Virtual Heart Failure Care No Substitute for the Face-to-Face Visit? Reduced GDMT titration suggests a dip in quality of care Oct 05, 2020
Phrenic Nerve Stimulation Holds Up for Central Sleep Apnea Apnea indices, daytime sleepiness improved over 5 years Oct 05, 2020
How Would You Answer 'The Penis Question'? Motivate patients by being an agitator, not an irritator Sep 29, 2020
Britons With Type 1 Diabetes Die Nearly 8 Years Earlier But keeping HbA1c in check can mitigate this early mortality Sep 23, 2020
More Evidence for Cognitive Benefits With Metformin in T2D Prospective study followed more than 1,000 older patients for 6 years Sep 23, 2020
Novel Once-Weekly Insulin Shines for Type 2 Diabetes Phase II study compared with daily insulin glargine U100 Sep 22, 2020
No Rise in Fracture Risk With SGLT2 Inhibition Weight change in type 2 diabetes on these drugs did not increase risk of osteoporotic fractures Sep 15, 2020
Black Barbershop HTN Intervention Gets Telehealth Update Patrons successfully transition from in-person to virtual pharmacist consults Sep 13, 2020
Home BP Monitoring Can Make Inroads During the Pandemic Some hope that at-home readings may find their way to routine care in the COVID-19 era Sep 12, 2020
New Anemia Linked to Crohnβs Disease but Not Ulcerative Colitis Risk Anemia seen as promising surrogate marker for preclinical CD, especially in men Sep 11, 2020
New Recovery Programs Target COVID Long-Haulers Pulmonologists, cardiologists, neurologists, psychiatrists, and more join to get patients on their feet for good Sep 10, 2020
Severe Nosebleeds More Common With Hypertension Korean study supports link between hypertension and epistaxis Sep 10, 2020
Olympic Ice Dancer's Renal Cell Carcinoma Maia Shibutani is "embracing the moment" and raising money for healthcare workers Sep 10, 2020
The Real Reason Post-COVID Myocarditis Is a Worry Sorry, it's not all about football, cardiologist argues Sep 08, 2020
Does Ejection Fraction Matter Anymore? Experts debate whether familiar metric still has a place in heart failure management Sep 02, 2020
'Definitive Data': Continuing ACE/ARB Tx Safe in COVID-19 Randomized trial affirms no harm in mild to moderate coronavirus cases Sep 01, 2020
REALITY Check: Stricter RBC Transfusion Safe for Anemic MI Patients Restrictive strategy makes sense for clinical outcomes, costs Sep 01, 2020
SGLT2 Inhibitor Wows in Chronic Kidney Disease DAPA-CKD shows fewer renal events, prolonged overall survival Aug 30, 2020
PARALLAX Trial: Mixed Results With Entresto in HFpEF No boost in 6-minute walk test, but some heart failure biomarkers did improve Aug 30, 2020
Aspirin Alone Best Bet for Majority of Post-TAVR Patients Lessons from DAPT in PCI do not translate to TAVR, researchers find Aug 30, 2020
Novel Tx Turns in Favorable Performance in Obstructive HCM Mavacamten tackles underlying pathophysiology of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy Aug 29, 2020
Second SGLT2 Drug Scores for HFrEF, Regardless of Diabetes Status EMPEROR-Reduced trial "exceptionally concordant" with DAPA-HF results Aug 28, 2020
Can KCCQ Replace Flawed NYHA System in Heart Failure? Developer's study finds better classification of patients' capabilities Aug 28, 2020
FDA Drops Boxed Warning From Invokana Label Amputation risk "lower than previously described" Aug 27, 2020
Post-COVID Heart Problems Are Real, Despite Study Corrections Conclusions still stand, group says after fixing a raft of data errors Aug 25, 2020
Diabetes Drugs Looking for Broad Role in COVID-19 The mechanisms check out and trials are underway Aug 24, 2020
These Nine BP Drugs Might Protect Against Depression Danish study suggests some meds could be favored for at-risk patients Aug 24, 2020
Healthy People 2030: HHS Prioritizes Socioeconomic Disparities, Overall Well-Being New national health goals for the next decade Aug 20, 2020
Medicare to Broaden Coverage for LVADs, Artificial Hearts CMS would drop requirement for clinical trial enrollment Aug 12, 2020
ARB Slows Cognitive Decline in Trial... But How? Consequence of lowered blood pressure, or perhaps a direct effect -- or just a fluke Aug 06, 2020
Jardiance Wins for HFrEF, Farxiga for CKD; COVID Carditis Lingers Recent developments of interest in cardiovascular medicine Aug 04, 2020
ACC: Recovered LVEF Is Not Out of the HF Woods Guidance on treatment after "remission" from heart failure Aug 03, 2020
COVID-19 May Plant Seeds of HF, Cardiomyopathy Studies raise concern of chronic CV complications post-pandemic Jul 27, 2020
The Physical Exam: Aortic Stenosis In this podcast episode, it's likelihood ratios, heart murmurs, and more Jul 23, 2020 podcast
DPP-4 Inhibitors Tied to Blistering Skin Condition Increased risk for bullous pemphigoid modified by patient age, race Jul 22, 2020
New-Onset Arrhythmia After TAVR: How New, Really? Study assesses pre-existing arrhythmic burden of TAVR candidates Jul 15, 2020
Sobering Data on Risks of Short-Term Oral Corticosteroids Short steroid bursts linked to serious adverse events within a month Jul 06, 2020
Novel Tx Shows Early Promise for Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Improved pulmonary vascular resistance in phase II PULSAR study Jun 29, 2020
Inhaled Vasodilator Promising for Lung Disease With Pulmonary Hypertension "Highly significant" improvements in exercise capacity in phase 3 results Jun 26, 2020
Renal Denervation: No Rush for BP-Lowering Benefit RADIANCE-HTN SOLO data suggest a little more time for med optimization does no harm Jun 26, 2020