Finerenone OK'd for Slowing Kidney Disease in T2D Drug also indicated for cardiovascular event risk reduction Jul 09, 2021
Regenerative Therapy Makes Headway in HF ... in the Right Patients Study of autologous skeletal cell-patch implantation in Japan Jul 02, 2021
Liraglutide and Insulin Come Out on Top for Glycemic Control in GRADE study Head-to-head comparison could help individualize treatment Jun 29, 2021
First TTS Case After mRNA Shot; Fake Fellow Strikes Out; Disappearing Pacemaker Recent developments of interest in cardiovascular medicine Jun 29, 2021
Investigational GLP-1 RA Cuts Heart, Renal Risk in Vulnerable Diabetes Patients Exendin-4-based drug succeeded in cardiovascular outcomes trial Jun 28, 2021
'Modest' Erectile Dysfunction Benefit With GLP-1 Agonist Dulaglutide didn't improve pre-existing symptoms, but did prevent some new cases Jun 23, 2021
First Close Look at Presumed Myocarditis Cases After COVID Vaccination Case reports suggest a favorable clinical course after hospitalization Jun 17, 2021
Early Vax Myocarditis Data; Novel RAAS Inhibitor; Star Athletes Collapse Mid-Game Recent developments of interest in cardiovascular medicine Jun 14, 2021
Nearly a Five-Fold Difference Between States in Use of Bariatric Surgery Weight loss procedure underutilized in areas with highest obesity prevalence Jun 13, 2021
An Unhealthy Diet Feeds Into Clonal Hematopoiesis Can diet mitigate the CVD risk of this age-related genetic phenomenon? Jun 09, 2021
Op-Ed: Does Your Patient Really Have Diastolic Dysfunction? The Skeptical Cardiologist highlights the confusion in "diastology" Jun 05, 2021
Medtronic's LVAD Pulled From Market Due to Neurological, Mortality Risks Physicians must stop implanting the HeartWare system, says FDA Jun 03, 2021
Guns for Vaccinations; IU Health Joins the Mandate Club; NFL Ends 'Race-Norming' A daily roundup of news on COVID-19 and the rest of medicine Jun 03, 2021
Simplified 9-1-1 Interactions Spurred More Bystander CPR Improvements seen in Los Angeles regardless of callers' English proficiency Jun 02, 2021
Heart Risk With Gender-Affirming Tx; Burden of Thyroid Eye Disease; T1D Care Gaps More notable research from the AACE 2021 virtual meeting Jun 01, 2021
COVID-19 in Diabetes: What Mediates Risk? Certain clinical factors tied to higher chance of severe infection May 28, 2021
Qelbree Hits Shelves; Schizophrenia-Related Cognitive Impairment Breakthrough News and commentary from the psychiatry world May 26, 2021
Familial Hypercholesterolemia Tends to Slip Past Genetic Tests Array-based screens no match for more comprehensive tests May 26, 2021
Avoiding Clozapine-Related Risks in Refractory Schizophrenia Key is to recognize and safely diagnose one possible deadly complication May 24, 2021
FDA Draft Guidance on T2D Devices; New GLP-1 Drug Succeeds in Trial News and commentary from the endocrinology world May 23, 2021
Next-Gen Bioresorbable Scaffold Gets Hesitant Enthusiasm Is BRS technology ready for a comeback? May 21, 2021
CPAP May Cut Cardiac Events in Some At-Risk Apnea Patients Greater pulse rate response tied to greater calculated treatment benefit of CPAP May 20, 2021
Invasive Treatment for Stable CAD: Is There a Cardiac Mortality Benefit? Discussion continues after ISCHEMIA's letdown for stenting and surgery May 19, 2021
Xarelto Flops for COVID-19 Clot Prevention Outside ICU ACTION trial adds nuance to the story from large platform trials May 19, 2021
Burnout in Cardiology; Restrictive Transfusion Foiled; and Other News From ACC Highlights from the scientific program of the American College of Cardiology meeting May 18, 2021
Pacemaker Interference Warning; Religious Fasting and CVD; Toothpick in the Heart Recent developments of interest in cardiovascular medicine May 17, 2021
Stubborn Gaps in Heart Failure Persist Despite Clinician Education, Feedback Guideline-directed medical therapy underuse still a problem in CONNECT-HF trial May 17, 2021
DARE-19 Didn't Pay Off for Farxiga in COVID-19 But trial may still show SGLT2 inhibitor is safe for sicker patients May 17, 2021
Renal Denervation Shows Worth in Resistant Hypertension Catheter-based procedure gets a win in RADIANCE-HTN TRIO May 16, 2021
A Call for Nuance in Cardioprotection With Early Breast Cancer Therapy Longer-term PRADA trial results weigh in for low-risk group May 16, 2021
LAA Occlusion During Surgery Cuts Stroke Risk Afib patients on antithrombotic therapy saw gains from add-on left atrial appendage occlusion May 16, 2021
Baby Aspirin on Par With Full Dose to Prevent Repeat Heart Events But landmark trial was hampered by crossover May 15, 2021
Mixed Results with ARNI Therapy for Post-MI Heart Failure Prevention Sacubitril/valsartan deemed safe, but still can't beat ramipril in PARADISE-MI trial May 15, 2021
ARNI Therapy in the Hot Seat at Another Virtual ACC PARADISE-MI to provide data on Entresto for MI survivors with reduced LVEF May 14, 2021
Impressive Disease Control in Metastatic Triple-Negative Breast Cancer ESMO Breast: Reassuring safety data for dual anti-HER2 therapy, antibody-drug conjugate May 14, 2021
Amylin Analogue Plus Semaglutide Get Early Win for Weight Loss Combining agents yielded greater weight changes than semaglutide alone May 13, 2021
COVID Vax & Myocarditis; Ejection Fractions on EKG; Southerners Still Unwell Recent developments of interest in cardiovascular medicine May 10, 2021
Toxic Cardiology Culture Pervasive Worldwide, ACC Survey Finds No group was immune to hostile work conditions, but women and young doctors got the worst of it May 10, 2021
Op-Ed: Omega-3 Pills and Atrial Fibrillation Risk The Skeptical Cardiologist dives in on fish oil supplements and prescription omega-3s alike May 08, 2021
Bone Density Scans and Cardiovascular Disease: Two Birds, One Stone? DXA scans may improve atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease risk-stratification for women May 06, 2021
