Afib Detected After Stroke: Link to Recurrent Events Questioned ICM-flagged Afib not tied to repeat stroke in an already fairly anticoagulated population Jan 22, 2024
Sitting and Early Death; Dana-Farber Retracts Multiple Papers; Winter Weather Deaths Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by ľ¹ÏÖ±²¥ staff Jan 22, 2024
Increase in Congenital Syphilis; Decrease in Breast Cancer Mortality Also in TTHealthWatch: long-term heart failure outcomes Jan 20, 2024 podcast
Severe Stroke at Age 24; Nurses' $100,000 Bonus; Paxlovid Insider Trading Conviction Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by ľ¹ÏÖ±²¥ staff Jan 19, 2024
'Tootsie Roll' Introduced for Leaky Transcatheter Heart Valves Covered stent and plug deployment to address complex paravalvular leaks Jan 18, 2024
Subclasses of Steatotic Liver Disease Can Help Determine Prognosis Risk of liver decompensation increased progressively when alcohol intake came into play Jan 18, 2024
Lives Prolonged for Longtime CRT-D Users With Heart Failure Survival benefit with cardiac resynchronization therapy durable out to 14 years Jan 17, 2024
Allogeneic Stem Cell Therapy Falls Short on Stroke Outcomes Hints at improvement for younger patients, those with larger infarct size Jan 17, 2024
Medical Cannabis-Arrhythmia Link; Watch Out for Lipoprotein(a); New SAVR Alternative Recent developments of interest in cardiovascular medicine Jan 16, 2024
Erectile Dysfunction Drugs Plus Nitrates Still a Losing Combination, Study Shows Cardioprotective effect of PDE5 inhibitors did not pan out with anti-anginals in the picture Jan 16, 2024
COVID Vax and Blood Clots; Cancer Rise in Young Adults; Corpse-Abuse Charge Dropped Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by ľ¹ÏÖ±²¥ staff Jan 12, 2024
Dr. Mike Confronts Dr. Gundry's Controversial Health Views A closer look at surgeon's claims on vitamin C and smoking risk, leaky gut, and more Jan 11, 2024
Diverting Acute HF Patients From Hospitalization: Case Builds for Short Stay Units Rerouting low-risk patients from routine admission deemed safe in trial Jan 11, 2024
FDA Clears Wegovy, Other GLP-1 Drugs of Suicidality Risk for Now Preliminary evaluation reassures, while the agency's review continues Jan 11, 2024
Carvedilol No Help in Preventing Heart Failure in Childhood Cancer Survivors While safe, the results do not support use of the drug in anthracycline-exposed survivors Jan 10, 2024
More Evidence Linking ADT for Prostate Cancer to Adverse Neurocognitive Effects Meta-analysis shows increased risk of dementia, Parkinson's, depression Jan 09, 2024
BP Tracking Undergarment; COPD Exacerbations & HF Events; Hemolysis After PFA Recent developments of interest in cardiovascular medicine Jan 09, 2024
Direct Thrombin Inhibitor Shows Benefit for Progressing Stroke Urgent anticoagulation with argatroban shows no bleeding downside in EASE trial Jan 09, 2024
Health Record Trigger Boosted Screening for Primary Aldosteronism Best-practice advisory tested in adults with hypertension Jan 08, 2024
Exercise ECGs Highly Specific for Coronary Microvascular Dysfunction Reconsidering the humble testing modality's false-positive issue Jan 08, 2024
Open Blood-Brain Barrier for Alzheimer's Treatment?; Managing TMD Also in TTHealthWatch: IV drug for early atrial fibrillation Jan 06, 2024 podcast
Midlife Cognitive Problems Tied to Sleep Disruptions Earlier in Life Quality -- not quantity -- of sleep may matter most, research suggests Jan 05, 2024
Maternal Type 1 Diabetes an Outsized Red Flag for Child Heart Defect Risk But don't ignore maternal overweight, obesity, and gestational diabetes, study says Jan 05, 2024
Study Assuages Fears of Pancreatic Cancer Risk With GLP-1 Receptor Agonists Researchers looked at 7-year patient data Jan 04, 2024
TMS for Psych Disorders Poses Little Threat to Implanted Cardiac Devices Low risk of interaction, heating, or damage to ICD from magnetic stimulation therapy Jan 04, 2024
In Acute Kidney Disease, SGLT2 inhibitors Were All-Around Protective Risk of all-cause mortality, MAKE, and MACE were significantly reduced Jan 04, 2024
Here Are the Top Diets for 2024 A familar food plan topped the annual U.S. News rankings Jan 03, 2024
HCM Drug Hopeful; Pre-Cardiac Cath Fasting in Doubt; Way to Visualize LAAO Issues? Recent developments of interest in cardiovascular medicine Jan 02, 2024
Donated Heart Valves Still Growing a Year After World's 1st Partial Heart Transplant Child and transplanted tissue together remain in good condition per case report Jan 02, 2024
How Cardiac Arrest Became a Household Topic After Damar Hamlin's Collapse Efforts to boost survival having a moment among medical and sports societies, legislators Jan 01, 2024
Mortality Reaches 20% for Hospitalized Patients With High-Risk Pulmonary Embolism Worst outcomes for patients with hemodynamic collapse Jan 01, 2024
No Improved Outcomes for HF Patients With Sleep Apnea Using ASV Breathing Devices While apnea symptoms resolved, no improvement was seen in clinical outcomes Dec 29, 2023
Bernie Sanders Has COVID; Global Fake Ozempic Problem; Nitazenes, the New Fentanyl? Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by ľ¹ÏÖ±²¥ staff Dec 29, 2023
Oral Factor XIa Inhibitor Disappoints for Secondary Stroke Prevention Milvexian did not reduce strokes or covert brain infarcts in AXIOMATIC-SSP Dec 28, 2023
DAPT Stays Helpful for Minor Stroke Even With Later Presentation, Worse Symptoms But a signal of excess bleeding is noted in the INSPIRES trial Dec 27, 2023
Nuclear Tracer Shortage; Weighing Post-Ablation OAC; Fix for Biased AI Tools? Recent developments of interest in cardiovascular medicine Dec 26, 2023
Young-Onset Dementia Tied to New Risk Factors Vitamin D deficiency, high CRP levels linked with dementia in midlife Dec 26, 2023
Food as Diabetes Medicine? Maybe Not, Trial Suggests But intensive program did help boost engagement with healthcare Dec 26, 2023
Deep Flaws in FDA's Device Oversight, and Patient Harm, Exposed in Lawsuits, Records "What is the threshold for the FDA to step in and do something?" Dec 24, 2023
