2+ mon, 2+ day ago  (372+ words) Adherence to healthier versions of low-fat or low-carb diet patterns may be more cardioprotective compared with focusing on macronutrients or animal or vegetable intake, researchers reported. A prospective study evaluating the link between low-carb and low-fat diet quality and coronary…...

4+ mon, 4+ week ago  (444+ words) NEW ORLEANS " An intervention of healthy food deliveries improved quality of life among patients with heart failure after recent hospitalization compared with usual care and dietary counseling alone, a speaker reported. The results of the FOOD-HF trial, presented at the…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (343+ words) An investigational stent retriever device delivered successful revascularization in more than 85% of patients with primary distal vessel occlusion ischemic stroke at 24 hours, researchers reported at the International Stroke Conference. DISTALS was an international, prospective, randomized controlled, masked endpoint trial designed…...

6+ mon, 2+ week ago  (655+ words) Patients with COPD or interstitial lung disease who partook in a weekly online group singing program reported improved quality of life after 12 weeks, according to data presented at the European Respiratory Society International Congress. "Our results build on growing evidence…...

7+ mon, 3+ day ago  (770+ words) BALTIMORE " Risks for developing Alzheimer's disease can increase or decrease depending on when women begin hormone replacement therapy, according to data presented at the American Neurological Association Annual Meeting 2025. The meta-analysis comprised more than 50 clinical trials and observational studies, FNU…...

7+ mon, 2+ week ago  (168+ words) The findings were published in a research letter in JAMA Dermatology. Nearly 40% of patients had either obesity (39. 1%) or metabolic syndrome (36. 1%) and most (83. 9%) had at least one cardiometabolic risk factor. Assessing individual risk markers for ASCVD, hyperlipidemia (34. 3%), hypertension (30%) and diabetes (21. 2%) were…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (870+ words) A new survey suggests that most Americans are familiar with statins, but most are not aware of nonstatin cholesterol-lowering therapies and other tools to combat heart disease. Healio: Why are statins not enough to prevent heart attack and stroke in…...

9+ mon, 1+ week ago  (306+ words) Children who are deaf and hard of hearing improved their language skills faster when their caregivers participated in coaching sessions for practicing communication strategies, according to a study published in Pediatrics. Previous research has shown that children who are deaf…...

5+ mon, 1+ week ago  (579+ words) NEW ORLEANS " In the CAVIAR trial, adding alirocumab to statin therapy soon after heart transplantation safely lowered LDL cholesterol, but did not impact coronary artery plaque progression. Dyslipidemia is "a major contributor" to the development of cardiac allograft vasculopathy, Fearon…...

2+ day, 4+ hour ago  (459+ words) See all articles from Clinical Pearls for the Frontline PCP A 68-year-old recently retired man comes in to discuss "really annoying constant buzzing" in both ears. It began a few years ago. It was intermittent at first, but over the…...