Grace Halsey

The first study of its kind found that intensive blood pressure control may be most beneficial in older adults with life expectancy greater than 3 years vs less than 1 year.

One-half of more than 600 000 patients with ASCVD were not prescribed statins at all and only 22.5% were taking a high intensity statin, according to a recent study.

Early phase 2a study results of a combination of the 2 agents previously evaluated as NASH monotherapies led to the FDA award for Pfizer.

Initiating T2D treatment with an SGLT2 inhibitor reduced risk for heart failure hospitalization compared to metformin in a new study; cardiovascular outcomes were similar.

The USPSTF is rumored to have moved screening for chronic kidney disease to a preventive service it is actively considering and the NFK says, "It's time."

Kosiborod, a cardiologist, and Skolnik, a family practitioner, agree no single specialty owns that prescription and that "it takes a village to care for a patient."

Among more than 3000 participants with prediabetes, neither metformin or lifestyle change reduced risk for CV events over 21 years according to Diabetes Prevention Program Outcomes Study investigators.

The Labcorp home test, available without a prescription, is delivered overnight and includes a return envelope. Results are available in 1-2 days.

Compare, contrast, price shop, prescribe. DiabetesWise Pro developer Korey Hood, PhD, highlights the tool all primary care clinicians should try.

The CDC is encouraging parents of children in this age group to first finish a primary vaccination series, saying only 28% now are in that category.

In adults with type 2 diabetes seen in primary care, lowering glucose substantially during the first 12 months post-diagnosis decreased risk for future MACE.

Mikhail Kosiborod, MD, a cardiologist and Neil Skolnik, MD, a primary care physician, agree that whoever is seeing the patient should prescribe the drug that is needed.

ATS 2022: Dupilumab is often the first biologic agent prescribed for moderate-to-severe asthma according to analysis of a US database comprising more than 100 million patients.

Children aged 5 to 11 years can receive a single dose booster shot 5 months after completing a primary 2-dose series of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, FDA says.

ATS 2022: The investigational PDE4B inhibitor slowed pulmonary decline in patients with IPF, both alone and with background use of approved antifibrotics.

ATS 2022: A fixed dose SABA/corticosteroid combination reduced risk of exacerbation by 27% vs SABA alone in the MANDALA study.

Tirzepatide, a novel once-weekly GLP-1/GIP mimetic that binds to receptors and stimulates glucose-dependent insulin release, has shown superiority over many common antihyperglycemics.

ATS 2022: Charts from an EHR that included a suspected diagnosis of asthma either had no objective documentation or mentioned a test but included no results.

A study of the most genetically diverse collection of DNA from persons with T2D yields 40 new potentially causative genes that may transcend ancestry.

Long COVID symptoms affected 55% of persons hospitalized for the infection, regardless of severity of initial illness, report a Chinese team of investigators.

The Canadian Obesity Society advocates for a therapeutic approach to obesity that removes stigma, focuses on individual patient goals, and favors body health over body weight.

Lowering thresholds for BMI value and age of first diabetes screening among large US minority populations could greatly increase rates of diagnosis and improve care.

HbA1c levels over time were found higher at initiation of second-line treatment in veterans aged 55 years and younger, a trend unsettling to a new study's lead author.

The proportion of overweight, obesity, or severe obesity increased from 38% to 45% among 4500 young people seen in a primary care network where most receive public insurance.

Administration of the J&J vaccine is now limited to those aged ≥18 years who cannot access other COVID-19 vaccines or are unable to receive them.

Initiation of second-line type 2 diabetes treatment is lagging while A1c at the time it is introduced is climbing. The author of a new study highlights his findings on clinical inertia.

High-level results show the trial met its composite primary endpoint, lowering risk of CV death or worsening disease in patients with HFmrEF/HFpEF.

Black patients hospitalized with atrial fibrillation were 25% less likely to receive oral anticoagulants upon discharge according to a large national registry study.

PCPs and internists accounted nationally for 57% of SGLT2i and 52% of GLP1RA prescriptions in 2020, more than any other specialty, according to new research.

Treatment with intranasal insulin improved executive function and verbal memory, as well as other measures, in participants with and without type 2 diabetes.