Is Stress Testing Warranted for All High Coronary Calcium Scores? A skeptical look at the evidence Mar 27, 2019
Bempedoic Acid: Modest LDL Lowering Affirmed CLEAR Wisdom completes the phase III picture; next step, FDA review Mar 20, 2019
Prescription Fish Oil Goes Beyond Preventing First CV Events New REDUCE-IT data point to secondary prevention benefit Mar 18, 2019
Low-Risk TAVR in Spotlight at ACC Prevention guidelines, Apple Watch also on parade in New Orleans Mar 14, 2019
AHA: Novel Agent Promising for Lowering Lp(a) Levels Treatment with AKCEA-APO(a)-LRx better than placebo at multiple doses Nov 11, 2018
AHA: Zetia May Cut CV Events in Japanese Seniors Results from EWTOPIA75 trial not enough to change practice, experts says Nov 11, 2018
AHA: Prescription Fish Oil Wins for CV Prevention Positive findings for Vascepa in REDUCE-IT trial Nov 10, 2018 video
AHA: Revised Lipid Guide Boosts PCSK9s, Coronary Calcium Scans New recommendations aim to cut statins in low-risk primary prevention Nov 10, 2018 video
AHA: Lipid Guidelines to Headline Meeting Exercise, fish oil, Entresto in acute HF, and an anti-inflammatory also in the spotlight Nov 08, 2018
Morning Break: Dead-Butt Syndrome; Last Word on Cellphone Radiation; States vs Pharma Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by the 51˶ staff Nov 02, 2018
Kidney Outcomes Mixed Bag with Intensive Metabolic Care Tight glucose control reduced, while intensive BP goals raised Oct 26, 2018
TCT: Near-Infrared Spectroscopy IDs Plaques Likely to Cause Problems Non-culprit lesions with large lipid core associated with events Sep 24, 2018
ESC: Omega-3 Supplements No Better Than Olive Oil for CV Risk 1-g dose disappoints in ASCEND trial Aug 26, 2018 video
Heart Health and Dementia Risk; The End of Pap Smears: It's PodMed Double T! This week's topics include dementia risk, the importance of serum cholesterol, Medicare's drug costs, and cervical cancer screening recommendations Aug 25, 2018 podcast
Paying Cash at Walmart Often Cheaper than Medicare Copay Heart drug analysis finds this especially with Medicare Advantage plans Jul 23, 2018
A Better LDL Calculation Method Friedewald lowballed lipids; Martin/Hopkins was on par with lab reference Jun 13, 2018
Drug Doesn't Work? Get Your Money Back! Think outcomes-based pricing is a great deal? Dr. Perry Wilson says think again Apr 02, 2018 video
Turning on the Tunes Amps Up Stress Test Times Patients ran longer to the sound of Latin beats in pilot trial Mar 01, 2018
USPSTF: 'Yes' to Behavioral Obesity Therapy Group's lack of support for drug therapies draws criticism Feb 20, 2018
Diet Can Trigger Severe Myopathy Often Blamed on Statins Case report showed woman didn't take statins or supplements Feb 20, 2018
Move to Get Benicar Off Market; Nexterone Recall; Squirrel Hibernation Stroke Tx? Recent developments of interest in cardiovascular medicine Nov 20, 2017
AHA: Evolocumab's Absolute Benefit Greater in PAD Patients Symptomatic PAD yields bigger bang for PCSK9 big bucks Nov 14, 2017
Lipid Changes with Sirukumab Called 'Anti-Atherogenic' Looking for silver-lining in cloudy trial data Nov 06, 2017
Entresto Boosts Sex in HF; Venom Antidote to Xa Drugs; Guilty Plea for FH Vagueness Recent developments of interest in cardiovascular medicine Sep 25, 2017
CV Benefit from PCSK9 Drug Unaltered by Diabetes Nor did evolocumab hike diabetes risk in FOURIER cohort Sep 15, 2017
Data Support that Diet Can Reverse Heart Disease Dean Ornish, MD, and Kim Williams, MD, respond to Nissen video on statins Sep 08, 2017
Statins in the Drinking Water? Not so fast. In Revolution and Revelation, Milton Packer reveals a glaring inconsistency in the most recent battle in the ongoing statin wars Aug 16, 2017
CardioBrief: How Statins Drive Some People Crazy Partisans on both sides derail rational discussion of risks, benefits Jul 31, 2017
Op-Ed: Vegetable Oils, (Francis) Bacon, Bing Crosby, and the AHA Gary Taubes responds to the AHA presidential advisory on dietary fats Jun 20, 2017
Are Statins Behind Some Back Problems? Claims data suggest association, but cardiologists urge caution May 01, 2017
Open Mic at ACC: Tribal Diet; 'Jeopardy!'; How to Retire In this video, cardiologists share favorite moments from the meeting Apr 06, 2017 video
ACC: Another HDL Therapy Crashes and Burns Failure of pre-beta HDL mimetic puts another nail in the HDL coffin Mar 19, 2017
ACC: FOURIER Substudy May Help Refute 'Dr. Google' No neurocognitive adverse effects linked to very low LDL levels Mar 19, 2017
AHA: Lower Better for Plaque Regression with PCSK9 Drugs No diminishing returns at very low LDL levels in GLAGOV trial Nov 15, 2016
Statin 'Census' Shows Major Disparities Women, minorities treated at significantly lower rates Nov 14, 2016
