No Increase in Major Cardiac Events With Testosterone-Replacement Therapy Men with hypogonadism and heart disease or risk factors saw no increased risk vs placebo Jun 16, 2023
MedPAC Recommends Cutting Admin Fees Paid to Docs Under Part B Program The goal is to make providers more sensitive to drug costs, says MedPAC's director Jun 15, 2023
Do Rheumatologists See Past RA Patients' Race? Randomized study finds no disparities in biologics prescribing, but questions linger Jun 15, 2023
Inflammatory Bowel Disease Linked With Increased Stroke Risk Swedish study is largest, with longest follow-up to date Jun 14, 2023
New Evidence Links Calcium Channel Blockers to Increased Risk of Glaucoma Meta-analysis shows highest glaucoma risk with CCB monotherapy, reduced IOP with beta-blockers Jun 13, 2023
AMA Declares Payment Reform an 'Urgent' Priority Delegates to hold leaders accountable for progress Jun 13, 2023
Lower Dementia Risk May Be Linked With Shingles Vaccine Unique randomization of 300,000 people in Wales suggests an association Jun 12, 2023
AMA Wrestles With Part B Drug Costs, Wheelchair Ramps, and Dementia Care At the House of Delegates meeting, members debated on various topics Jun 12, 2023
Real-World Data Affirms Next-Gen TAVR Device Advantage TVT registry compares outcomes with Evolut FX and Pro+ Jun 11, 2023
Strategies May Cut Pacing Needs With Navitor TAVR Approval study analysis suggests best practices Jun 11, 2023
Poor Nutrition Status Linked With Survival After MitraClip But procedure no less effective for this higher risk group, COAPT trial post hoc analysis shows Jun 10, 2023
Americans With Heart Disease Less Likely to Use Wearable Devices CVD patients may benefit from the devices, but use is lower than the general population Jun 09, 2023
Alzheimer's Drug Clears Major Hurdle Toward Full Approval But risks associated with anti-amyloid agent lecanemab still loom Jun 09, 2023
MitraClip Shines in Real-World, Core-Lab Data Benefits similar across anatomical complexity, advanced heart failure in post-marketing studies Jun 09, 2023
Oh, You Have Medicare? We'll Skip That Test. Patients on public insurance have a right to know if they're being treated differently Jun 08, 2023
Full-On Reversal of Cardiac Amyloidosis Possible With Antibodies Future treatments don't have to be limited to slowing disease, case series suggests Jun 07, 2023
How a Medical Recoding May Limit Cancer Patients’ Options for Breast Reconstruction Many believe this would restrict women's options for surgery Jun 04, 2023
Raw Humanity on Night Float: Inspiring Patient Encounters and Overcoming Challenges Memorable stories from night rotations as a resident Jun 03, 2023
'If the Narcan Isn't Working, Give More' and Other Myths About Naloxone Use In non-responsive patients, think polysubstance use, says addiction treatment expert Kelly Ramsey Jun 02, 2023
Cardiovascular Risk Models Still Fall Short for Arthritis Patients Of three major prognostic tools, none hit the mark Jun 02, 2023
Extreme Morning Sickness Factors Into Subsequent Cardiovascular Risk for Moms Novel risk factor did not hinge on preeclampsia Jun 02, 2023
Dying With Dignity: A Look at the Advantages of the Medicare Hospice Benefit The program is both cost-effective and compassionate Jun 02, 2023
Genetic Risk Score Predicts Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy Over a dozen genetic loci linked to preeclampsia, gestational hypertension Jun 01, 2023
Study Suggests Increase in Brain Aging in Those With Type 1 Diabetes But this didn't seem to translate into Alzheimer's disease-related neurodegeneration Jun 01, 2023
Second RSV Vaccine Lands Approval for Older Adults Abrysvo approved for adults 60 and up Jun 01, 2023
What's With the Buzz Around NAD+ Injections? Ubiquitous enzyme becomes a health and wellness trend, without much evidence behind it May 31, 2023
Benefits Found for Hand OA Drug Treatments In separate studies, one old standby and one newer biologic appeared helpful May 31, 2023
Myocardial Infarction Tied to Faster Cognitive Decline Steeper annual drops for those who had at least one heart attack May 30, 2023
Sotagliflozin Gets FDA's Blessing for Heart Failure SGLT1/SGLT2 inhibitor approved on the basis of SOLOIST-WHF, SCORED trials May 27, 2023
Neurologic Events After COVID-19 Vaccines Assessed Study finds preexisting risk factors in all patients hospitalized for neurologic symptoms May 26, 2023
Cognition Rebounds After Any Dip From Catheter Ablation Will ablated Afib patients have even better cognition in the long run? May 24, 2023
How Black Americans Lost 80 Million Years of Life Over the Past Two Decades Groundbreaking study finds 1.63 million excess deaths in U.S. Black population over 22 years May 24, 2023 video
DOACs Safe to Start Soon After Acute Ischemic Stroke Trial supports starting within 48 hours for many patients May 24, 2023
Chronic Pain Detected in the Brain for the First Time Real-world signals were seen mostly in the orbitofrontal cortex May 22, 2023
Conduction System Pacing Techniques Tied to Improved LVEF in Heart Failure Compared with biventricular pacing, increase in LVEF was found to be significant May 22, 2023
A COVID Test Medicare Scam May Be a Trial Run for Further Fraud The temporary pandemic benefit could have lingering consequences for seniors May 21, 2023
Novel Long-Lesion DES Sails Through Pivotal Trial 48-mm Xience stent surprised with low restenosis at 1 year May 21, 2023
Door Shut on Excess Noncardiac Deaths After Intervention for Stable CAD Earlier signal of noncardiovascular mortality refuted by large meta-analysis May 19, 2023
HF Shunt Results Hold Up Midterm in Early Data 6-month follow-up with investigational device gives support for pivotal trial May 19, 2023
Bioresorbable Scaffold Concept Evolves Into 'Revolutionary' Hybrid Early results promising with DynamX bioadaptor, though traditional BRS hasn't been abandoned May 19, 2023
