Black patients are less likely than White patients to receive CACS screening or postscreening care, regardless of eligibility. Black patients are approximately 8 times less likely than White ...

Mortality in not affected by prediabetes in patients receiving coronary artery bypass graft. Mortality in patients who receive coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) is not exacerbated by prediabetes, ...

In patients eligible for SGLT2 inhibitor therapy who have CKD and CHF, there is a difference in prescribing practices between men and women. Prescribing practices for sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 ...

There is increased risk of mortality in patients hospitalized with non-variceal upper gastrointestinal bleeding who have CKD and HF. Among hospitalized patients with non-variceal upper ...

Lipid-lowering therapy uptake in patients with risk for ASCVD is decreased in patients that also have an immune-mediated inflammatory disease. Uptake of lipid-lowering therapy (LLT) to mitigate ...

Lomitapide therapy decreases LDL-C concentrations in pediatric patients with homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia. Lomitapide proved efficacious as a low-density lipoprotein cholesterol ...

SGLT2 inhibitor therapy is prescribed to Black and Asian patients at lower rates than White patients. Black and Asian patients are prescribed sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT2) inhibitors at a ...

The optimal body mass index (BMI) cutoff point appears to be 27 kg/m2 for detecting obesity in middle-aged and older adults.

A recently published study has found that patients with history of stroke and poststroke disability have increased risk for fracture.

For individuals with mixed hyperlipidemia, plozasiran reduces triglyceride levels at 24 weeks, according to a study.

Higher genetic risk for adult-onset type 1 diabetes was associated with younger age, lower BMI, and higher HbA1c. Adults with high genetic risk scores (GRS) for type 1 diabetes have lower body mass ...

Frozen vs fresh embryo transfer was tied to higher live birth rates with increasing age, especially among patients with diminished ovarian reserve.