CVD Prevention News

• Almonds May Be a Good Diet Option Almonds might affect appetite during a weight loss diet and may assist with weight management in the long term.
  Quick Take, February 03, 2023
• Ultraprocessed Food and Increased Risk of Cancer: UK Study Eating ultraprocessed foods appears to increase the risk of developing and dying from cancer, suggests an observational study from the UK, but experts urge caution in drawing firm conclusions.
  Medscape Medical News, February 02, 2023
• FIB-4 May Help Select Candidates for Heart Failure Tests Heart failure and liver stiffness often coexist due to cardio-hepatic interactions.
  MDedge News, February 01, 2023
• Elevated PCSK9-Psoriasis Link: A New Target for Treatment? The study suggests that "PCSK9 inhibition is causally associated with reduced risk of psoriasis" and has implications for prevention and possibly treatment of psoriasis, the investigators say.
  MDedge News, February 01, 2023
• Frequent Visits to Green Spaces Linked to Lower Use of Some Meds In a study of Finnish city dwellers, those who often visited green spaces, such as parks and community gardens, used fewer psychotropic, antihypertensive, and asthma meds than those who did not.
  Medscape Medical News, February 01, 2023
• Healthy Habits Lower T2D Microvascular Risks: Cohort Study A cohort study confirmed that adopting healthy habits before or after a diabetes diagnosis significantly lowered microvascular complication risks.
  MDedge News, January 31, 2023
• Autism Linked to Poor Cardiovascular Health A new study added to the picture of autism’s health risks and called for clinicians to be more mindful of its cardiometabolic toll.
  Medscape Medical News, January 31, 2023
• CV Deaths Jumped in 2020, Reflecting Pandemic Toll The American Heart Association 2020 Statistical Update offers lessons for addressing structural issues that drive health disparities.
  Medscape Medical News, January 27, 2023
• Sudden Cardiac Arrest Risk During Sports Low in Older Adults US adults ages 65 and older who engage in regular physical activity are at low risk of sports-related sudden cardiac arrest.
  Medscape Medical News, January 26, 2023
• More Type 2 Diabetes Deaths From Cancer Than Heart Disease In people with type 2 diabetes, cancer screening should get at least as much attention as CVD prevention. Greater efforts should be focused on smokers, socioeconomically deprived, and older people.
  Medscape Medical News, January 26, 2023
• New ACC Guidance on Diagnosis, Management of Cardiac Amyloidosis The document provides a diagnostic algorithm and emphasizes the need for a multidisciplinary, individualized approach for this under-recognized cause of heart failure.
  Medscape Medical News, January 25, 2023
• USPSTF Declines to Recommend Lipid Tests for All Kids The US Preventive Services Task Force is calling for more research on screening for lipid disorders in children and adolescents before it recommends universal testing.
  Medscape Medical News, January 24, 2023
• Alert FDA Approves New Type 2 Diabetes Drug Bexagliflozin Another SGLT2 inhibitor has been approved for type 2 diabetes based on results from 23 clinical trials that included 5000 patients and more than 300 patients who also had stage 3 chronic kidney disease.
  Medscape Medical News, January 23, 2023
• What's Happening in France in Diet Drug Mediator Scandal? The manufacturer of this antidiabetic drug was found guilty of aggravated deceit and involuntary manslaughter but acquitted of fraud and improperly obtained marketing authorization.
  Medscape Medical News, January 23, 2023
• LDL, Blood Pressure in T1D Differ From Background Levels A Dutch case-control study of 148,000 adults showed that among those with type 1 diabetes, average LDL-cholesterol and blood pressure levels diverged from those of the general background population.
  First Look, January 20, 2023
• High HDL-C Levels Linked to Increased Fracture Risk High levels of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol is associated with a higher risk for fracture among older adults, a cohort study suggests.
  Medscape Medical News, January 20, 2023
• Risk for New AF Climbs With Cardiometabolic Comorbidity Burden A larger burden of cardiometabolic disorders incurs a higher lifetime risk of atrial fibrillation, the effect more pronounced among women, suggests a cohort study.
  First Look, January 19, 2023
• Emotional Eating Tied to Risk for Diastolic Dysfunction Cardiovascular disease prevention should include emotional regulation education, researchers suggest.
  MDedge News, January 19, 2023
• Experts Demand Validation of Automatic Blood Pressure Devices At the population level, small errors in blood pressure measurement can lead to the misclassification of millions of patients, one expert said.
  Medscape Medical News, January 17, 2023
• Does Obesity Blunt Effects of Vitamin D Supplementation? After 2 years of supplementation, those with higher BMIs show lower increases in vitamin D biomarkers versus those of normal weight, possibly explaining reduced clinical benefits from the supplementation.
  Medscape Medical News, January 17, 2023