Lipid Disorders
Guidelines
Type 2 diabetes ‘remission’ is a reality, say major organizations
A new consensus statement by four major diabetes organizations aims to standardize the definition and assessment of type 2 diabetes ‘remission.’...
Conference Coverage
Two swings, two misses with colchicine, Vascepa in COVID-19
The study cohorts varied from healthcare and public workers at high risk for infection to individuals already hospitalized with COVID-19.
Commentary
‘This food will kill you, that food will save you’
Will eating a single hot dog really cost you 36 minutes of healthy life? Researchers need to stop studying single foods’ impacts on health, says...
Conference Coverage
EMPEROR-Preserved spouts torrent of reports on empagliflozin treatment of HFpEF
The primary report from EMPEROR-Preserved on using empagliflozin to treat patients with HFpEF arrived with four other analyses published in its...
From the Journals
Walnuts lowered LDL cholesterol in healthy seniors: WAHA study
A large study of healthy elderly people found that regular consumption of walnuts may lower a number of lipid biomarkers, including LDL...
Conference Coverage
Eyes on ESC ‘21: Hope for EMPEROR-Preserved, guidelines remade
But the congress will feature far more than, potentially, results the heart failure world has been longing to see and a raft of new guidelines....
Guidelines
US Preventive Services Task Force lowers diabetes screening age for overweight
From the Journals
SGLT2 inhibitor use rising in patients with DKD
From the Journals
Mediterranean diet slows progression of atherosclerosis in CHD
A Mediterranean diet is more effective in reducing atherosclerosis progression than a low-fat diet for patients with coronary heart disease, new...
News
Empagliflozin gets HFrEF approval from FDA
The SGLT2 inhibitor empagliflozin (Jardiance) becomes the second agent from this class to get a heart failure indication regardless of diabetes...
From the Journals
Tackle obesity to drop risk for secondary cardiac event
‘It seems that obesity is not considered by physicians as a serious medical problem, which requires attention’ to lower risk for a secondary...