BEST-II Throws Cold Water on Already-Tepid BP Lowering After Stroke Thrombectomy Trial did not show definite harm, but benefit is unlikely Feb 10, 2023
Lessons From Flint, Mich. on Stroke Preparedness and Lytic Uptake Racial disparities narrowed as a result of hospital and community intervention Feb 10, 2023
Does All Afib Detected After Stroke Really Have to Trigger Oral Anticoagulation? Stroke neurologists debate skipping secondary prevention anticoagulants for some Feb 10, 2023
COVID and Heart Attack in the Young; No Vax for Fungal Infections; Wilderness Trauma Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by MedPage Today staff Feb 10, 2023
Suboptimal Sleep Duration Linked to Poor Brain Health Middle-age patients with worse sleep saw increased white matter hyperintensities on MRI Feb 09, 2023
Tenecteplase on Par With Alteplase, Randomized Trial Affirms Data from China strengthen the evidence base for off-label use Feb 09, 2023
Familiar Drugs Get a Foot in the Door for Small Vessel Stroke Treatment Combined isosorbide mononitrate and cilostazol feasible, well tolerated in these patients Feb 09, 2023
DAPT Underused for Minor Stroke, TIA Registry suggests undertreatment, particularly of women and healthier individuals Feb 09, 2023
Stroke Neuroprotection Drug Passes Early-Phase Hurdle Infusion before mechanical thrombectomy reduced important outcomes in small phase I/II trial Feb 08, 2023
Does the Environment Override Genes for People at Risk of Stroke? Large study detects interaction between genetic susceptibility and neighborhood deprivation Feb 08, 2023
Cardiac Monitoring Continues to Flag Unsuspected Afib in Broader Population STROKE AF studied a group not typically considered for Afib detection and management Feb 08, 2023
Study Finds Wide Variation in Organ Procurement Performance At 13 hospitals covered by two OPOs, only a fourth of organs were recovered from potential donors Feb 08, 2023
Phthalates Exposure Tied to Higher Incidence of Type 2 Diabetes in White Women But possible selection bias may have negated this risk in women of color, researchers say Feb 08, 2023
No Visual Acuity Benefit With Early Anti-VEGF for Diabetic Retinopathy "May not be worth the risk and inconvenience to the patient," researcher says Feb 07, 2023
Prenatal Screening to Expand to Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy USPSTF endorses regular BP checks to flag more than preeclampsia alone Feb 07, 2023
ChatGPT Tackles Cardiology; Cocoa Powder's CVD Claims Permitted; Lyme Carditis Death Recent developments of interest in cardiovascular medicine Feb 07, 2023
Can High-Dose Vitamin D Prevent Diabetes? While three trials found no net benefit, combining them yielded significant risk reduction Feb 06, 2023
Arrival of TEER Has Helped Surgeons' Track Records Nationwide analysis of technology's effect since FDA approval 10 years ago Feb 06, 2023
U.S. Exercise Levels; Lifestyle and Memory Decline; Cooling Kidney Donors Also in TTHealthWatch: a vaccine for meningococcal disease in kids Feb 04, 2023 podcast
Heart Failure Risk Lingers Long After Chemotherapy, Regardless of Dose Several-fold higher cardiovascular risk of anthracycline use persists over two decades Feb 03, 2023
Targeting Specific Lipid Metabolic Pathway Linked to Reduced Psoriasis Risk Genetics study suggests potential for precision medicine approach with PCSK9 inhibitors Feb 02, 2023
Risk of Postmenopause Stroke Goes Back to Woman's Reproductive Years Lifetime estrogen exposure linked to stroke subtypes Feb 01, 2023
Doctor Charged With Attempted Murder; Organs for Less Prison Time? JAMA's AI Policy Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by MedPage Today staff Feb 01, 2023
Yelp Reviews in Cardiology; Viagra's Unfulfilled Promise; Catheter RDN at 10 Years Recent developments of interest in cardiovascular medicine Jan 31, 2023
What Happens When Patients Stop Weight-Loss Medications? Treatments for obesity have to be "lifelong," says Ania Jastreboff, MD, PhD Jan 31, 2023 video
Cardiometabolic Risk With Autism: Vigilance Urged No evidence-based intervention available, but screening, healthy lifestyle are recommended Jan 30, 2023
Supervised Exercise Keeps Diabetes at Bay a Decade Later Both moderate and vigorous exercise reduced the risk of diabetes compared with no exercise Jan 30, 2023
Update on Long COVID; Social Stress on the Immune System Also in TTHealthWatch: viruses and neurodegenerative diseases Jan 28, 2023 podcast
Mom's Cardiovascular Risk After Pre-Eclampsia Emerges Within a Decade Do some women need to be screened for CVD early in the postpartum period? Jan 26, 2023
Better CPR for Non-Shockable Arrest; PICU Transfusions; PTSD After Child's ICU Stay Roundup of news from the 2023 Critical Care Congress Jan 26, 2023
ED Screening Program Picks Up Lots of Undiagnosed Diabetes Cases EHR alerts at Chicago ED flagged about three in 10 at-risk patients for HbA1c testing Jan 26, 2023
Memory Decline Tied to Lifestyle Factors Healthy lifestyle slowed memory loss, even in APOE4 carriers Jan 25, 2023
Early CVD Linked to Accelerated Cognitive Decline What happens by age 60 predicts cognitive trajectory, CARDIA study shows Jan 25, 2023
Older People With Type 2 Diabetes See Growing Cancer Burden Has cancer overtaken CVD as a leading cause of death in people with T2D? Jan 24, 2023
Over 1 Million Medicare Beneficiaries Will Pocket Savings From Insulin Cap Report uses 2020 claims data to estimate potential effects of IRA's $35 monthly insulin cap Jan 24, 2023
Now, a Surgical Risk Model Tailored to Adult Congenital Heart Disease Novel calculator offers better estimates of operative mortality Jan 24, 2023
Carotid Plaque & Hearing Loss; Exercise Intervention for Afib; MitraClip Lock Issue Recent developments of interest in cardiovascular medicine Jan 24, 2023
Bypass Surgery for Multivessel CAD Reaffirmed in Newer Data Surgeons fire back at downgrading of CABG in recent guidelines Jan 23, 2023