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A meta-analysis reveals a significant link between chronic kidney disease (CKD) and gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), highlighting the need for increased screening and awareness.

Nurses enhance chronic kidney disease (CKD) care by implementing a palliative CKD care framework, addressing barriers, and promoting patient-centered supportive strategies globally.

Apixaban would still cost patients 9 times more through the Eliquis 360 Support program than with commercial insurance.

Researchers found a 30% increased risk of cardiovascular events in patients whose diagnosis was delayed by more than a year after an elevated blood pressure reading.

Finerenone gained FDA approval for heart failure treatment, showcasing significant benefits in reducing cardiovascular events, based on FINEARTS-HF trial results.

Conversations between the patient and provider should focus on the stakes of antiobesity treatment and continuation, says Hamlet Gasoyan, PhD, Cleveland Clinic.

Patients who see a cardiologist at least once a year are about 24% less likely to die in the following year.

Discontinuing the weight loss treatment before hitting the recommended maintenance dose contributes to low-value care despite provider follow-up and efforts to manage side effects, says Hamlet Gasoyan, PhD, Cleveland Clinic.

Merrill H. Stewart, MD, Ochsner Health, explains misconceptions about stents and bypass surgery and highlights when cardiac positron emission tomography (PET) stress testing is most appropriate.

According to Merrill H. Stewart, MD, Ochsner Health, the test can more accurately identify high-risk patients while helping others avoid unnecessary invasive procedures.

A pharmaceutical-grade cannabidiol (CBD) product was shown to be safe in high-risk patients hospitalized with COVID-19, with no increased rate of cardiac side effects compared with placebo.

This study validates the Predicting Risk of CVD Events (PREVENT) score across diverse racial and ethnic populations, highlighting its effectiveness in predicting cardiovascular risk and mortality, regardless of race or ethnicity.

Offspring born to mothers with prepregnancy obesity, gestational diabetes, or hypertensive disorders of pregnancy had higher systolic and diastolic blood pressure levels than those born to mothers without these risk factors.

A study comparing biological aging indicators found that Rockwood Frailty Index was a stronger predictor of cardiovascular disease (CVD) than leukocyte telomere length in adults without prior CVD.

Antoine Keller, MD, argued the value of grounding health care policy in equity as clinicians prepare for a changing health care landscape in the coming years.

Antoine Keller, MD, discussed the future impact of technological advances for cardiovascular (CV) care and what other elements contribute to quality, accessible health care.

The continued success of abelacimab throughout the AZALEA-TIMI 71 trials helps draw the drug closer to FDA approval, stated Sid Patel, MD.

Health care disparities are often driven by where patients live, explained Antoine Keller, MD, as he discussed the complex, systematic hurdles that influence the health of rural communities.

Using commercial insurance claims data and the US launch of tirzepatide as their dividing point, John Ostrominski, MD, Harvard Medical School, and his team studied trends in the use of both glucose-lowering and weight-lowering medications, comparing outcomes between adults with and without type 2 diabetes.

Findings from the interviews offer insight into potential strategies for reducing binge eating among patients who experience food insecurity.

Richard Lafayette, MD, FACP, Stanford University Medical Center, explains the significance of this second approval in a month for proteinuria reduction.

Joseph Saseen, PharmD, discussed the importance of knowing lipoprotein a (Lp[a]) levels to enable clinicians to provide the best patient care and spread awareness to those who might be affected.

Researchers warned that to achieve such reductions, greater uptake of the medication among indicated patients is needed.

Cardiovascular effectiveness was observed, largely independent of age, in a cohort of older patients with type 2 diabetes.

Lipoprotein a (Lp[a]) is a valuable tool for assessing a patient's risk of cardiovascular disease, which can facilitate earlier intervention efforts and reduce health care costs, argued Jeremy Wigginton, MD.