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

Avoiding downstream testing ultimately makes it cheaper for whoever is footing the bill, says Merrill H. Stewart, MD, Ochsner Health.

Merrill Stewart, MD, Ochsner Health, says insufficient funding from CMS for graduate medical education (GME) limits the ability to expand cardiology fellowships and contributes to the nationwide physician shortage.

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

Iptacopan targets one of the major proteins involved in the enzymes of the alternative pathway of complement, explains Carla Nester, MD, of Stead Family Children's Hospital.

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.

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.

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.

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.

This article reviews underlying barriers to health care access and discusses how a value-based diabetes care model could improve patient outcomes and reduce long-term costs.

Claims data reveal larger hemoglobin A1c decreases in people with type 2 diabetes who use continuous glucose monitoring and semaglutide compared with semaglutide alone.

Astrasentan becomes the first and only endothelin A receptor antagonist to focus on proteinuria reduction in primary immunoglobulin A (IgA) nephropathy.

A real-world analysis showed a link between continuous glucose monitor (CGM) distribution channel and outcomes for patients with diabetes.

Non-Hispanic Black populations face the highest risk of death from chronic kidney disease (CKD)–associated cardiac arrest, a study found.

On December 10, 2024, cardiologists, researchers, and value-based care experts gathered in Dallas, Texas, to discuss best practices for implementing advances in cardiology care with a value-based mindset, spanning the care continuum from prevention to treatment.