance of faecalibacterium prausnitzii.
American Heart News - Heart News
SEPTEMBER 5, 2024
Research Highlights: A new study finds that up to 74% of participants with resistant or difficult-to-control high blood pressure, including those with chronic kidney disease, were able to improve control of their blood pressure within 12 months after.
Med Page Today
SEPTEMBER 3, 2024
(MedPage Today) -- I'm a retired doctor who walks about 8 miles on some rural roads each morning. People sometimes stop to ask me medical questions. Some call me, "The Street Doctor." Last week, a 72-year-old man stopped to tell me about his heart.
Science Daily - Heart Disease
SEPTEMBER 3, 2024
Heart failure during pregnancy is a dangerous and often under-detected condition because common symptoms -- shortness of breath, extreme fatigue and trouble breathing while lying down -- are easily mistaken for typical pregnancy discomforts. A new study showed an artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled digital stethoscope helped doctors identify twice as many cases of heart failure compared to a control group that received usual obstetric care and screening.
Dr. Paddy Barrett
SEPTEMBER 6, 2024
If you spend long enough thinking about health, you will come to a singular realisation: Regardless of how long you live or how good your physical or cognitive capabilities are, how you spend your time will have the biggest impact on the quality of your life. This is the domain of soul span. Soul span is about how you optimise for meaning and purpose in your life.
HCPLive
SEPTEMBER 4, 2024
Rizk discusses the recent FDA accelerated approval of iptacopan (Fabhalta) and reflects on the significance of other therapeutic developments in IgAN.
Journal of Clinical Investigation - Cardiology
SEPTEMBER 3, 2024
Salivary gland dysfunction is a common side effect of cancer treatments. Salivary function plays key roles in critical daily activities. Consequently, changes in salivary function can profoundly impair quality of life for cancer patients. We discuss salivary gland anatomy and physiology to understand how anticancer therapies such as chemotherapy, bone marrow transplantation, immunotherapy, and radiation therapy impair salivary function.
Med Page Today
SEPTEMBER 3, 2024
(MedPage Today) -- Two trajectories of brain aging were identified in a cellular analysis of post-mortem brain tissue: one leading to Alzheimer's disease, the other to an alternative brain aging pathway. The study involved participants in the.
Science Daily - Heart Disease
SEPTEMBER 2, 2024
Finerenone reduced the composite of total first and recurrent heart failure (HF) events (hospitalizations for HF or urgent HF visits) and cardiovascular death in patients with HF and mildly reduced or preserved ejection fraction, according to an international clinical trial.
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
SEPTEMBER 7, 2024
A 70-something y.o. male presents to triage with shortness of breath. He reports significant chest pain at the base of his scapula on the right side along with new shortness of breath. ECG 1 at time zero EARLY REPOLARIZATION ABNORMAL ECG ED final official overread: "early repol vs hyperacute T, minimal changes from previous (previous shown below)" What do YOU think?
Medical Xpress - Cardiology
SEPTEMBER 3, 2024
Olive oil has long been touted for its ability to lower heart disease risk. So University of Florida researchers set out to dig deeper to learn how much olive oil is beneficial.
HCPLive
SEPTEMBER 5, 2024
In an interview with HCPLive, Wadden discussed the findings of a post-hoc analysis, supporting how semaglutide is not linked to an increased suicidal ideation risk.
Med Page Today
AUGUST 31, 2024
(MedPage Today) -- TTHealthWatch is a weekly podcast from Texas Tech. In it, Elizabeth Tracey, director of electronic media for Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore, and Rick Lange, MD, president of the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center.
Science Daily - Heart Disease
SEPTEMBER 4, 2024
Our risk of developing atherosclerosis -- 'furring' of the arteries -- can begin much earlier in life than was previously thought, highlighting the need to keep cholesterol levels low even when we are young, new research has discovered.
American Heart News - Heart News
SEPTEMBER 5, 2024
Research Highlights: In the first study, nearly 23% of young adults (ages 18-39 years) included in the NHANES 2017-2020 datasets had high blood pressure (130/80 mm Hg or greater). In addition, they were more likely to self-report being uninsured, food.
The New England Journal of Medicine
SEPTEMBER 4, 2024
In a 57-year-old man with chest pain, an ECG obtained by EMS showed widespread ST-segment depressions. At the hospital, left main coronary-artery stenosis was seen on angiography (shown in a video).
Medical Xpress - Cardiology
SEPTEMBER 3, 2024
Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) was superior to surgical aortic valve replacement for reducing death, stroke or rehospitalization in women with severe aortic stenosis, according to late-breaking research presented in a Hot Line session today at ESC Congress 2024.
Med Page Today
SEPTEMBER 1, 2024
(MedPage Today) -- LONDON -- Some individuals already undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR, also TAVI) might as well get coronary lesions revascularized around the same time, according to the NOTION-3 randomized trial. Clinical.
HCPLive
SEPTEMBER 4, 2024
An expert on fibromyalgia discusses concerns associated with long-term use of medications.
American Heart News - Heart News
SEPTEMBER 5, 2024
Research Highlights: An analysis of at-home blood-pressure monitors estimates that the arm cuffs for 10 of the most popular potentially do not fit up to 18 million adults in the U.S. and nearly 12% of Black adults. To ensure accurate blood pressure.
The New England Journal of Medicine
SEPTEMBER 1, 2024
In this phase 3 trial involving patients with persistant chylomicronemia, plozasiran, a short interfering RNA that targets APOC3, reduced triglyceride levels and the incidence of pancreatitis.
Medical Xpress - Cardiology
SEPTEMBER 3, 2024
A new, rapid blood test that spots whether people are having a heart attack could improve the treatment of people presenting with chest pain at emergency departments, according to late-breaking research presented in a Hot Line Session Sept. 2 at this year's ESC Congress 2024.
Med Page Today
AUGUST 31, 2024
(MedPage Today) -- LONDON -- Keeping potassium levels high after cardiac surgery in hopes of preventing post-surgical atrial fibrillation (Afib) didn't work, a randomized clinical trial showed. New-onset Afib after isolated coronary artery bypass.
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