Preventive Care
Conference Coverage
Icosapent ethyl cost effective in REDUCE-IT analysis
PHILADELPHIA – Treatment with the fish-derived drug for CV event reduction is more effective and less costly than placebo.
Opinion
Is there a (robotic) doctor in the house?
Research published by Washington University’s Center for Advanced Studies in Adaptive Systems (CASAS) describes a technology that aims to help...
Conference Coverage
Colchicine cut post-MI CVD events
PHILADELPHIA – Colchicine fulfilled the promise first seem in CANTOS that anti-inflammatory treatment can reduce cardiovascular disease events.
News from the FDA/CDC
Ask about vaping in patients with respiratory symptoms, CDC says
New CDC recommendations intended to help HCPs pinpoint and manage vaping-associated lung injuries as seasonal respiratory infections trend upward...
Conference Coverage
Data build on cardiovascular disease risk after GDM, HDP
WASHINGTON – “The metabolic stress of pregnancy can uncover underlying susceptibilities.” – Deborah B. Ehrenthal, MD...
News from the FDA/CDC
FDA panel supports Vascepa expanded indication for CVD reduction
Icosapent ethyl (Vascepa), purified eicosapentaenoic acid, got unanimous support from an FDA panel for a new indication of reducing CVD events.
Conference Coverage
Low LDL-C and blood pressure can reduce lifetime CVD risk by 80%
PARIS – The effects were seen in those with genetic variants linked with low LDL cholesterol and systolic blood pressure.
News
U.S. deaths from preventable causes occur more often in rural areas
In 2017, 21.7% of cancer deaths in the most rural counties were potentially preventable, compared with 3.2% in the most urban counties.
Conference Coverage
Closing the missing link between childhood risk factors and adult cardiovascular outcomes
PARIS – Prescient childhood cohort studies launched in the 1970s are paying off.
Conference Coverage
Cancer overtakes CVD as cause of death in high-income countries
PARIS – The balance is shifting because cardiovascular deaths are way down in high-resource nations.
Opinion
A cigarette in one hand and a Fitbit on the other
For almost all adults, the most important habits to develop are still related to diet and exercise.