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COAPT 5-year results ‘remarkable,’ but patient selection issues remain
MitraClip’s success persisted throughout long-term follow-up in the trial, which entered patients with severe MR secondary to heart failure.
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Like mother, like daughter? Moms pass obesity risk to girls
The mother-daughter relationship for fat mass appears to be established by age 4 years.
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Do artificial sweeteners alter postmeal glucose, hunger hormones?
Drinking a sugar-sweetened beverage had a different effect on postprandial levels of glucose than drinking a no-or low-calorie nonnutritive...
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NUDGE-FLU: Electronic ‘nudges’ boost flu shot uptake in seniors
Two strategies based on electronically delivered letters or “nudges” were found to increase flu shot uptake, compared with usual care, a new study...
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Frequent cannabis use tied to coronary artery disease
Daily cannabis use, but not less frequent cannabis use, was associated with CAD.
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Insomnia, short sleep linked to greater risk for MI
Health care professionals should be asking all patients about their sleep as a key aspect of maintaining heart health, says a sleep expert.
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Artificial sweetener in ‘keto foods’ tied to cardiovascular risk
Artificial sweeteners are “generally recognized as safe” by the FDA, so there is no requirement for long-term safety studies, and little is known...
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Zero tolerance for patient bias: Too harsh? Clinicians respond
Should a patient’s request for a health care practitioner of a different race or sex always be accommodated? A recent blog called for a zero...
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Intermittent fasting plus exercise a good option for fatty liver
“When we compared the results of our study groups, we saw clearly that the most improved patients were in the group that followed the alternate-...
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‘Forever chemicals’ up type 2 diabetes risk in midlife White women
“A new finding is that we observed some phthalates are associated with a higher risk of diabetes development, especially in White women [that]...
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Nitrite food additives may increase risk of type 2 diabetes
Greater intake of nitrites from food additives was tied to greater risk of developing type 2 diabetes, in a French study, but some experts...
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Fitbit figures: More steps per day cut type 2 diabetes risk
The protective effect of daily step count on type 2 diabetes risk remained after adjusting for smoking and sedentary time.
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Intermittent fasting can lead to type 2 diabetes remission
Intermittent fasting could be a paradigm shift in type 2 diabetes management, allowing patients to stop taking glucose-lowering medication.
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Patients trying to lose weight overestimate their diet quality
Only 28% of participants in a study had “good agreement” between their perceived diet quality and its actual quality.
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More weight loss with surgery than new obesity meds: meta-analysis
“This is an exciting period because, 10 years ago, nobody thought that [results with] pharmacotherapy can approach bariatric surgery.”