ASA Advises No Longer Holding GLP-1 Agents Prior to Surgery for Most Patients New guidance replaces earlier rec of a 1-week and 1-day hold of injectable and oral GLP-1 agents Oct 30, 2024
Cold Weather Heart Attacks; Preemptive Valve Procedures Flop; Better Bleeding Score Recent developments of interest in cardiovascular medicine Oct 29, 2024
No Kidney Benefit With Finerenone in Heart Failure Patients Anti-mineralocorticoid agent reduced albuminuria, but not eGFR-based kidney outcome Oct 28, 2024
Ozempic Linked With Lower Risk of Alzheimer's Diagnosis Large observational study suggests further research is warranted Oct 24, 2024
Scripts for GLP-1, SGLT2 Drugs on the Rise in Type 1 Diabetes Patients Findings leave researcher "concerned" Oct 23, 2024
Private Equity's Tighter Grip; ApoB Inhibitors vs Liver? Promising New RDN System Recent developments of interest in cardiovascular medicine Oct 22, 2024
No X-Ray Proof of Rare Surgical Complication Tied to GLP-1 Agonists Conundrum of holding meds continues following conflicting reports of aspiration events Oct 22, 2024
Serious Battery Issue Prompts Medtronic Insulin Pump Recall Problem linked to 170 reports of hyperglycemia and 11 ketoacidosis cases Oct 18, 2024
COVID's Outsized Heart Risk; Prehab for Cardiac Surgery; Telerobotic Valve Repair Recent developments of interest in cardiovascular medicine Oct 15, 2024
Type 2 Diabetes Diagnoses Emerge in Teens Months After COVID Risk of new diabetes diagnosis was higher compared with non-COVID respiratory infections Oct 14, 2024
Prime Locations for AEDs; Fluctuating Lp(a); Formalized Telestroke Training? Recent developments of interest in cardiovascular medicine Oct 08, 2024
What Skin Says About Health Knowing what to look for can mean the difference between life and death Oct 03, 2024
VR Headsets in Cath Lab; ICDs & Driving Rules; How Cardiologist Got to Space Recent developments of interest in cardiovascular medicine Oct 01, 2024
Food Retention Risk Low for GLP-1 Users When Endoscopy Is Combined With Colonoscopy Bowel preparation protocols appeared protective in small study Oct 01, 2024
Happy People, Happy Hearts? Ultra-Processed Foods and Diabetes Risk Also in TTHealthWatch: AACR report on cancer Sep 28, 2024 podcast
GLP-1 Agent May Hold Opioid Use Disorder Benefit Researchers highlight semaglutide's potential value for preventing overdoses Sep 26, 2024
Tragus Stimulation for High BP; House Passes HEARTS Act; Risk in Pregnancy Surrogacy Recent developments of interest in cardiovascular medicine Sep 24, 2024
FTC Sues Top Pharmacy Benefit Managers Over Insulin Prices The three companies process about 80% of prescriptions in the U.S. Sep 20, 2024
Coffee and Heart, Metabolic Risks; What Drives Doctors Away; Ozempic for $100? Health news and commentary gathered by staff Sep 18, 2024
Lp(a) Cutoffs by Sex; LBBA Pacing Approvals; Loneliness Not to Blame for CVD? Recent developments of interest in cardiovascular medicine Sep 17, 2024
Early Data for GLP-1 Pill; FAERS Tirzepatide Reports; AI Diabetes Voice Screening More noteworthy research from the EASD 2024 meeting Sep 13, 2024
8-Hour Eating Window Improved Glycemic Control, Small Study Shows Three-day intervention boosted time spent in normal glucose range Sep 13, 2024
Direct-to-Consumer Drugs: Big Pharma's Digital Health Play Regulators will need to closely watch this new frontier Sep 13, 2024
Steroid Use Tied to Diabetes; Suicide Rates Climbing; Legionnaire's Death Toll Rises Health news and commentary gathered by staff Sep 11, 2024
Weekly Insulin Efsitora Noninferior to Daily Degludec in Type 1, Type 2 Diabetes But higher severe hypoglycemia risk with efsitora in type 1 diabetes likely precludes its use Sep 10, 2024
Defibrillator Positioning; PFA for PVC Ablation; Harvey Weinstein's Heart Surgery Recent developments of interest in cardiovascular medicine Sep 10, 2024
New Studies Fuel Debate Over GLP-1 Drugs and Suicide Risk No link found in nationwide data from Sweden and Denmark and in analysis of STEP trials Sep 03, 2024
TAVR's Win in Women; Chest Pressure During Cardioversion; Doc Goes to Space Recent developments of interest in cardiovascular medicine Sep 03, 2024
Clot Grabber IFU Recall; Free Cholesterol Tests at CVS; Naloxone for Cardiac Arrests Recent developments of interest in cardiovascular medicine Aug 27, 2024
FDA Clears First Automated Insulin-Delivery Tech for Type 2 Diabetes SmartAdjust technology is used in Insulet's Omnipod 5 Automated Insulin Delivery System Aug 27, 2024
Matthew Perry's Doc Reopens Clinic; Trump's Medical Records; Drug Cuts Diabetes Risk Health news and commentary gathered by staff Aug 21, 2024
Semaglutide Has Disproportionate Suicidality Signal, Analysis Finds Reports of suicidal ideation higher when compared to other drugs in WHO database Aug 20, 2024
Cardiologist’s Date Rape Verdict; Feds Come Down on DOAC Price; POC Test for HF? Recent developments of interest in cardiovascular medicine Aug 20, 2024
Here's How Compounders Make Popular Weight-Loss Drugs From sourcing API to getting the final formulation just right Aug 19, 2024
Is Medicare's Negotiated Drug Price List Worth Celebrating? Depends on Whom You Ask. Reactions from physician and consumer groups were positive, but drugmakers begged to differ Aug 16, 2024
SGLT2 Hesitance; Furosemide's Indication Grows; Legal Fight Over Entresto Generic Recent developments of interest in cardiovascular medicine Aug 13, 2024
GLP-1 Agonists for Diabetes Tied to Lower Hyperkalemia Rates Class was compared with DPP4-inhibitors Aug 12, 2024
Dementia Risk Dropped With Anti-Inflammatory Diet for Certain Patients Brain markers of degeneration, injury were better, too Aug 12, 2024
What's the Best Way to Help Specialists Succeed? Beef Up Primary Care Let us handle the garden-variety hypertension and diabetes, and give them the complex cases Aug 12, 2024
