Telehealth, Default Orders Show Promise in Palliative Care Telecare improved quality of life for people with chronic illnesses Jan 17, 2024
Lives Prolonged for Longtime CRT-D Users With Heart Failure Survival benefit with cardiac resynchronization therapy durable out to 14 years Jan 17, 2024
Top Insomnia Treatments Offer Little Relief for Dialysis Patients CBT, trazodone outcomes were "surprising" Jan 16, 2024
Go Vegetarian to Avoid COVID? Making Dialysis Centers Work Better Also in TTHealthWatch: diagnostic errors among hospitalized patients Jan 13, 2024 podcast
Diverting Acute HF Patients From Hospitalization: Case Builds for Short Stay Units Rerouting low-risk patients from routine admission deemed safe in trial Jan 11, 2024
FDA Clears Wegovy, Other GLP-1 Drugs of Suicidality Risk for Now Preliminary evaluation reassures, while the agency's review continues Jan 11, 2024
Carvedilol No Help in Preventing Heart Failure in Childhood Cancer Survivors While safe, the results do not support use of the drug in anthracycline-exposed survivors Jan 10, 2024
Health Record Trigger Boosted Screening for Primary Aldosteronism Best-practice advisory tested in adults with hypertension Jan 08, 2024
Maternal Type 1 Diabetes an Outsized Red Flag for Child Heart Defect Risk But don't ignore maternal overweight, obesity, and gestational diabetes, study says Jan 05, 2024
Study Assuages Fears of Pancreatic Cancer Risk With GLP-1 Receptor Agonists Researchers looked at 7-year patient data Jan 04, 2024
In Acute Kidney Disease, SGLT2 inhibitors Were All-Around Protective Risk of all-cause mortality, MAKE, and MACE were significantly reduced Jan 04, 2024
No Improved Outcomes for HF Patients With Sleep Apnea Using ASV Breathing Devices While apnea symptoms resolved, no improvement was seen in clinical outcomes Dec 29, 2023
For the Sake of Your Kidneys, Think Twice About Reaching for the Salt Shaker Higher CKD risk observed among people who added salt to their food Dec 29, 2023
Bernie Sanders Has COVID; Global Fake Ozempic Problem; Nitazenes, the New Fentanyl? Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 51˶ staff Dec 29, 2023
Food as Diabetes Medicine? Maybe Not, Trial Suggests But intensive program did help boost engagement with healthcare Dec 26, 2023
Deep Flaws in FDA's Device Oversight, and Patient Harm, Exposed in Lawsuits, Records "What is the threshold for the FDA to step in and do something?" Dec 24, 2023
Should Normal Range of Albumin Be Redefined for Cardiovascular Health? Mildly raised UACR partly mediates link between poor heart health and mortality Dec 19, 2023
Is Your Patient Married? Check Their Spouse's Blood Pressure, Too Couple-centered strategies can help manage hypertension Dec 18, 2023
Cannabis Exposure During Pregnancy; Tirzepatide Cessation and Weight Gain Also in TTHealthWatch: newer vaccine technologies in adults Dec 16, 2023 podcast
HF Patient's Zip Code Telling of Potential Adherence Issues to Meds GDMT nonadherence exceeds 50% in some neighborhoods, New York study finds Dec 15, 2023
Experts, Lawmakers Explore Downside of Drug-Price Negotiation Stifled innovation, reduced access suggested as future challenges Dec 14, 2023
Stopping Tirzepatide Led to Weight Gain, Trial Shows But sustained treatment kept the pounds off Dec 13, 2023
High-Altitude Mountain Trips Can Be Tolerated Despite Pulmonary Hypertension Effects of high elevation tested in an experiment in the Swiss Alps Dec 12, 2023
Metformin for Diabetes in Pregnancy: Maybe Not, Trial Says New trial complicates findings of previous studies Dec 12, 2023
Teens' High BMI Tied to Early Chronic Kidney Disease "Enormous" risk increase seen in the highest BMI categories Dec 11, 2023
Kidney Disease in Pregnancy Often Overlooked for Care These women had less nephrology care prior to end-stage disease onset Dec 08, 2023
GLP-1 Drugs Linked to Lower Colorectal Cancer Risk for Diabetes Patients Association strongest in patients with overweight, obesity Dec 07, 2023
JAK Inhibitor Preserves Beta-Cell Function in Early Type 1 Diabetes Daily baricitinib pill was also safe and well-tolerated Dec 06, 2023
Doc Set Home on Fire? High Blood Pressure in Couples; WHO: Raise Alcohol, Soda Taxes Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 51˶ staff Dec 06, 2023
Quick Albuminuria Reduction Key Factor in Finerenone's Efficacy 4-month UACR reduction mediated 84% of kidney treatment effect Dec 05, 2023
Serial Amnioinfusions Helped Neonates Survive Without Kidneys While trial proves "survival can be better than zero," long-term management remains a concern Dec 05, 2023
Pharmacists Can Spur Switch to Recommended Drugs for Diabetes Patients With CVD Intervention persuaded VA physicians to adjust care, helped lower HbA1c Dec 04, 2023
High Blood Pressure in Babies Linked to Adult Atherosclerosis Is BP screening starting before age 3 years warranted? Dec 04, 2023
'Watch and Wait' With Small Renal Masses: When and How Should Docs Intervene? Phillip Pierorazio, MD, outlines how to be a good steward of active surveillance Dec 04, 2023
Orphan Drug Costs; Digital Devices for Diabetes Also in TTHealthWatch: smoking cessation benefits Dec 02, 2023 podcast
'Alexa, Titrate My Insulin': AI App Boosts Glycemic Control in Randomized Trial Voice-based app helped users to titrate basal insulin at home Dec 01, 2023
Two-Week Prophylaxis May Prevent Hep C After Kidney Transplant Direct-acting antiviral prophylaxis worked in all 10 cases in pilot trial Dec 01, 2023
Coronary Heart Disease by Age 45 Linked With Subsequent Dementia All-cause dementia, Alzheimer's disease, and vascular dementia risks elevated Nov 29, 2023
Methotrexate Tied to Greater Risks for Older Patients With CKD FDA should consider warning labels based on study results, researchers argue Nov 28, 2023