Science Daily - Heart Disease

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

The incidence of stroke continues to increase for adults and children living with sickle cell disease (SCD) despite the Stroke Prevention Trial in Sickle Cell Anemia (STOP) establishing standards of care like transfusions and tests to measure blood flow in the brain for those deemed high-risk, according to a new study.

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Physiologically Speaking

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Greetings! Welcome to the Physiology Friday newsletter. This week, I’m sharing one of my favorite articles I’ve ever written. I published it a few years ago, but since then have gained quite a few new subscribers. If you’re new, I hope you enjoy it for the first time. If you’re a long-time reader, I hope you re-enjoy it! I’ll be back next week with the usual coverage of a brand-new study.

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HCPLive

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Arimoclomol, in combination with miglustat, is approved to treat neurological symptoms associated with NPC in adults and children aged ≥2 years.

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Dr. Paddy Barrett

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Preventing heart disease is possible. You just need to know how. To prevent heart disease, you need to know what causes it, how to measure the relevant factors and what to do about them. When we say heart disease, what we really mean is plaque in the artery wall. This Is Known As Atherosclerosis. The fundamental cause of atherosclerosis is when a cholesterol particle crosses into the artery wall from the bloodstream, gets stuck, and sets off an inflammatory process 1.

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AI is transforming clinical trials—accelerating drug discovery, optimizing patient recruitment, and improving data analysis. But its impact goes far beyond research. As AI-driven innovation reshapes the clinical trial process, it’s also influencing broader healthcare trends, from personalized medicine to patient outcomes. Join this new webinar featuring Simran Kaur for an insightful discussion on what all of this means for the future of healthcare!

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Medical Xpress - Cardiology

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

A team of public health researchers at Ningxia Medical University, in China, has found, via analysis of health record data, that some regular coffee drinkers with high blood pressure may have a lower risk of developing dementia than people who do not drink coffee. Their study is published in Scientific Reports.

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HCPLive

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Reau explains the importance of second- and third-line treatment in PBC and the potential implications of no longer having OCA after a negative FDA advisory committee meeting.

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HCPLive

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Extended follow-up with more cases is ongoing and will allow risk factors for psoriatic arthritis to also be further explored.

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Medical Xpress - Cardiology

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Joshua Lupton, M.D., has no memory of his own cardiac arrest in 2016. He only knows that first responders resuscitated his heart with a shock from a defibrillator, ultimately leading to his complete recovery and putting him among fewer than one in 10 people nationwide who survive cardiac arrest outside of a hospital.

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HCPLive

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Nehad Soloman, MD, FACR; Andrew Sharobeem, DO, FACR, and Sunil Patel, MD, explore the nephrologist's vital role in gout diagnosis, treatment options for gout patients with chronic kidney disease, and strategies for managing refractory gout and its associated challenges.

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Med Page Today

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

(MedPage Today) -- The federal government is suing three big pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) over a system of drug rebates that regulators say has made the price of insulin soar for patients with diabetes. Three companies that process about 80.

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HCPLive

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

The model gave special emphasis to words noting pain, fatigue and depressed moods.

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HeartRhythm

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Data on long-term effects of catheter ablation versus antiarrhythmic drugs (AAD) on health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and atrial fibrillation (AF) burden are limited.

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HCPLive

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Study results suggest C4d is associated with worse renal survival and disease progression to kidney failure in patients with primary IgA nephropathy.

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Medical Xpress - Cardiology

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

There is no correlation between high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) levels and a patient's risk for developing movement disorders while taking an antipsychotic, according to a study published in the April-June issue of Innovations in Clinical Neuroscience.

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Becker's Hospital Review - Cardiology

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Florida has the most top ranked hospitals for coronary bypass in the U. S. , according to the WebMD Choice Awards.

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American College of Cardiology

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

In this episode, Andrea Price, MS, AACC hosts Demetria Bolden, PhD, MBA, CPTD, Osama Ibrahim, MD, FACC and Bailey Estes, MSN, AGNP-C for the final installment of the PAD series focused on the impact of social determinants of health for the PAD patient population.

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HCPLive

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

As advancements in valvular technology progress, Nguyen highlights the need for long-term data and multidisciplinary collaboration to improve patient outcomes.

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American College of Cardiology

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

What are the predictors and what is the prognostic impact of time-to-left ventricular (LV) recovery after Takotsubo syndrome (TTS)?

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HCPLive

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Del Rosso highlights points from his conference talk on benzoyl peroxide (BPO) use among patients with acne and other updates.

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American College of Cardiology

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

What is the association of cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging–derived measurements with clinical outcomes in nonischemic dilated cardiomyopathy (NIDCM)?

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HCPLive

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

A new study finds causal links between schizophrenia and MDD on IBS, highlighting the need for integrated care addressing both psychiatric and gastrointestinal symptoms.

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Cardiometabolic Health Congress

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Hypertension is a condition that requires continuous monitoring, making it an ideal candidate for telehealth and digital health innovations. In this post, Daichi Shimbo, MD , a preventive cardiologist and professor of medicine at Columbia University Irving Medical Center, and Francoise Marvel, MD , assistant professor of medicine in the Division of Cardiology and core faculty of the Ciccarone Advanced Lipid Disorders Program at Johns Hopkins, share their expertise on how telehealth can improve h

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HCPLive

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

This segment of her interview featured a conversation about the biggest takeaways and notable case series presented in Culton’s talk at Maui Derm NP+PA Fall.

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American College of Cardiology

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Award-winning posters presented at ACC Quality Summit 2024 explored improving identification of high-risk NSTEMI patients, enhancing post PCI creatinine compliance, automating registry data collection to improve data quality and process efficiency, strategies to improve data accuracy and compliance, and more.

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HCPLive

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

With HepQuant DuO and SHUNT tests, investigators could categorize patients with sclerosing cholangitis into low, moderate, and high disease severity subgroups.

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Medical Xpress - Cardiology

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

The incidence of stroke continues to increase for adults and children living with sickle cell disease (SCD), despite the Stroke Prevention Trial in Sickle Cell Anemia (STOP) establishing standards of care like transfusions and tests to measure blood flow in the brain for those deemed high-risk, according to a study published in Blood.

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HeartRhythm

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Serotonin is an important neurohormone that regulates vascular tone and autonomic reflexes, though its pathophysiological role in vasovagal syncope (VVS) remains uncertain.

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Medical Xpress - Cardiology

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

For patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF), endovascular treatment (EVT) improves left ventricular (LV) diastolic function, according to a study published online Sept. 9 in Circulation: Heart Failure.

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Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality & Outcomes

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, Ahead of Print.

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Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology, Ahead of Print.

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NEJM Journal Watch - Cardiology

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

In a randomized trial, continued aspirin in the perioperative period did not affect ischemic and major bleeding endpoints, although these patients had more minor bleeding events.

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