CVD Prevention Perspective

• Addressing Psychosocial Stressors to Improve CV Health of LGBTQ Adults Significant psychosocial stressors experienced by lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer or questioning (LGBTQ) adults compromise their cardiovascular health throughout their life span.
  ACC.org, January 20, 2021
• Can 'Big' Be Healthy? Yes -- and No We can't tell very much about a person's health from their outward appearance, and we should probably stop trying to make such inferences, says one bariatric surgeon.
  Medscape Diabetes & Endocrinology, January 19, 2021
• Does the Ketogenic Diet Benefit Patients With Heart Failure? An expert review of the latest studies on ketogenic diets sheds light on contrasting results.
  American College of Cardiology & Medscape , January 13, 2021
• When the Patient Is the Best Practice Alert: EPIC-HF   Helping patients be proactive before their cardiology appointments can facilitate better management of HFrEF, says Larry Allen, lead author of EPIC-HF.
  theheart.org on Medscape, January 11, 2021
• "Heart" of the New ADA Guidelines: Pharmacologic Approaches   Dr Anne Peters continues her overview of the ADA 2021 Standards of Care, focusing on the updates to pharmacologic management of glycemia.
  Medscape Diabetes & Endocrinology, January 07, 2021
• Key Changes to the 2021 ADA Standards of Care   Dr Anne Peters provides an overview of important changes to the first half of the ADA 2021 Standards of Care.
  Medscape Diabetes & Endocrinology, January 04, 2021
• Menopause Transition and CVD: A Window of Opportunity   JoAnn Manson describes a new report that highlights the role of perimenopause in a woman's CVD risk, and how clinicians can help women modify this risk.
  Medscape Ob/Gyn, December 28, 2020
• 6 Can't-Miss Guideline Changes for Primary Care   Dr Neil Skolnik briefly shares the most important guideline changes from 2020 that primary care providers need to know.
  Medscape Family Medicine, December 24, 2020
• Top Cardiology Trials of 2020 in Review   The annual tradition continues as did cardiology research despite a pandemic. Trials on fish oils, statins, SGLT2 inhibitors, and antiplatelets are among the selections of Drs Harrington and Gibson.
  theheart.org on Medscape, December 15, 2020
• GLP-1 Receptor Agonists at EASD 2020: Poster Pearls Dr Akshay Jain shares his top poster picks on GLP-1 receptor agonists from this year's EASD virtual meeting.
  Medscape Diabetes & Endocrinology, December 11, 2020
• AHA 2020 Highlights: Investigational Drugs and Fish Oils   Top trials from the virtual AHA 2020 meeting featured a polypill and the novel drugs sotagliflozin, a dual SGLT 1 and -2 inhibitor, and omecamtiv mecarbil.
  theheart.org on Medscape, December 10, 2020
• Fish Oils and CV Prevention -- Now What?   Drs Tracy Wang and Renate Schnabel discuss new data on omega-3 fatty acids from the REDUCE-IT trial of icosapent ethyl. Do the STRENGTH, OMEMI, and VITAL Rhythm trials from the AHA meeting raise concerns?
  theheart.org on Medscape, November 25, 2020
• A Paradigm Shift for Preventing Stroke in Patients With Diabetes   Dr Christoph Diener on the promising new treatments that are taking aim at the deadly consequences of diabetes.
  Medscape Neurology, November 23, 2020
• CAC Scores, Lp(a), CRP: CV Screening in Real Life   Lipidologists Budoff and Baum discuss real-life implications of the CAC score and how to apply it, and other measures, to everyday patients.
  American College of Cardiology & Medscape , November 23, 2020
• SCORED and FIDELIO-DKD: Time for Cardiologists to Help, Not Hurt, the Kidney   Nephrologist Jennie Lin and cardiologist Jane Wilcox discuss the results of SCORED and FIDELIO-DKD, presented at the AHA meeting. Can these drugs help the specialties work together to protect the kidneys?
  theheart.org on Medscape, November 20, 2020
• COPD Highlights From CHEST 2020   COPD highlights from CHEST 2020, reported by Dr Darcy Marciniuk, include analysis of the effect of ICS-containing therapies on lung function decline and cardiovascular risk after acute exacerbation.
  Medscape, November 20, 2020
• AHA 2020 Read clinically focused news coverage of key developments from AHA 2020
  theheart.org on Medscape, November 10, 2020
• Menstrual Cycle Irregularity and Premature Death   Dr JoAnn Manson discusses a link between menstrual cycle irregularity and premature death.
  Medscape Ob/Gyn, November 05, 2020
• Cardiovascular Risk Reduction: Protecting the Aging Heart: Controlling Lipids   Cardiologists discuss challenges in managing residual CVD risk in older patients on statins, as well as new therapies for treating elevated triglycerides.
  Medscape TV, October 29, 2020
• New Diabetes Guidelines: 'Treat to Mitigate' Dr Akshay Jain reviews the new position statement from Primary Care Diabetes Europe on the management of type 2 diabetes.
  Medscape Diabetes & Endocrinology, October 29, 2020