After Bariatric Surgery, Renal Nutrition Vital Expert: dietitians must address these patients' special needs Apr 20, 2017
Annual VA Spending for CKD Steadily Increasing In 2014, costs reached an estimated $19 billion Apr 20, 2017
Post-Bariatric Hypoglycemia Prevented Through Novel Glucagon Pump In small study, novel system used CGM with investigational liquid treatment Apr 05, 2017
Beta-Cells Improved After Two Most Popular Bariatric Surgeries Similar short-term improvements after Roux-en-Y, sleeve gastrectomy Apr 05, 2017
Dosing Crucial for Digoxin, Warfarin Safety Digoxin unsafe at high levels regardless of heart failure Mar 21, 2017
ACC: Online Videos Help HTN Adherence Blood pressure, Framingham risk improved in small trial Mar 18, 2017
SURTAVI: TAVR Matches Surgery in Lowest-Risk Cohort But reinterventions, parvalvular regurgitation, and pacemaker implants mar a supposed victory Mar 17, 2017
MSK Cancer Alliance: Mainly About Medicine Bi-directional relationship strengthens regional cancer care Mar 11, 2017
Everyday Exposure to EM Fields Can Disrupt Pacemakers Lower sensitivity and bipolar sensing recommended Feb 27, 2017
Wise Buy? Left Ventricular Assist Devices Getting better and cheaper, but 'nobody wears pink ribbons for heart failure' Feb 21, 2017
CardioBrief: Int'l Experts Call Sodium Guidelines Far Too Restrictive Conclusion: research more, recommend less Feb 14, 2017
ECC Roundup: Breast Conservation Benefit Varies by Age And other reports from the European Cancer Congress Jan 31, 2017
Subclavian TAVR Safe When Femoral Access Is Risky Trial analysis shows similar morbidity, mortality Jan 24, 2017
SAVR Beats Expectations in Intermediate Risk Trial Lower mortality than surgical risk score predicted in PARTNER 2A Jan 24, 2017
FDA Warns on MRI in Patients with Implantable Pumps Medication, mechanical issues may follow exposure Jan 11, 2017
Novartis Pulls Out of Controversial Entresto Contest Cardiologists named to review panel had quit Dec 19, 2016
Nephrology Training Programs a Hard Sell Pay, lifestyle issues may hamper interest in the specialty Dec 08, 2016
Amyloidosis Treatments Miss the Heart of the Problem Only modest improvement in end organ function Dec 07, 2016
CMS to Offer Billing Code for Heart Failure Specialists Should eliminate denials for appearance of double-billing Dec 02, 2016
Oral Treatment for T2D Tied to Renal Protection SGLT2 inhibitor shows favorable effect on eGFR Nov 22, 2016
Quick Steroid Withdrawal Works in Post-Transplant Diabetes Incidence dropped from 39% to about 24% Nov 21, 2016
Opioid Rx Linked to Higher Mortality in Dialysis Patients Risks for hospitalization, dialysis discontinuation also higher Nov 18, 2016
Lowering Urate Helps Renal Function Most improvement seen in stage 3 chronic kidney disease Nov 18, 2016
New Hospital Care Model Cut Readmissions, Boosted Satisfaction Specialists urged to reconnect with generalist roots Nov 18, 2016
Nephrologists at Kidney Week Blast Recertification Process Consensus: stop making it a high-stakes exam Nov 18, 2016
Trial: No Benefit for High-Dose Diuretic in Acute HF But phase II results might not be the final word Nov 17, 2016
AHA: No Pump Thrombosis With Next-Gen LVAD? Better outcomes in HeartMate 3 trial hinged on fewer malfunctions Nov 16, 2016
AHA: Real World TAVR Is All About Patient Selection Intermediate risk is a moving target Nov 15, 2016
AHA: Long-Term Benefit in HF Patients Elusive for Novel Vasodilator Investigational drug ularitide had no effect on mortality or clinical outcomes Nov 13, 2016
TCT: TAVR Holds Up Pretty Well Over Time Also, 2-year data confirm lasting improvements in QoL Nov 02, 2016
TCT: Embolic Protection Flops for TAVR New brain lesions or clinical strokes unaffected in SENTINEL trial Nov 01, 2016
CardioBrief: Impella No Better Than IABP in Cardiogenic Shock Underpowered IMPRESS trial shows no mortality benefit Oct 30, 2016
U.S. Obesity Crisis: Is the Wrong Omega-X Mix Responsible? Ratio of omega-6 to omega-3 in Western diet is 16:1 Oct 25, 2016
Pearls From: Roxana Mehran, MD Interventional cardiologist discusses acute kidney injury reduction Oct 14, 2016 video
Slow Medicine: Is 'Hypertensive Urgency' Outdated? No need to over-react to a common dx that's not tied to major CV events Sep 22, 2016
HFSA: Clinical Benefits Tied To Lung Monitoring Persist HF rehospitalization, deaths remain reduced up to 4.5 years Sep 21, 2016
HFSA: Treat to NT-proBNP Target Flops in Trial Outcomes no better with treatment aimed at 30% reduction Sep 20, 2016
