Cardiology
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Heart failure: Medicare cost sharing may put quadruple therapy out of reach
Patients’ out-of-pocket costs are highest for the most effective medications.
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New National Lipid Association statement on statin intolerance
The statement offers strategies to help patients stay on statin medications and suggests alternatives that can be used in patients who really...
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‘Forever chemicals’ linked to hypertension in middle-aged women
“The benefit of reducing the population exposure to PFAS and potential prevention of high blood pressure and other health conditions would be...
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Prediabetes is linked independently to myocardial infarction
A history of prediabetes is predictor of MI independent of any other risk factor, suggesting that screening efforts should increase.
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Just 20 minutes of vigorous activity daily benefits teens
Value of shorter duration and higher-intensity exercise may simplify clinician counseling and public health messaging.
Conference Coverage
SGLT2 inhibitors cut AFib risk in real-word analysis
Observational data add to a growing link between SGLT2 inhibitor treatment and atrial fibrillation prevention in people with type 2 diabetes.
Conference Coverage
Jury still out on cardiovascular safety of testosterone
A meta-analysis may provide some reassurance of the short-term cardiovascular safety of testosterone therapy for male hypogonadism until...
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ADA updates on finerenone, SGLT2 inhibitors, and race-based eGFR
ADA has made an interim change to its latest Standards of Medical Care, an update based on trial evidence and consensus about finerenone, SGLT2...
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‘Genetic’ height linked to peripheral neuropathy and certain skin and bone infections
Even aside from the links between a person’s actual measured height and different health conditions, their genetically predicted height is...
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‘Sit less, move more’ to reduce stroke risk
Replacing sedentary time with light-intensity activity may reduce stroke risk.