Body Weight and Heart Disease; New Osphena Indication; Tofu and Appetite News and commentary from the endocrinology world Feb 01, 2019
Comorbidities Common in Older 'Frequent Fliers' in the ED Diabetes topped the list; pain-related diagnosis and injury were other factors Jan 28, 2019
Autologous Blood Use Better for Cardiac Surgeries? Intra-operative strategy associated with fewer post-op transfusions, shorter stays Jan 28, 2019
Will Biomarkers Eventually Replace Physicians? Milton Packer imagines the end of nonprocedural medicine as we know it Jan 16, 2019
Case Report: Dialysis Patient Develops Challenging Comorbidity Elderly man with end-stage renal disease presents with evolving and unexplained symptoms Dec 26, 2018
Kidney Stones Tied to Renal Carcinoma But more research is needed to unravel mechanisms behind the relationships, study authors say Dec 20, 2018
The Best Cardiovascular Drug Many Physicians Wonβt Prescribe Milton Packer describes the rise and fall of one of our most effective medicines Dec 19, 2018
Severe COPD, Heart Failure a Bad Combo Symptoms of undertreated HF are too often confused with COPD Dec 14, 2018
The Most Wonderful Mistake the FDA Ever Made Milton Packer explains how an FDA error enlightened the practice of medicine Dec 05, 2018
$2 Test Could Transform Sickle Cell Dx in Africa May have applications in high-income countries as well Dec 04, 2018
ASH Offers Early Look at Updated SCD Guidelines Experts formulated >50 recommendations on sickle cell disease Dec 03, 2018
Sneak Peek at Practice-Changing Research From ASH 2018 "Big trials, big results," plus sickle cell disease and CAR T-cell therapies Nov 30, 2018
Top-Ranked Hospitals Have Better Survival Rates U.S. News and World Report rankings not associated with fewer readmissions Nov 28, 2018
Ultrasound for Diabetes Screening? Brightness of deltoid muscle can give clues to diabetes status Nov 27, 2018
Omega-3 and Vitamin D; Vein Grafts and CABG: It's PodMed Double T! This week's topics include benefits of CABG, vein harvesting, new exercise guidelines, and omega-3 and vitamin D supplementation Nov 17, 2018 podcast
Metabolic Surgery Prevails for Mortality, CV-Risk Reduction in T2D Macrovascular complications, CV mortality reduced more with surgery than medical therapy alone Nov 15, 2018
Bariatric Surgery Outcomes Vary According to Obesity Subtype Researchers identified four separate classes of obesity Nov 14, 2018
AHA: Closing Dialysis Fistula Improves Heart Function Kidney transplant patients may benefit from reversing arteriovenous connection Nov 12, 2018
AHA: CABG Still Better for Multivessel Disease in Diabetes FREEDOM trial extension suggests lower long-term mortality vs stents Nov 12, 2018 video
AHA: Rivaroxaban May Cut Thromboembolic Risk in HF Patients Post hoc analysis of COMMANDER HF trial suggestive of benefit Nov 11, 2018 video
AHA: In-hospital Entresto Safe, Beneficial in HFrEF PIONEER-HF shows improved biomarkers and possibly outcomes too Nov 11, 2018 video
Heart Benefit with Dulaglutide; New Hot Flash Therapy; Diabetes Risks in Women News and commentary from the endocrinology world Nov 09, 2018
AHA: Lipid Guidelines to Headline Meeting Exercise, fish oil, Entresto in acute HF, and an anti-inflammatory also in the spotlight Nov 08, 2018
AHA: Late Meals Linked to HTN, Prediabetes Risks seen in study of Hispanic and Latino Americans Nov 06, 2018
SGLT-2 for Stage 3 CKD; Opioids for CKD; Kidney Transplant Discard & Disabilities Roundup of more top abstracts from Kidney Week 2018 Oct 30, 2018
Time to Question Obesity-Based Cutoffs in Kidney Transplantation? Study finds outcomes non-inferior to patients with BMI 35 and under Oct 29, 2018
Cutoff of 130/80 mm Hg for Hypertension Works at Home Too Home-monitoring threshold proposed by American guidelines now supported by U.S. data Oct 29, 2018
High-Dose Iron an Option for Maintenance Hemodialysis High-dose noninferior to low-dose, required less erythropoiesis-stimulating agent Oct 28, 2018
Sparsentan Cuts Proteinuria in Rare Kidney Disorder Significant reduction in UP/C ratio with higher doses in focal segmental glomerulosclerosis patients Oct 28, 2018
Acute Kidney Injury Linked with Higher Dementia Risk Risk heightened even among those with full renal recovery Oct 28, 2018
Kidney Docs Express Uncertainty About Women's Health U.S., Canadian nephrologists especially lack confidence in contraceptive counseling Oct 28, 2018
Kidney Outcomes Mixed Bag with Intensive Metabolic Care Tight glucose control reduced, while intensive BP goals raised Oct 26, 2018
Group of Blood Pressure Drugs Linked to Lung Cancer 14% higher likelihood in users of ACE inhibitors; causal relationship unproven Oct 25, 2018
Recurrent Post-Transplant Lupus Nephritis Declining Single-center study credits improvements in immunosuppression Oct 23, 2018
The Rest of the Story on Vitamin B for Stroke Prevention J. David Spence, MD, digs into the developing rationale for a different kind of B Oct 17, 2018
NSAIDs OK for Certain High-Risk Groups? No obvious harm seen in HTN, HF, or chronic kidney disease Oct 08, 2018
Linagliptin CV Safety; Insulin Storage; Renal Outcomes Round-up of more top research from the 2018 EASD meeting Oct 07, 2018
Dual GIP/GLP-1 Agonist Succeeds in T2D Trial Novel diabetes treatment improved HbA1c, aided in weight loss Oct 05, 2018
