Hidradenitis Suppurativa Closely Linked with Childhood Weight Prevalence of the painful skin condition will likely increase with rising childhood obesity rates, Danish researchers say Apr 30, 2020
Cold-Induced Energy Burn Higher With Brown Fat More evidence of the tissue's potential as target for weight loss, researchers say Apr 28, 2020
High-Dose CQ Tied to Death, Cardiac Events in COVID-19 Patients Trial stopped due to prolonged QTc interval, higher rate of death in high- vs low-dose group Apr 24, 2020
An Unsafe Interaction Between Pradaxa and Common Meds Study suggests drug-drug interaction regardless of kidney function Apr 24, 2020
Study: Off-Label Use of DOACs Worrisome for LV Thrombi DOACs linked to more events than with warfarin for such blood clots Apr 22, 2020
Gout Raises Risk of Heart Failure in Older Adults Results support need for interventions to reduce the excess risk in this population, researchers say Apr 21, 2020
Study: STEMI Often Not What It Appears in COVID-19 Nonobstructive disease dominates but mortality is high, New York hospitals report Apr 17, 2020
One Weird Trick to Rule Out Post-TAVR Pacemaker Rapid RA pacing to predict a person's need for PPI or extended monitoring Apr 16, 2020
HCQ Plus Azithromycin: A Dangerous Combination? Antimalarial drug appears safe alone; whether it's effective in COVID-19 still unclear Apr 14, 2020
Metformin Appears to Shield Diabetic Patients From Post-Op Death Similar to statins, with anti-inflammatory properties suggested as explanation Apr 09, 2020
Anticoagulation Guidance Emerging for Severe COVID-19 Pragmatic choices dominate as guidelines are shaping up Apr 08, 2020
Heart Failure: Can You Hear Risk in a Patient's Voice? Speech characteristics picked up in telemedicine tied to mortality, admissions Apr 01, 2020
ISCHEMIA Trial Puts Big Question Mark on Implications of Ischemia Subanalyses of the landmark trial show lack of correlation to outcomes Apr 01, 2020
Mavacamten Promising in Non-Obstructive HCM Phase II MAVERICK-HCM trial looked at safety, efficacy of myosin inhibitor Apr 01, 2020
DAPT Plus DOAC a Loser After Lower Limb Revascularization Three drugs post-procedure is one too many, study suggests Apr 01, 2020
Minimally Invasive DMR Scores a Win in T2D Outpatient duodenal mucosal resurfacing procedure showed broad range of metabolic benefits Mar 31, 2020
Homozygous FH Falls to Praluent, Novel Agent Drugs succeed in cutting LDL in extra-refractory form of high cholesterol Mar 31, 2020
Higher On-Tx EPA Levels Explain Benefit of Vascepa Further evidence from REDUCE-IT that triglyceride lowering is not key to icosapent ethyl's effects Mar 30, 2020
NKF 2020: New Lupus Tx; Staying on Spironolactone, and More Research highlights from the National Kidney Foundation virtual meeting Mar 30, 2020
TWILIGHT Findings Hold Strong in Diabetes, Complex PCI Ticagrelor monotherapy after brief DAPT also worked following newer-gen stent implantation Mar 30, 2020
DOAC Works in Cancer-Related VTE, No Tradeoff in Bleeds Apixaban monotherapy matches dalteparin in non-inferiority trial Mar 29, 2020
More 'Convincing' Data on BP Drop After Renal Denervation Full results reported from SPYRAL HTN-OFF MED Mar 29, 2020
TAVR: Promising in Low-Risk Patients With Bicuspid Anatomy However, pacemaker rate still high in experienced hands, according to early data Mar 29, 2020
AFib Patients Better Off With No Antiplatelet After TAVR POPular TAVI trial supports sticking to anticoagulation alone Mar 29, 2020
Favorable Results for DOAC After Peripheral Intervention But the devil's in the details of the VOYAGER PAD trial, expert opines Mar 28, 2020
Entresto in HF Tied to Less Kidney Decline Meta-analysis shows trend favoring drug over ACE inhibitor or ARB alone Mar 27, 2020
CKD, Uric Acid, and Heart Disease: What's the Link? Stage 3 CKD patients with higher uric acid levels also saw worse heart health Mar 26, 2020
Organ Transplant: 'Essential' Surgery in a Time of Pandemic Centers describe the tough choices, strategies, and outcomes they're seeing Mar 26, 2020
73 Hours of Video Games = Total Organ Collapse Gamer's sitting leads to serious consequences Mar 26, 2020
What Does Elevated Troponin Mean in COVID-19? Roughly one in five admitted in Wuhan had apparent cardiac injury Mar 25, 2020
New Guidelines on CPR When COVID-19 Is Known or Suspected Avoiding infection during aerosol-generating procedures Mar 23, 2020
Interference in Troponin Assays: What's Going On? Heterophile antibodies, biotin, and more with Robert Christenson, PhD Mar 13, 2020 podcast
In Vasculitis, Beware of Infection Serious and laboratory-confirmed infection risks elevated for years in ANCA-associated vasculitis Mar 13, 2020
Asthma and T1D in Kids: It's Complicated Why would an association go in only one direction? Mar 12, 2020
In Lupus, Keep BP Below 130/80 With pressures between 130-139/80-89 mm Hg, risk for vascular events rose by 73% Mar 12, 2020
Quit Angiotensin Meds When Kidney Function Worsens? Not So Fast Low eGFR patients were better off staying on certain medications, study finds Mar 09, 2020
Eliquis vs Xarelto: Which Is Better in Afib? One DOAC shows better safety, efficacy in U.S. cohort study Mar 09, 2020
