Loneliness May Triple Dementia Risk Even without dementia, lonely feelings linked with brain changes Feb 09, 2022
Intensive Dental Care on Shaky Footing for Cardiovascular Prevention Stroke survivors fared similarly with regular treatment for gum disease Feb 09, 2022
Emergent Stroke Care Within Reach for Nearly All in U.S. Next question is staffing at those centers Feb 09, 2022
Thrombectomy Helps Large Core Strokes Randomized trial shows "surprising" magnitude of benefit on par with that in smaller infarcts Feb 09, 2022
DAPT De-Escalation Carves Out a Role After Heart Attack PCI More to consider than standard versus short DAPT Feb 07, 2022
ACIP Embraces Spikevax Amid Serious Talk of Changing mRNA Dosing Interval Would longer time between doses do the trick to reduce myocarditis risk? Feb 04, 2022
Gestational Diabetes Tied to Long-Term Cardiovascular Risks Chronic comorbidities partly explain risk, researcher says Feb 04, 2022
More Evidence for Prehab Before Cardiac Surgery One center's initial experience suggests good perioperative results Feb 02, 2022
Warning Labels on Sugary Drinks: Do They Work? Randomized trial found picture warning labels turned parents off Feb 01, 2022
Adult Congenital Heart Surgery: Go for the Pediatric Specialists? Study suggests worse outcomes at adult centers with expertise in other heart surgeries Jan 31, 2022
Elderly Man Presents With Bradycardia and Chronic Kidney Dysfunction Consider BRASH syndrome Jan 31, 2022
Donor Hearts Can Withstand Longer Ischemic Times Over 4 hours not inherently more dangerous, one group finds Jan 31, 2022
More Headway in Taking Acute Aortic Dissections Straight to the OR Shorter waits, better survival at one center Jan 30, 2022
Multi-Arterial Grafting Inches Upward in Surgeon Adoption Learning curve holds strong in CABG technique Jan 30, 2022
Cardiologist Who Criticized Affirmative Action Proceeds With Free Speech Battle Norman Wang, MD, claims his employer retaliated in violation of the First Amendment Jan 28, 2022
Mixing and Matching BP Meds? Consider the Implications for Dementia SPRINT analysis favors certain classes of antihypertensives Jan 28, 2022
Trial Data Confirm Heightened Risks With JAK Inhibitor May help patients and clinicians better weigh benefit against adverse effects Jan 26, 2022
Obesity More Common in Type 1 Diabetes Than Expected And this is putting the population at a higher risk for chronic kidney disease, researchers say Jan 26, 2022
Better Snacking the Least One Can Do to Lower LDL Cholesterol? Small dietary modification reduced cholesterol in people not taking statins Jan 26, 2022
Post-Vax Myocarditis Most Pervasive in High-School Boys Reports of myocarditis remained rare in passive surveillance Jan 25, 2022
Does Omicron Pose as Much of a Blood Clot Threat? More data are needed, but thromboembolic risk appears to have dropped Jan 24, 2022
Was DOAC to Blame for Patient's LVAD Pump Thrombosis? Direct oral anticoagulant tried after warfarin resistance fell short in this patient with obesity Jan 21, 2022
Signs of Lingering Cardiac Dysfunction After Severe COVID Study included people hospitalized before vaccines were available Jan 20, 2022
Psoriasis Patients, Docs Want to Do More to Prevent Heart Problems Despite well-known cardiovascular risks, most patients currently undertreated Jan 19, 2022
Caution: Paxlovid Interacts With Many Heart Meds The Skeptical Cardiologist asks clinicians and patients to take note Jan 17, 2022
False Positive COVID Tests; Cannabis and Car Accidents Also in TTHealthWatch: diabetes risk among kids with COVID Jan 15, 2022 podcast
Death During Sex: Not Just an Old Man Thing But sudden cardiac death remains rare even for sexually active people with heart conditions Jan 12, 2022
Novel Krill Oil Cuts Severe High Triglycerides Post-hoc pooled analysis of phase III trials favors omega-3 fatty acid formula Jan 06, 2022
For Women, Skipped Heart Prevention More Likely Due to Costs, Depression Despite women being more insured and more likely to have a primary care physician than men Jan 05, 2022
Weight-Loss Drug Wegovy Exceeded Expectations, and Supply Since its June approval, the injectable flew off shelves and into short supply Dec 29, 2021
Bariatric Surgery Linked to Protection Against Severe COVID-19 Obesity is a "modifiable risk factor" for severe COVID-19, researchers say Dec 29, 2021
Hydroxychloroquine Linked to Less Heart Risk in RA, Lupus Current use of the antimalarial especially was particularly associated with less thrombosis Dec 28, 2021
Myocarditis After COVID Vax; Cigar Sales in Convenience Stores Also in TTHealthWatch: autoimmune disease treatment, and anticoagulant therapy in Afib Dec 23, 2021 podcast
FDA Approves Cholesterol-Lowering siRNA Therapy PCSK9 inhibitor inclisiran to become available in early 2022 Dec 22, 2021
Sapien 3 With Pre-Stent Gets FDA Go-Ahead for Pulmonary Valve Fix Valve system could substantially expand proportion of patients who can skip another surgery Dec 20, 2021
ECG Monitoring for Post-TAVR Delayed Conduction Disturbances Put to the Test How long should monitoring last, and in whom? Dec 20, 2021
Use of GLP-1 Receptor Agonists Scarce in Type 2 Diabetes Particularly so for racial/ethnic minority populations Dec 17, 2021
Virgil Abloh's Cardiac Angiosarcoma The fashion designer's death due to this rare form of cancer took the world by surprise Dec 15, 2021
Wide Racial Gap for Diabetes Tech Use Among Medicare Patients Insulin pump and CGM use significantly lower among black patients Dec 15, 2021