Warning Letters Safely Lowered Antipsychotic Prescribing in Dementia Agitation, reactive behaviors remained steady while quetiapine prescribing was reduced Apr 25, 2024
More Cases of Asthma, COPD, Hypertension After Military Burn Pit Exposure Ask veterans with symptoms if they were deployed to bases with open burn pits, says expert Apr 25, 2024
What Do Weight-Loss Drugs Mean for Diet Industry Built on Eating Less and Exercise? Gym and diet food companies look to muscle in Apr 25, 2024
Too Ill for Typical Transplants, Woman Gets a Pig Kidney and Heart Pump Instead Surgery marks sixth human xenotransplant performed at NYU Langone Health Apr 24, 2024
Does Ejection Fraction Make or Break Afib Ablation in Heart Failure Patients? Survival benefit does not extend to HFpEF group, meta-analysis suggests Apr 24, 2024
COVID Vaccine Study Finds Small Signal of Seizure Risk in Young Kids Data largely reassuring, but seizure finding requires further evaluation, experts say Apr 24, 2024
High BMI and Longevity; Infective Endocarditis in Young Whites; Damar Hamlin Update Recent developments of interest in cardiovascular medicine Apr 23, 2024
Ozempic Hiatus Before Surgery: Is a Weeklong Pause Really Needed? Incidence of respiratory complications similar to other antidiabetic agents, claims data suggest Apr 22, 2024
Neurotechnology Development Must Be Slow and Steady The burgeoning field holds both promise and risks Apr 22, 2024
Doc Killed in Murder-Suicide? New Human Bird-Flu Case; Olympics' Eating Disorders Health news and commentary gathered by MedPage Today staff Apr 22, 2024
FDA Announces Recall of Heart Pumps Linked to Deaths and Injuries Recall comes years after issues were first raised Apr 21, 2024
Time-Restricted Eating Tied to Modest Weight Loss Benefits appeared to come mainly from reduced caloric intake Apr 19, 2024
Tirzepatide Improves Sleep Apnea in Patients With Obesity, Drugmaker Says Topline results add yet another potential reason for use of dual GIP/GLP-1 receptor agonist Apr 18, 2024
Antipsychotics in Dementia Tied to Wider Range of 'Serious Harms' Steepest increases in risk observed for pneumonia, kidney injury, VTE, and stroke Apr 17, 2024
Only One Harm From mRNA COVID Vaccines, Report Determines Independent reviewers reject causal links to infertility, myocardial infarction, stroke Apr 16, 2024
FDA Advisors' COIs; Ongoing Ukraine Heart Transplants; N.J. Cardiologist's $2M Fraud Recent developments of interest in cardiovascular medicine Apr 16, 2024
Multidisciplinary Team Intervention Flops for Improving CKD Outcomes Intervention "did not overcome barriers" to PCP, patient behavior changes, editorialists say Apr 15, 2024
High Lipoprotein(a) Levels' Hit on Heart Health Doesn't Discriminate Atherogenic particle appeared to be a risk factor regardless of age, sex, race, diabetes status Apr 15, 2024
After Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes, Mortality Risk Lingers for Decades 40 years of data connect preterm birth, other gestational problems to multiple causes of death Apr 15, 2024
Cardiac Events Common in Older, Hospitalized RSV Patients New RSV vaccines could reduce risk, researchers said Apr 15, 2024
Delirium and Dementia; Are Biosimilars Cheaper for Patients? Also in TTHealthWatch: preventing infections by drug-resistant bacteria Apr 13, 2024 podcast
No Link Between GLP-1 Drugs and Suicide, Says European Regulator EMA announcement comes a few months after FDA's preliminary evaluation Apr 12, 2024
Persistent Non-HDL-C Dyslipidemia Starting in Childhood Tied to Higher CVD Risk But this was not the case for those with dyslipidemic levels that resolved by adulthood Apr 12, 2024
CDC: COVID Vax Not Linked to Sudden Deaths in Young Adults Mortality from vaccine-related myocarditis not supported by Oregon death records Apr 11, 2024
Usefulness Questioned for Transplant Center Report Cards Ratings look like noise due to volatile score changes every half year Apr 11, 2024
Study Assuages Thyroid Cancer Fears With GLP-1 Receptor Agonists Study findings support conclusions of the European Medicines Agency's recent investigation Apr 10, 2024
Shockwave Therapy Shows Benefit in Lower Limb Claudication Sessions improved physical function and walking distance at 12 weeks Apr 10, 2024
Early Minimally Invasive Removal of Intracerebral Hemorrhage Shows Benefit Outcomes appeared to be driven by lobar hemorrhage Apr 10, 2024
FFR-Guided Complete Revascularization Did Not Improve Outcomes in MI Patients Compared with PCI of the culprit lesion, no difference in death, MI, unplanned revascularization Apr 10, 2024
Novel Biannual Antihypertensive Shows Potential for Combination Therapy Drug might be most effective with a diuretic, according to suggestive data from a phase II trial Apr 09, 2024
For PCI, Intravascular Ultrasound Guidance Bests Angiography Guidance Randomized trial shows better outcomes for patients with acute coronary syndromes Apr 09, 2024
Impella Pump Improves Survival in STEMI-Related Cardiogenic Shock First trial in a quarter-century to show mortality benefit in this desperately ill group Apr 09, 2024
Radial Cath Kits Recalled; siRNAs for Lipid Lowering; Smartphone HF Detection Recent developments of interest in cardiovascular medicine Apr 09, 2024
Oral Appliance for Sleep Apnea Noninferior to CPAP for Reducing Arterial BP For patients with hypertension, oral device may be an option for those who cannot tolerate CPAP Apr 09, 2024
Third-Generation PCSK9 Inhibitor Cuts Cholesterol With Single, Small, Monthly Shot Patient acceptance could be an advantage, researchers say Apr 09, 2024
Early Win for Preemptive Stents on Vulnerable Coronary Plaque Clinical benefit observed years after preventive PCI on non-flow-limiting plaque in PREVENT trial Apr 08, 2024
Self-Selection for Statin Appears Safe, Effective Nonprescription rosuvastatin pans out in a second trial Apr 08, 2024
With Ticagrelor, Aspirin May Not Be Needed After PCI for Acute Coronary Syndrome Researcher suggests findings are robust enough to change practice guidelines Apr 08, 2024
Coronary Sinus Implant Proves Symptom Relief Benefit in Refractory Angina After ORBITA-COSMIC, Reducer device's mechanism of benefit remains unknown Apr 08, 2024
Apolipoprotein A1 Infusions After Acute MI Disappoint in Phase III Trial HDL therapeutic failed to reduce risk of MI, stroke, or cardiovascular death in high-risk group Apr 08, 2024
