Gender Affirmation Hormones Come With Cardiovascular Tradeoffs National hospital data add to the literature on HRT's risk-benefit profile Feb 27, 2023
Zero-Cal Sweetener Erythritol Disappoints on Cardiovascular Safety Keto-friendly food additive carries unknown long-term health effects Feb 27, 2023
Low Carb or Vegan? Navigating the False Dichotomies of Dietary Ideologues The Skeptical Cardiologist shares a reader's experience following lifestyle gurus to avoid meds Feb 26, 2023
Calcium Channel Blocker Preserves Some Beta Cell Function in Early T1D But intensive glucose control didn't preserve pancreatic C-peptide secretion Feb 24, 2023
Statin No Help for Easing Treatment-Resistant Depression Adding simvastatin to an antidepressant didn't reduce symptoms by week 12, randomized trial found Feb 20, 2023
Private Equity Has New Love for Cardiology. Should Doctors Take the Deal? Weighing the promises and pitfalls of bringing private equity into cardiovascular practice Feb 16, 2023
Interventional Cardiology Gets Codified Rules for Training Multi-society recommendations cover minimum procedural volumes, competencies Feb 16, 2023
Old Drug May Help Protect People With Diabetes Against Dementia Those with history of ischemic heart disease or stroke saw greatest protection with pioglitazone Feb 15, 2023
Weight Loss Pill Warning; Very Low LDL-C Stays Course; Fungal Growth on TAVR Valve Recent developments of interest in cardiovascular medicine Feb 14, 2023
Lower Blood Pressure Better in Pregnancy With Diabetes Going even lower on blood pressure appeared to help in a secondary trial analysis Feb 13, 2023
Women With Hypertension During Pregnancy Face Higher CVD Risks Researcher advocates for heart healthcare beyond initial postpartum period Feb 11, 2023
Does All Afib Detected After Stroke Really Have to Trigger Oral Anticoagulation? Stroke neurologists debate skipping secondary prevention anticoagulants for some Feb 10, 2023
DAPT Underused for Minor Stroke, TIA Registry suggests undertreatment, particularly of women and healthier individuals Feb 09, 2023
Does the Environment Override Genes for People at Risk of Stroke? Large study detects interaction between genetic susceptibility and neighborhood deprivation Feb 08, 2023
Prenatal Screening to Expand to Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy USPSTF endorses regular BP checks to flag more than preeclampsia alone Feb 07, 2023
Yelp Reviews in Cardiology; Viagra's Unfulfilled Promise; Catheter RDN at 10 Years Recent developments of interest in cardiovascular medicine Jan 31, 2023
Now, a Surgical Risk Model Tailored to Adult Congenital Heart Disease Novel calculator offers better estimates of operative mortality Jan 24, 2023
Bypass Surgery for Multivessel CAD Reaffirmed in Newer Data Surgeons fire back at downgrading of CABG in recent guidelines Jan 23, 2023
Change Coming for Bloated Congenital Heart Surgeon Workforce Subspecialty seeks to reinvigorate congenital heart training, early careers Jan 23, 2023
Aspirin Toe-to-Toe With LMWH Injections in Orthopedic Trauma Large trial makes case for cheap, oral alternative for clot prevention Jan 18, 2023
The Pain of Others Haider Warraich, MD, on changing the cultural conversation around suffering Jan 17, 2023 podcast
How Many Times Do You Need to Get Out of Your Chair in an Otherwise Sedentary Day? Trial tested walking break doses to counter ill effects of prolonged sitting Jan 12, 2023
Legal Loophole Lets Faulty Devices Maintain Their Legacy Harlan Krumholz on how devices subject to Class I recalls are used as predicates for new devices Jan 11, 2023 video
Persistent Afib: More Extensive Catheter Ablation Fails to Reduce Episodes Pulmonary vein isolation add-on is a flop in randomized trial Jan 10, 2023
Regular Episodes of Fainting, Stomach Pain Plague Middle-Age Heavy Drinker Symptoms persisted for 2 years before the patient was admitted to the hospital Jan 09, 2023
Fixing Heart Failure Workforce Issues: Baby Steps Start This Year Pay, curriculum changes proposed to attract more doctors Jan 05, 2023
Cardiologists' Mental Disorders; NFL Player's Cardiac Arrest; Red Flag for Turmeric Recent developments of interest in cardiovascular medicine Jan 03, 2023
Dementia Accompanying Cardiometabolic Disease: Does It Come Down to Genetics? Twin study suggests special monitoring in some individuals Dec 29, 2022
No Blaming Common Antihypertensives for Pancreatic Cancer, Study Suggests Some reassurance on widely prescribed dihydropyridine calcium channel blockers Dec 15, 2022
Not So Fast for NSAID Closure of Heart Defect in Preterm Newborns Trial results favor waiting for patent ductus arteriosus to close on its own Dec 07, 2022
Should We Change Target Blood Pressure? Harlan Krumholz, MD, reviews cardiovascular studies and proposes ways to rethink patient outcomes Dec 07, 2022 video
Is Red Meat Consumption Bad for You? Not on the basis of increased dietary saturated fat, the Skeptical Cardiologist finds Dec 03, 2022
Cardiovascular Risk Marker Improved With Common Rheumatoid Arthritis Drugs Benefit seen with conventional DMARDs as well as biologics Dec 02, 2022
Vitamin D Ruled Out as Solution to Statin Intolerance Muscle complaints not reduced with daily supplementation in VITAL substudy Nov 23, 2022
Early Cardiac Amyloidosis Still Bad News Without Treatment Observational study supports treating even asymptomatic patients Nov 16, 2022
Aortic Aneurysm Score Paves the Way for More Targeted Screening Could EHR data help narrow down candidates for imaging? Nov 15, 2022
Strong Showing for Novel BP-Lowering Drugs in Resistant Hypertension Aprocitentan targets the endothelin pathway, whereas baxdrostat blocks aldosterone production Nov 09, 2022
Precision Medicine Strategy Reduced Testing in Patients With Chest Pain Also reduced risk of composite endpoint of death, MI, and catheterization compared with usual care Nov 08, 2022
Anticoagulation Again Flops for Outpatient COVID-19 Largest-yet RCT shows no benefit for non-hospitalized symptomatic patients despite elevated risk Nov 08, 2022
