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(MedPage Today) — With radial artery (RA) grafts still underutilized in coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) surgery, at least one barrier to this surgical approach may be addressed with medication, a pilot trial suggested. Testing the effects…Read More
Rheumatologists and cardiologists have long co-managed patients out of necessity and without much formal collaboration or guidance.However, in recent years, cardio-rheumatology clinics have begun to proliferate, offering more evidence-based algorithms for physicians who treat this crossover patient population.“To understand the rise of cardio-rheumatology, we need to look at the rise of cardio-immunology, which is the …
Levels of copper, manganese and vitamin B12 during pregnancy were associated with reduced blood pressure at midlife, according to new data.There was a trend tying elevated levels of cesium and selenium with elevated BP, but the confidence intervals were wide, according to the study presented at the American Heart Association’s Epidemiology, Prevention, Lifestyle & Cardiometabolic …
This month, our featured roundtable explores the evolution and progress of a rapidly emerging interdisciplinary clinical model — the cardio-rheumatology clinic. In these collaborative settings, rheumatologists, cardiologists and other cardiovascular specialists work together to deliver integrated care, advance research and foster education.I would like to extend my heartfelt gratitude to our contributors — Luigi Adamo, …
(MedPage Today) — TTHealthWatch is a weekly podcast from Texas Tech. In it, Elizabeth Tracey, director of electronic media for Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore, and Rick Lange, MD, president of the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center…Read More
(MedPage Today) — For people with atrial fibrillation (Afib or AF), stopping oral anticoagulation (OAC) after a “successful” catheter ablation left them exposed to increased risk, according to a Japanese hospital’s dataset. At Nagoya University…Read More
(MedPage Today) — Gene-silencing therapy vutrisiran (Amvuttra) graduated to a broad indication in treatment of transthyretin amyloidosis cardiomyopathy, as Alnylam Pharmaceuticals announced expanded FDA approval. Vutrisiran, a transthyretin-directed…Read More
Alnylam announced the FDA approval of its supplemental new drug application for vutrisiran, an RNA interfering small molecule transthyretin stabilizer, for the treatment of transthyretin amyloidosis with cardiomyopathy.Vutrisiran was previously FDA-approved for treatment of the polyneuropathy of hereditary transthyretin-mediated amyloidosis.Vutrisiran (Amvuttra) is now approved to for the prevention of CV mortality, CV hospitalizations and urgent …
(MedPage Today) — The Endocrine Society and American Diabetes Association criticized the cancellation of funding for the ongoing, landmark Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP), which has been tracking people with diabetes and prediabetes for 30 years…Read More
(MedPage Today) — Survivors of childhood cancer were much more likely to develop an aging-associated health condition before the age of 65, with earlier onset, compared with the general population, according to a modeling study. While 20% of…Read More
(MedPage Today) — Internal medicine and rheumatology specialist Siobhan Deshauer, MD, unravels a medical mystery. Following is a partial transcript of the video (note that errors are possible): Deshauer: Meet Ryan, a 34-year-old project…Read More
Physicians treating Medicare patients are staring down the barrel of five consecutive years of cuts to their reimbursement rates.In January, CMS proposed the 2026 reimbursement rates for Medicare Advantage (MA) insurers. From 2025 to 2026, MA plans will likely receive a 4.33% average payment increase — higher than the expected health care inflation rate — …
Despite advances in anticoagulant therapies, bleeding remains a critical concern.Traditionally, the definition of major bleeding has focused on standardizing clinical outcomes, with life-threatening events such as intracranial hemorrhage, significant hemoglobin drops or the need for transfusion flagged as major, according to guidelines from the Bleeding Academic Research Consortium.However, these clinical definitions often overlook the real-world …
(MedPage Today) — For U.S. Healthcare Professionals Only Unmet Needs Persist in Amyloidosis Amyloidosis is a group of complex rare diseases caused by abnormal proteins that misfold and clump together to form fibrils that deposit in tissues and…Read More
(MedPage Today) — There were clinical benefits to putting patients under a steady ultrasound beam during carotid endarterectomy, the phase III sham-controlled SONOBIRDIE trial found. Applied during the surgery for people averaging 80% internal…Read More
(MedPage Today) — An automated insulin delivery (AID) system boosted glycemic control in insulin-treated adults with type 2 diabetes using continuous glucose monitoring (CGM), a randomized trial showed. Over 13 weeks, drops in HbA1c averaged…Read More
(MedPage Today) — Changes in sleep patterns among cognitively unimpaired women in their 80s were associated with an increased risk of dementia, a longitudinal study showed. Compared with women who had stable sleep patterns, those who had increasing…Read More
Markers of subclinical heart damage were observed among individuals who smoke cigarettes, even decades after quitting, according to a study published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.New data from the Cross-Cohort Collaboration-Tobacco Work Group showed that cigarette smoking was associated with elevated markers of inflammation, thrombosis and atherosclerosis, all of which decreased …
It has been 5 years since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, which forced many providers to embrace telehealth.In the fall of 2019, Rachel Day, MD, FAAD, chief medical officer of Zest Health and founder of OneSkin Integrative Dermatology, decided to open her own brick-and-mortar clinic after building a dermatology practice within a small community …
(MedPage Today) — The runaway costs of skin substitutes for treating chronic wounds have experts and accountable care organizations (ACOs) sounding the alarm, and new rules targeting profiteering in the industry are now in limbo under the Trump…Read More
(MedPage Today) — Should heart failure with supranormal ejection fraction (EF) be considered separate from preserved ejection fraction? (Journal of the American Heart Association) In people with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction…Read More
A novel therapeutic showed significant promise in slowing aortic valve calcification, potentially extending time until or eliminating need for transcatheter or surgical intervention for stenosis, researchers reported.Jordan D. Miller, PhD, associate professor, cardiovascular disease researcher and co-vice chair of basic science research in the department of cardiovascular surgery at Mayo Clinic, and colleagues conducted a …
(MedPage Today) — A preprint study suggested that GLP-1 receptor agonists may be associated with hair loss, though only in women. Using a random sample of 16 million patients, researchers found that women who newly initiated semaglutide (Ozempic…Read More
(MedPage Today) — With spironolactone (Aldactone) treatment for acne rising several-fold in recent decades, safety concerns persist for this off-label practice in understudied populations. A database of U.S. insurance claims showed that among…Read More
Newborns with congenital heart disease and their mothers may both face elevated risk for cancer compared with their counterparts not affected by congenital heart disease, according to study findings in Circulation.Researchers in South Korea conducted a nationwide retrospective study using the Korean National Health Insurance Service database to better understand risk for cancer in newborns …
(MedPage Today) — Statin use in patients with chronic liver disease was associated with a reduced risk of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and hepatic decompensation, researchers found. In a cohort of 16,501 individuals with chronic liver disease…Read More
(MedPage Today) — TTHealthWatch is a weekly podcast from Texas Tech. In it, Elizabeth Tracey, director of electronic media for Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore, and Rick Lange, MD, president of the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center…Read More
(MedPage Today) — A familiar biomarker emerged as a potential predictor of sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) in young people, which remained hard to explain even with genetic testing. Although SCA was rare in a Korean population-based study — occurring…Read More
Senators questioned Mehmet Oz, MD, MBA, on Medicaid budget cuts, nursing shortages and his prior claims about miracle drugs during a committee hearing to be the next administrator of CMS.“Dr. Oz,” a surgeon, professor emeritus of cardiothoracic surgery at Columbia University and former television personality, has been nominated by President Donald J. Trump to head …
(MedPage Today) — Despite substantial health benefits, two GLP-1 receptor agonists weren’t cost-effective at their current prices, according to an economic evaluation that compared four anti-obesity medications. Net prices of tirzepatide (Mounjaro…Read More
Semaglutide and tirzepatide confer greater improvements in life expectancy than naltrexone/bupropion and phentermine/topiramate, but their estimated net price is too high for them to be cost-effective, researchers reported.In findings from a microsimulation model published in JAMA Health Forum, semaglutide (Wegovy, Novo Nordisk) had the highest incremental cost-effectiveness ratio (ICER) of four obesity medications assessed in …
Short sleep duration, with and without self-reported insomnia, was predictive of elevated blood pressure and hypertension among adolescents, a speaker reported.At the American Heart Association’s Epidemiology, Prevention, Lifestyle & Cardiometabolic Health Scientific Sessions, Julio Fernandez-Mendoza, PhD, CBSM, DBSM, Edward O. Bixler, PhD, Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health, professor of public health sciences and neural …
Self-perceived stress among young women was significantly associated with increased risk for early-onset cryptogenic ischemic stroke, even after adjustment for traditional risk factors, according to a study published in Neurology.The prevalence of early-onset ischemic stroke has increased recently among young people, but researchers cannot fully explain this trend using traditional vascular risk factors. Some evidence …
The United States Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions voted to advance the nominations of probable new NIH and FDA leaders to the full senate.In last week’s hearings, committee members questioned Jay Bhattacharya, MD, PhD, who was nominated to be NIH director, and Martin Makary, MD, MPH, who was nominated to be the …
(MedPage Today) — SAN DIEGO — For patients with traumatic bone fractures, there was no difference between oral aspirin and low-molecular-weight heparin (LMWH) injections as a bleeding prevention strategy, a subpopulation analysis of the randomized…Read More
The White House withdrew the nomination of David Weldon, MD, to be CDC director on Thursday morning, just hours before he was to appear before a Senate committee.Weldon, a physician and former congressman, was scheduled to speak in front of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP), but the hearing was canceled …
Intentional weight loss of 5% or more, coupled with reduced waist circumference was associated with lower risk for death from cancer, CVD or any cause among postmenopausal women followed for more than 18 years, data show.In a prospective analysis of more than 58,000 women, researchers also found that intentional weight loss without a reduction in …
Danon disease is a rare but serious cardiomyopathy that drastically reduces life expectancy.Male patients infrequently live past age 20 years and female patients infrequently live past age 50 years. Therapies for cardiovascular disease other than heart transplantation don’t improve outcomes.But, as evidenced by a presentation at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions and a paper …
Across the globe, health care professionals are celebrating World Sleep Day, an event created by the World Sleep Society, on March 14.For 2025, “make sleep health a priority” is the theme of the day, according to the World Sleep Day webpage.“I love this idea of World Sleep Day because it’s not just about sleep apnea; …
(MedPage Today) — The FDA has allowed a substantial amount of late reports and undated reports into its Manufacturer and User Facility Device Experience (MAUDE) safety database, researchers confirmed. During a 3.5-year period in 2019-2022, there…Read More
(MedPage Today) — Healthier diet and lower waist-to-hip ratio throughout midlife were associated with better brain and cognitive health in older age, longitudinal data from the Whitehall II cohort study in England showed. A better midlife diet…Read More
It’s been a busy first quarter here at Healio Community.Since our launch in January, the team has been working hard to plan events for 2025, set up our mobile app and put the finishing touches on our mentoring program. We’ve also launched multiple groups, including our latest: Book Club.Here’s a closer look at what’s new …
TV watching in excess of 1 hour per day was associated with increased risk for atherosclerotic heart disease, independent of genetic risk for diabetes, according to new data published in the Journal of the American Heart Association.“CVD is a global public health threat. To contribute to the prevention of CVD, our team has been working …
(MedPage Today) — An association between stress and cryptogenic ischemic stroke was observed in young women, but not young men, in a case-control study. (Neurology) Pooled cohort data suggested a likely causal relationship between stroke and…Read More
(MedPage Today) — BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Seven members of the medical team that treated Argentine soccer great Diego Maradona before his death will go on trial for homicide starting Tuesday in Buenos Aires. The case revolves around allegations…Read More
Miniaturized pacemakers were successfully implanted in infants and neonates requiring pacing and performed reliably until planned explant and/or replacement with a standard-sized device, researchers reported.Currently, standard pacemakers are too large for use in small neonates, and as a result, the complication rate can be as high as 25%, and include infection, erosion and migration of …
(MedPage Today) — Use of cystatin C and SGLT2 inhibitors were highlighted in the Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) organization’s updated clinical practice guideline. In a synopsis of the recently published guideline — serving…Read More
(MedPage Today) — Genetic testing for hereditary arrhythmia and cardiomyopathy in an area with known founder effects on local genetic variants had a high yield in identification of pathogenic variants by taking into account the local population…Read More
ORLANDO — Outgoing American Academy of Dermatology President Seemal R. Desai, MD, FAAD, passed the torch to Susan C. Taylor, MD, FAAD, who said she will continue pushing efforts to unify the organization during “a time of great disruption.”“I take on the role of president at a time of great divide and polarization in our …
Adults with obesity and type 2 diabetes receiving once-weekly combination cagrilintide 2.4 mg and semaglutide 2.4 mg lost 15.7% of their body weight at 68 weeks, according to topline data from the REDEFINE 2 trial.As Healio previously reported in December, CagriSema (Novo Nordisk) conferred a 22.7% weight loss at 68 weeks among adults with obesity …