Diabetes Drug for Cats Now Approved in Humans Too Oral SGLT2 inhibitor bexagliflozin indicated for adults with type 2 diabetes Jan 23, 2023
Managing Hypertension Remotely; Hormone Therapy and Trans Youth Also in TTHealthWatch: aspirin versus heparin for clot prevention Jan 21, 2023 podcast
Greater Chance of Diabetes Complications With High-Deductible Plan Especially true for hyperglycemia-related hospital visits, NIDDK-funded study found Jan 20, 2023
Sodium Nitrite in Food, Water Tied to Type 2 Diabetes Risk Observational study serves up "new piece of evidence" for debate over additives Jan 17, 2023
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
Type 2 Diabetes Patients Can Also Benefit From Fully Closed-Loop System Users spent twice as much time in target glucose range vs standard insulin therapy, study showed Jan 11, 2023
Conspiracy Theorists' Cancer Beliefs; HIV Meds and Ethnicity Also in TTHealthWatch: sodium levels and health outcomes Jan 07, 2023 podcast
Fixing Heart Failure Workforce Issues: Baby Steps Start This Year Pay, curriculum changes proposed to attract more doctors Jan 05, 2023
Dementia Accompanying Cardiometabolic Disease: Does It Come Down to Genetics? Twin study suggests special monitoring in some individuals Dec 29, 2022
Competitor Poised to Take on Obesity Treatment Giant Wegovy in 2023 Both Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk scramble to rectify supply shortages Dec 28, 2022
The Year SGLT2 Inhibitors Became Full-Fledged Heart Failure Drugs Treatment no longer limited by ejection fraction Dec 27, 2022
Can Biomarkers Give Early Heads-Up on Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Myocarditis? Early research on detecting serious side effect of cancer therapy Dec 20, 2022
Glycemic Control With Insulin Barely Budged Over the Past 30 Years Rates of hyperglycemia also remained elevated for racial and ethnic minorities Dec 20, 2022
Metformin Protective Against Joint Replacement in Type 2 Diabetes Daily users saw lower risks for total knee, hip replacements Dec 19, 2022
Fecal Transplant Failed to Boost Effects of Bariatric Surgery No impact on weight loss or metabolism compared with placebo, small study found Dec 16, 2022
Obesity Absent in One-Fourth of Kids With Type 2 Diabetes Global study supports obesity as a risk factor, not prerequisite, for diabetes screening Dec 15, 2022
No Blaming Common Antihypertensives for Pancreatic Cancer, Study Suggests Some reassurance on widely prescribed dihydropyridine calcium channel blockers Dec 15, 2022
Skipping Antiplatelets Altogether Not Such a Bad Idea for Select TAVR Patients Promising results of letting some patients get away with no antithrombotic therapy Dec 14, 2022
Omecamtiv Mecarbil Not Ready for Prime Time, FDA Advisors Say Rocky regulatory road lies ahead for the cardiac myosin activator Dec 13, 2022
Cardiac Contractility Drug Faces Headwinds at FDA Adcomm Safety, efficacy, dosing issues raised for omecamtiv mecarbil Dec 12, 2022
Innovation Is Critical to Stop Disparities in Diabetes Care We must explore how new technologies can help Dec 10, 2022
Yoga Flexes Muscle for Those With High Blood Pressure BP lowering and other effects suggest it's more than a stretching exercise Dec 09, 2022
Do Kidney Transplant Medications Supplant IBD Drugs? Study shows many patients no longer need drugs to help keep gut disease in check Dec 08, 2022
TAVR at 20: How Much Longer Will Medicare Mandate a Registry? Change is a-comin' but interventionalists debate just how soon that should be and what comes next Dec 08, 2022
Type 2 Diabetes Cases Rising in Young Adults Globally High BMI largely to blame, study showed 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
SGLT2 Inhibitors May Protect Against Severe COVID in Patients With Diabetes Meta-analysis looked at outcomes in nearly 3.7 million hospitalized adults Dec 06, 2022
Heart Failure From Meth Use: Growing Beast Lurks in the Shadows Exact scope of problem still unknown due to low clinician awareness Dec 02, 2022
Pre-Op Axitinib Helps for Partial Nephrectomy of Complex Renal Tumors Approach in small ongoing trial resulted in reduction in tumor size and complexity Dec 02, 2022
Unique Nationwide Screening Program Fails to Move the Needle on CVD Risk Factors Mixed results of largest experience to date with yearly mass screening Dec 01, 2022
Lupus Linked With Greater Risk of Cardiovascular Complications of Childbirth Rising prevalence of SLE in pregnancy, more frequent peripartum CV complications observed Nov 29, 2022
After Major Motorcycle Rallies, More Organs Available for Donation Study estimated 21% more organ donors, 26% more transplant recipients per day during rallies Nov 28, 2022
Combo Treatment Could Delay Kidney Failure for Years in Nondiabetic CKD Big benefits projected with SGLT2/RAAS inhibitor combination therapy Nov 23, 2022
Watch for Severe Hypocalcemia in Dialysis Patients on Prolia, FDA Warns Agency said potential risk may require more frequent blood calcium monitoring Nov 22, 2022
Treating Obesity Should Be Our Healthcare Moonshot Behavioral health changes alone will only do so much Nov 21, 2022
Consequences of COVID Reinfection; Tobacco Use Among America's Youth Also in TTHealthWatch: USPSTF finds insufficient evidence for sleep apnea screening Nov 19, 2022 podcast
FDA Approves First Drug to Delay Onset of Type 1 Diabetes Teplizumab will not be subject to a risk evaluation and mitigation strategy program, after all Nov 18, 2022
FDA Panel Endorses Kidney Disease Drug for Serum Phosphorus Control Advisors see need for alternatives, citing suboptimal efficacy and tolerance of approved options Nov 17, 2022
Early Cardiac Amyloidosis Still Bad News Without Treatment Observational study supports treating even asymptomatic patients Nov 16, 2022