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Diabetes duration linked to increasing heart failure risk
Diabetes duration of 15 years or more is tied to a tripled incident heart failure rate, 20-year follow-up on nearly 10,000 U.S. adults shows.
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Analysis supports CAC for personalizing statin use
A cross-sectional study confirms a coronary artery calcium score of 0 may obviate the need for statins in the context of risk-enhancing factors....
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Cycling linked to longer life in people with type 2 diabetes
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Drinking coffee not linked to increased arrhythmia risk in new study
Genetic differences that affect caffeine metabolism did not significantly influence the odds of arrhythmias.
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South Asian ancestry associated with twice the risk of heart disease
Findings confirm previous reports identifying South Asian ancestry as a risk enhancer for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease.
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New drug, finerenone, approved for slowing kidney disease in diabetes
Finerenone (Kerendia) is the first agent approved from a novel class, the nonsteroidal mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists. But its role in...
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Heart failure med undertreatment because of older age common, flouts evidence
The oldest less often received guideline-specified meds, especially at close to full dosage, maybe because advanced age is seen as an “intrinsic”...
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SUSTAIN FORTE: Higher-dose semaglutide safely boosts glycemic control, weight loss
For patients with type 2 diabetes, doubling the weekly semaglutide dose modestly improved glycemic control and weight loss while maintaining...
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‘Stunning’ twincretin beats semaglutide for A1c, weight reduction in T2D
Head-to-head pivotal trial results show weekly tirzepatide injections surpassed 1 mg semaglutide weekly for A1c reduction and weight loss.
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Eat two fruits a day, ward off diabetes?
Results from an observational study “support encouragement of the consumption of whole fruits, but not fruit juice, to preserve insulin...