Rise in Chronic Hypertension in Pregnancy While Treatment Stagnates Prevalence of condition among pregnant people doubled from 2008 to 2021 Jun 17, 2024
Train Eyes So Myopia Doesn't Get Worse? Nurse Intervention for BP Post-Stroke Also in TTHealthWatch: cancers subsequent to CAR-T therapy Jun 15, 2024 podcast
Type 1 Diabetes in Older People Has Nearly Tripled Globally Since the '90s But the increase marks good news for survival, study suggests Jun 13, 2024
Postpartum Readmissions Up With High Blood Pressures Lingering From Pregnancy Concerns about BP thresholds for antihypertensive medication initiation Jun 12, 2024
Amino Acid Infusion Before Cardiac Surgery Reduced Acute Kidney Injury The amino acid mixture reduced stage 3 AKI by 44% compared with placebo Jun 12, 2024
CAR-T Treatment Continues to Astonish in Rheumatologic Diseases Numbers of patients, length of follow-up keep growing with no visible downside (yet) Jun 12, 2024
Established TAVR Platforms Evolving for Lifetime Management New additions to Sapien, Evolut, Navitor lines aim to ensure coronary access Jun 10, 2024
FDA Expands Use of RSV Vaccine to Include More Adults Arexvy now approved for people 50 years and older at increased risk of serious outcomes Jun 10, 2024
Missing Doc Found Dead; Trump's False Insulin Claim; CDC's Bird Flu Study Health news and commentary gathered by staff Jun 10, 2024
New Tricuspid Interventions Launched into 'Broken' System Having the technology reach the right patients is a major challenge in the real world Jun 08, 2024
Bariatric Surgery Linked With Lower Mortality vs GLP-1 Drugs in Study, but ... Analysis of patients with obesity and diabetes only looked at first-generation GLP-1 agonists Jun 07, 2024
Can Mitral Valve Innovators Dig Themselves Out of a Rut? Current transcatheter mitral valve replacement devices a poor match for clinical need Jun 06, 2024
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 Jun 06, 2024
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 Jun 06, 2024
ENDO 2024 Roundup: Teen GLP-1 Coverage; Novel CAH Drug; Hot Flash Risks More research from the Endocrine Society's annual meeting Jun 05, 2024
Most Heart Disease Deaths Still Occur in Cold Weather, but Heat Is a Growing Problem Rising mortality burden from high ambient temperatures around the world Jun 03, 2024
Semaglutide May Boost Taste Sensitivity Other taste-related changes also potentially seen with the GLP-1 agent in proof-of-concept study Jun 02, 2024
Hypertension After Kidney Donation; Statins in Old and Very Old People Also in TTHealthWatch: fluoride's effect on pregnancy outcomes Jun 01, 2024 podcast
Woman Is Back on Dialysis After Doctors Remove Transplanted Pig Kidney Patient was the second person to receive a kidney from a gene-edited pig May 31, 2024
Allowable Lead Levels in U.S. Water Supply Can Harm Dialysis Patients, Study Shows Those with higher lead levels in household drinking water more likely to need maximum ESA dosing May 29, 2024
Monoclonal Antibody May Benefit Patients With Kidney Transplant Rejection But results were not fully durable after treatment cessation May 28, 2024
GLP-1 Agonists in Adolescents and Young Adults; Benefits of Cancer Drug Trials Also in TTHealthWatch: early diagnosis and treatment of COPD and asthma May 25, 2024 podcast
FDA Advisors Not Convinced Once-Weekly Insulin Is Safe in Type 1 Diabetes Risk of severe hypoglycemia was too much for panel members to overcome May 24, 2024
Ozempic Protects Kidneys, Boosts Survival in Diabetes Patients With CKD Phase III trial adds a fourth class shown to benefit this population May 24, 2024
Outcomes OK With Transplant of Previously Dialyzed Kidneys Risk for delayed graft function higher, but other endpoints no different May 23, 2024
Will FDA Advisors Look Past Hypoglycemia Risk With Once-Weekly Insulin? Hypoglycemia was only a concern in patients with type 1 diabetes May 22, 2024
Mortality Signal Emerges 2 Years After Valve-in-Valve TAVR for Failed SAVR Alternative to redo surgery associated with several-fold increase in deaths, HF hospitalization May 22, 2024
GLP-1 Agonist Scripts Jumped 600% for Teens, Young Adults Since 2020 Females accounted for most of the prescription fills May 22, 2024
PROTECT Drugs Tied to Slower eGFR Decline vs Standard Care in IgA Nephropathy Slower kidney function decline observed with sparsentan and irbesartan May 20, 2024
Early CRT Benefits HF With Moderately Reduced Ejection Fraction Trial suggests a possible disease modifying benefit May 20, 2024
Many Patients With CKD Never Receive a Diagnosis These are people who are getting tested and seeing doctors, but still not getting diagnosed May 19, 2024
Gastrointestinal Bleeding More Common in Advanced CKD Risk was significantly higher regardless of dialysis status May 19, 2024
Not All Nephrologists Measure Kidney Size in 'Adult' Polycystic Kidney Disease Of those who do, 88% reported using the gold-standard imaging biomarker in determining prognosis May 17, 2024
ShortCut Leaflet Splitter for TAVR Helps Keep Coronaries Unblocked Pivotal study supports safety, effectiveness of TAVR adjunct device against coronary obstruction May 17, 2024
Sparsentan Bests Irbesartan for Rare, Progressive Kidney Disease However, the FDA remains unconvinced that results support a new indication for the drug May 17, 2024
Yet Another Benefit for Metformin? Study suggests a surprising effect in rheumatologic disease risk May 17, 2024
Blood Disorder Drug Cuts Proteinuria in Rare Kidney Disorder Reduced 24-hour UPCR by 38.3% May 16, 2024
Indian Myval Enters TAVR Horse Race With Good Early Performance Valve characterized by availability of intermediate sizes among other design features May 16, 2024
Draw Between Two Diuretics for Renal Prevention in Hypertension But researcher questions if patients were underdosed May 16, 2024
Bicuspid Anatomy: Wrench Thrown in TAVR for Younger, Low-Risk Patients? Controversial findings of low-risk trial allowing bicuspid patients May 15, 2024
