Endocrinology
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High obesity rates in Southern states magnify COVID threats
At least 29 states have green-lighted obesity for inclusion in the first phases of the COVID-19 vaccine rollout. That could overwhelm government...
News
‘Major update’ of BP guidance for kidney disease; treat to 120 mm Hg
“[Chapter one] of the guidelines is devoted to blood pressure measurement ... if [targeting] 120 [mm Hg systolic], the emphasis is on 120 measured...
News
Don’t discontinue osteoporosis meds for COVID-19 vaccines, expert guidance says
Recommendations help physicians distinguish between a reaction to the vaccine and a reaction to medication.
Conference Coverage
Inpatient sodium imbalances linked to adverse COVID-19 outcomes
Hypernatremia during hospitalization was associated with increased COVID-19 mortality and to a greater need for ventilatory support.
From the Journals
Obesity: A ‘double hit’ in pregnant women with heart disease
Maternal obesity may prove to be the Achilles’ heel of sustainable national efforts to reduce maternal mortality and improve health equity,...
From the Journals
Semaglutide for meaningful weight loss in obesity and diabetes?
“This is by far the best result we had with any weight loss medicine in patients with diabetes,” says the senior author of the STEP 2 clinical...
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Call to action on obesity amid COVID-19 pandemic
Hundreds of thousands of deaths worldwide from COVID-19 could have been avoided if obesity rates were lower; call for people with obesity to be...
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Heart failure redefined with new classifications, staging
From the Journals
Thirteen percent of patients with type 2 diabetes have major ECG abnormalities
ECGs from more than 8,000 Dutch patients with type 2 diabetes, most without known cardiovascular disease, show that major abnormalities are not...
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How to convince patients muscle pain isn’t a statin Achilles heel: StatinWISE
The strategy seemed to work in this trial: two-thirds of patients who previously rejected statins, perceiving them as the cause of muscle pain,...
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More from DAPA-HF: Dapagliflozin quickly reduces heart failure events