Heart Failure
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Just 2000 Steps a Day Linked to Reduced Heart Failure Risk
Physical activity of any intensity was associated with lower HF risk for older women compared with being sedentary, study says.
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Spinal Cord Injury Tied to Greater Risk for Heart Disease
Patients with spinal cord injuries had higher risk for MI, HF, and AF, suggests study.
Opinion
Guidelines Aren’t For Everybody
Always consider the risks of polypharmacy when considering therapies for your elderly patients.
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CHIP Tied to HFpEF and ASCVD: What’s the Link?
HFpEF may be linked to CHIP, according to new study.
From the Journals
Psychotherapy as Effective as Drugs for Depression in HF
Patients who received behavioral activation psychotherapy were significantly less likely than were those receiving medication to have ED visits...
Feature
Evidence Grows for SGLT2 Inhibitors in Rheumatology
Sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT2) inhibitors are not approved to treat gout, lupus, or lupus nephritis, but clinicians are uncovering signs...
From the Journals
Death Risk Takes Decades to Revert to Normal in Ex-Smokers
After 30 years, former smokers can reduce their cardiovascular mortality risk by 100%, the cancer-related by 93%, and the respiratory-related...
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No Impact of Race on Cardiovascular Risk Calculations
“It’s essential for clinicians and scientists to consider how to appropriately address the health effects of race as a social construct, which has...
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Systemic Bias in AI Models May Undermine Diagnostic Accuracy
Clinicians’ accuracy decreased by 11.3% after viewing systematically biased AI model predictions compared with baseline.
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Bariatric surgery still best option for some with obesity
“Sometimes we might need to go straight to surgery instead of going through medications first, because it may be the most effective and evidence-...
Conference Coverage
Cardiologists, patients can talk drug costs
A pilot study shows that an intervention that gives physicians and patients information on out-of-pocket costs for heart failure drugs can help...