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VR Headsets in Cath Lab; ICDs & Driving Rules; How Cardiologist Got to Space

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Tragus Stimulation for High BP; House Passes HEARTS Act; Risk in Pregnancy Surrogacy

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Medicaid Might Cut Cardiovascular Risk for This One Group

Negative results overall hid a benefit for some who won the insurance lottery in Oregon

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Lp(a) Cutoffs by Sex; LBBA Pacing Approvals; Loneliness Not to Blame for CVD?

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Over Half of Adults With Uncontrolled Hypertension Unaware of Their Condition

CDC researcher shares alarming stats and some engagement opportunities

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Defibrillator Positioning; PFA for PVC Ablation; Harvey Weinstein's Heart Surgery

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TAVR's Win in Women; Chest Pressure During Cardioversion; Doc Goes to Space

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ESC Streamlines Cardiovascular Guidelines

Afib, hypertension, and others get updates with simplifications

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Pause or Keep RAS Inhibitors Before Surgery? Take Your Pick.

Either choice is "acceptable" based on randomized study

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Clot Grabber IFU Recall; Free Cholesterol Tests at CVS; Naloxone for Cardiac Arrests

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Cardiologist鈥檚 Date Rape Verdict; Feds Come Down on DOAC Price; POC Test for HF?

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FDA to Challenge Food Industry to Take Up New Sodium Targets

Agency hopes mean intake will drop to approximately 2,750 mg/day if companies comply

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SGLT2 Hesitance; Furosemide's Indication Grows; Legal Fight Over Entresto Generic

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GLP-1 Agonists for Diabetes Tied to Lower Hyperkalemia Rates

Class was compared with DPP4-inhibitors

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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

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Sticky Patch Defibrillator; State Telehealth Laws and BP Meds; Ketones and HFpEF?

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Statin Candidate Pool Shrinks if PREVENT Risk Calculator Is Put to Current Practice

Fewer people using primary prevention medications expected to result in more CVD

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Kim Jong Un's Health Problems; Seine Olympic Event Nixed Again; Vegan Diet and Aging

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Preeclampsia Blood Marker? Pediatric Cardiac Doc Arrested; Afib-Detecting Ring

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Industry $$ for New Cardiologists; Strokes After Falls; Self-Cleaning TAVR Valve?

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This U.S. President Was Dying, but His Doctors Zipped Their Lips

Eight decades after FDR's decline and death, do White House physicians owe truth to the public?

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Mediterranean Diet Good for Kids, Teens Too

Meta-analysis shows benefits for cardiometabolic health

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Don't Try ARBs for Severe COVID, Trial Indicates

Harms seen without any compensating survival benefit

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Worse-Rated Cardiologists; Afib Pulsed Field Ablation Safety; Healthy Gut Microbe?

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Potassium Chloride Recall; Exercise vs Valve Disease; Cuffless Continuous BP Monitor

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Surprisingly High Hypercortisolism Prevalence With Uncontrolled Type 2 Diabetes

Many also had adrenal abnormalities

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RNAi Win in ATTR-CM; HF Congestion Monitor Approved; Lp(a) & In-Stent Restenosis

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Large-Scale Intensive BP Intervention Proves Sustainable for CVD Prevention

Community-based program reduced events regardless of age, diabetes

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Cardiology's Private Equity Hot Spots; Statin Overuse; Type B Blood & Heart Injury

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Rise in Chronic Hypertension in Pregnancy While Treatment Stagnates

Prevalence of condition among pregnant people doubled from 2008 to 2021

Train Eyes So Myopia Doesn't Get Worse? Nurse Intervention for BP Post-Stroke

Also in TTHealthWatch: cancers subsequent to CAR-T therapy

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Postpartum Readmissions Up With High Blood Pressures Lingering From Pregnancy

Concerns about BP thresholds for antihypertensive medication initiation

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Heat Exposure & Heart Stress; 2-Hour POC Troponin Assay; Colchicine After Stroke?

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Increased Heart Risks With Newer Prostate Cancer Drugs, Meta-Analysis Shows

Adding ARSIs to ADT for advanced disease doubled the risk of high-grade CV events, death

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Better Cognitive Outcomes Tied to Vigorous Exercise in Hypertensive Adults

SPRINT MIND analysis looks at 7,600 older adults at high risk of cognitive decline

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MDMA's Cardiac Safety Concerns; Entresto Generics; Heart Disease 'Older Than Moses'

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Hypertension After Kidney Donation; Statins in Old and Very Old People

Also in TTHealthWatch: fluoride's effect on pregnancy outcomes

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Young-Onset Dementia Tied to Preeclampsia

Study of 2 million women in France identifies new association

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Fish Oil Benefits or Harms; Statins at Age 85+; Doc's Hunger Strike for Bed Space

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New PAD Guidelines; AHA on Postpartum Care; Exercise Didn't Stop CAC Progression

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