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GLP-1 Med Users See Drop in Recurrent Afib Events
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/115xxx/115297.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- Another benefit of GLP-1 receptor agonist (RA) use may be protection from persistent atrial fibrillation (Afib or AF) after ablation, according to a large Veterans Affairs database. New initiators of these drugs in 2015-2022...


Cervical Artery Dissection and Stroke; Preventing Clotting in Cancer Patients
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/115xxx/115296.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- TTHealthWatch is a weekly podcast from Texas Tech. In it, Elizabeth Tracey, director of electronic media for Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore, and Rick Lange, MD, president of the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center...


Pulsed Field Ablation's Safety Challenged by Evidence of Collateral Damage
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/115xxx/115292.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- The newer, supposedly safer atrial fibrillation (Afib) ablation systems had safety issues of their own, researchers reported based on multicenter registry data. From several hundred cases starting in March 2024, pulsed field...


Alternative to Anti-VEGF Shows Safety, Efficacy in Diabetic Macular Edema
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/115xxx/115290.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- A single intravitreal injection of UBX1325 (foselutoclax), a novel senolytic small molecule inhibitor, had a tolerable safety profile and "trends suggestive of potential efficacy" in patients with diabetic macular edema (DME...


Young-Onset Dementia Risk Rises With Metabolic Syndrome
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/115xxx/115253.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- The risk of young-onset dementia -- dementia before age 65 -- was higher in people with metabolic syndrome, a nationwide population-based study in Korea showed. Across nearly 2 million people with a mean age of 49, metabolic...


Lorundrostat Lowered BP in Uncontrolled, Treatment-Resistant Hypertension
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/115xxx/115252.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- Lorundrostat reduced blood pressure (BP) in people with confirmed uncontrolled and treatment-resistant hypertension, according to a double-blind randomized trial. With background antihypertensive medication provided to participants...


The Truth About Electrolytes, According to a Nephrologist
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/115xxx/115231.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- Welcome to Culture Clinic, MedPage Today's collaboration with Northwell Health to offer a healthcare professional's take on the latest viral medical topics. In an aisle where sports drinks like Gatorade once reigned supreme...


Pope's Fatal Stroke; Intravascular Catheter Warning; Cardiologist-Romance Author
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/115xxx/115230.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- The Vatican announced that Pope Francis died from a stroke that was followed by a coma and irreversible cardiocirculatory collapse. (Vatican News) The FDA agreed to loosen patient eligibility requirements for mavacamten (Camzyos...


Medicaid Often Restricts Access to Heart-Protective Diabetes Agents
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/115xxx/115216.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- Medicaid plans often put up barriers around newer classes of diabetes medications that offer cardioprotection, according to a national study of formulary policies as of March 2024. Mainly driven by restrictive formulary policies...


Common Intervention Lowers Dementia Risk, Trial Shows
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/115xxx/115214.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- Reducing hypertension dropped dementia risk by 15% in the open-label China Rural Hypertension Control phase III (CRHC-3) trial of nearly 34,000 people. At 48 months, all-cause dementia among people with high blood pressure was...


Intracerebral Hemorrhage: Strict BP Control Not to Blame for Pinprick Brain Lesions
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/115xxx/115210.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- The acute intensive blood pressure (BP) lowering recommended after intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) did not increase small-volume infarcts compared with looser control in a small randomized trial. Of 79 patients in the ICHADAPT...


RFK Jr. Struggles to Navigate Frustrated Supporters and a Demanding Boss
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/115xxx/115172.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- After the Senate voted to confirm Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as Health and Human Services (HHS) secretary, supporters of his "Make America Healthy Again" (MAHA) movement cheered at having a champion in the federal government. Now...


As Dementia Rates Increase, Experts Warn Hospital Emergency Rooms Are Underprepared
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/115xxx/115166.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- AURORA, Ill. -- At her mother's home in Illinois, Tracy Balhan flips through photos of her dad, Bill Speer. In one picture, he's smiling in front of a bucket of sweating beers and wearing a blue T-shirt that reads, "Pops. The...


Hearing Loss and Heart Failure; Improved TAVR Outcomes
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/115xxx/115190.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- TTHealthWatch is a weekly podcast from Texas Tech. In it, Elizabeth Tracey, director of electronic media for Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore, and Rick Lange, MD, president of the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center...


SCOTUS to Mull Whether Insurers Must Offer Certain Preventive Services for Free
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/115xxx/115201.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Monday in a case that could affect what kind of preventive care is covered at no charge under Americans' health insurance plans. The case, known as Kennedy v. Braidwood, involves Christian...


Hearing Loss May Play a Bigger Role in Dementia Than Previously Thought
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/115xxx/115179.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- Hearing loss may play a bigger role in dementia than previously thought, data from a U.S. cohort study suggested. In a sample of nearly 3,000 older adults, up to 32% (95% CI 11.0%-46.5%) of incident dementia over 8 years could...


For Pregnant Women With Mechanical Valves, LMWH Tied to Worse Outcomes
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/115xxx/115177.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- However scant, the available data on pregnant women with prosthetic valves did suggest worse outcomes with mechanical prosthetics and low-molecular-weight heparin (LMWH)-based anticoagulation. In a prospective global registry...


Is Trump Getting Guideline-Recommended Care for Cardiac Risk?
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/115xxx/115157.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- After findings from President Trump's annual physical exam were released last week, observers were struck by the persistent aspirin use recorded in the doctor's report. Trump, 78, has no apparent history of cardiovascular disease...


Diabetes, Heart Disease Drugs Recalled; New Trump Order; Maple Syrup's Health Claims
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/115xxx/115144.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- Note that some links may require registration or subscription. MedPage Today is collecting stories of HHS staffers across all agencies affected by Trump administration cuts. If you want to share your story, please email MPT_Editorial...


Hearing Loss & Heart Failure; BP Drug Released From REMS; Fecal Transplants for PAH?
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/115xxx/115138.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- In a prospective cohort study, hearing loss was associated with incident heart failure, a relationship partly mediated by psychological distress. (Heart) A retrospective analysis from Israel suggested that markers of poor hydration...


Registry Data Reassure on JAK Inhibitors' Heart Risks
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/115xxx/115129.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- Suggestions that rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients suffer more cardiovascular events when treated with Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitors compared with tumor necrosis factor (TNF) blockers or other biologic drugs were not borne out...