What Is a Plant-Based Diet, Exactly? And should you be on one? The Skeptical Cardiologist has an answer Dec 12, 2020
Saxenda OK'd for Teens with Obesity Liraglutide label now includes adolescents as young as 12 Dec 07, 2020
Youth Not Immune to Rising Overdose Rates Overdoses with stimulants on the rise, while those involving heroin have declined Dec 07, 2020
Should Docs Who Had COVID Still Get the Vaccine? Healthcare workers consider giving up their spot in line in light of limited supply Dec 03, 2020
Colchicine Approval Took a Huge Toll on CMS As centuries-old drug is explored for COVID-19, study details the price of approval Nov 30, 2020
Will Vascepa Train Roll Past Negative Omega-3 Results? STRENGTH, OMEMI temper enthusiasm but may not change much Nov 24, 2020
Good News: Proper Mask Wearing the Rule in Thailand Bad news: many people wear them like a chin strap Nov 20, 2020
Modified Mosquitoes Suppress Dengue in Field Trial Wild-type pests pushed out, infections cut markedly in treated zones Nov 20, 2020
Remdesivir May Keep Ebola Out of the Bedroom Won't help clinical disease, but phase II trial shows it reduces virus levels in survivors' semen Nov 19, 2020
AHA: Highlighting Effective 'Real-World' Heart Tx Strategies Studies on overcoming GDMT underuse, improving self-care education, creating new settings for care delivery Nov 17, 2020
Sotagliflozin Prevents Heart Events in Acute HF, Chronic Kidney Disease Two trials show some tantalizing signals for HFpEF and stroke Nov 17, 2020
Novel Screening Approach Promising for Silent CAD More than 40% of healthy Swedish participants still had subclinical coronary artery disease Nov 16, 2020
VITAL-AF, mSToPS: Mixed Results in Afib Screening A signal that screening by continuous ECG monitoring leads to better outcomes Nov 16, 2020
Skip Rhythm Drugs, Go Straight to Cryoablation for Afib Two trials support shift into first-line strategy Nov 16, 2020
Omega-3s Humbled by Corn Oil Placebo in Two Trials Implications for REDUCE-IT's icosapent ethyl unclear Nov 15, 2020
Sex Talks With Doctors Vary by Patients' Sexual Orientation Findings highlight need to normalize sexual health discussions among all patients, expert says Nov 13, 2020
Polypill, Aspirin Together Make a Difference in Large Outcomes Trial Aspirin proves mettle in primary prevention, TIPS-3 trial shows Nov 13, 2020
Omecamtiv's Benefit in HFrEF Trial Gets Lukewarm Reception Can novel oral drug stand out from the crowd? Nov 13, 2020
SPRINT: African Ancestry Not an Innate CVD Risk in Blacks Study refutes genetic basis for racial disparities in hypertension, CVD Nov 13, 2020
Brilinta Wins Indication in Recurrent Stroke Prevention FDA approval based on THALES give the drug a foothold beyond CVD Nov 06, 2020
COVID-19 Racism Takes Toll on Chinese Americans’ Mental Health Slurs perpetuated online, in-person become everyday reality for many families, survey reveals Oct 28, 2020
COVID Deaths Drop in the Hospitalized; Miracle Mouthwash? New Organ Discovered A daily roundup of news on COVID-19 and the rest of medicine Oct 21, 2020
CDC: Nearly 20% of U.S. Kids Don't Get Breakfast Lack of morning meal in lower-income households shows critical role of school meals, expert says Oct 14, 2020
Surprise Billing Seen Likely for Many Colonoscopies And would be illegal for uncomplicated procedures Oct 12, 2020
Racial Disparity Seen in Child Abuse Reporting Clinician bias suggested as reason for overdiagnosis in certain groups Oct 05, 2020
Gun Deaths in Young People: A Poverty Thing? Association remains after controlling for state-level gun prevalence Oct 05, 2020
Pilot Study: Widespread Pre-Sports ECG Screening Feasible Report from Florida school district that mandated CV screening for young athletes Oct 04, 2020
How Would You Answer 'The Penis Question'? Motivate patients by being an agitator, not an irritator Sep 29, 2020
Teen's Death Prompts Warning on 'Benadryl Challenge' FDA tries to squelch latest stupid craze Sep 25, 2020
Britons With Type 1 Diabetes Die Nearly 8 Years Earlier But keeping HbA1c in check can mitigate this early mortality Sep 23, 2020
Should You Trust the New Apple Watch on Blood Oxygen Readings? The Skeptical Cardiologist peels back the hype Sep 21, 2020
Let's Talk About STI Prevention Services During COVID-19 Case reporting, public health staffing both impacted by the pandemic Sep 14, 2020
Black Barbershop HTN Intervention Gets Telehealth Update Patrons successfully transition from in-person to virtual pharmacist consults Sep 13, 2020
Home BP Monitoring Can Make Inroads During the Pandemic Some hope that at-home readings may find their way to routine care in the COVID-19 era Sep 12, 2020
A Closer Look at FDA Decision to Pull Lorcaserin More cancers, multiple primaries, and deaths in CAMELLIA-TIMI 61 influenced agency decision Sep 09, 2020
Tackle Football in Childhood: Does Age Matter? Early exposure may not be linked to short-term concussion recovery Sep 09, 2020
ESC Offers Sports, Exercise Guide for Heart Disease Patients Addresses broad spectrum and specific conditions Sep 01, 2020
Vascepa Mechanism Becomes Clearer... As Do Vessels Treatment tied to regression of atherosclerosis in imaging-based EVAPORATE Aug 31, 2020
No Autism Risk Connected to H1N1 Flu Vaccine Study reaching far beyond the perinatal period called "rare and welcome contribution" to vaccine safety research Aug 31, 2020
